On the professional networking site LinkedIn, NHS doctor Abdul Qader Ismail describes himself as a 'human being, Muslim, Son, Brother, Husband, Father and Humanitarian'.
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That last term is a bit rich coming from a man who promotes anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about Israelis 'harvesting Palestinian organs', describes Hamas's October 7 terror attacks as legal 'armed resistance' and justifies the medieval practice of stoning.
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The Oxford-educated paediatrician, who has worked in hospitals across the East Midlands, has spread his controversial views in talks, social media posts and writings over recent years, including books aimed at teenagers.
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Dr Ismail's troubling positions only emerged last week after he designed a controversial 'Palestine poppy', which he sells for £1.78 on eBay, with the profits donated to charities working to 'end the occupation' in Gaza.
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Military veterans have accused him of 'hijacking' the symbol of remembrance, while others object to the fact that it is sold on a website featuring a video carrying the slogan 'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free', which effectively calls for the destruction of Israel.
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But as the Daily Mail discovered this week, such views are now becoming commonplace in the NHS, a disturbing trend that has been branded 'hate in healthcare'.
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The febrile atmosphere has led to Jewish medics being called 'baby-killers' and even being greeted with a Nazi salute by a colleague.
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Meanwhile, Jewish patients have reported being berated about Israeli actions, including a cancer patient while he was being operated on, making some scared to attend appointments.
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NHS doctor Abdul Qader Ismail pictured with a bird on his shoulder
Mr Ismail designed the controversial 'Palestine poppy' which he sells for £1.78 on eBay
An NHS midwife told us that pro-Palestinian activism by NHS staff has become a 'free for all' since the October 7 attacks, which created a 'hostile environment'.
'Some of these doctors have been particularly pernicious in their public comments and behaviours,' she said, 'and that's obviously then created huge anxiety and fear for Jewish patients using NHS services who wonder whether they'll be safe, whether they'll be confronted by people wearing political insignia, and what that will mean for their treatment.
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Campaigners and medics accuse the General Medical Council (GMC) of turning a 'blind eye' to the problem and, at worst, introducing policies that have helped it flourish.
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A campaign group has compiled a disturbing list of around 40 doctors – the majority working in the health service – who publicly spout deeply disturbing views.
They include an NHS consultant and senior trauma surgeon at a major London hospital who spread a conspiracy theory that Jews celebrated the 9/11 attacks – on the anniversary of the atrocities in 2024 they reposted an AI-generated image of Orthodox Jewish men celebrating in front of the Twin Towers as a plane approaches.
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He has also shared a cartoon showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushing a coffin draped in a Palestinian flag into a Nazi concentration camp oven.
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The image, which accentuates the Jewish leader's ears and nose, includes an inscription above the oven that reads 'Arbeit Macht Frei' – 'work makes you free' – the slogan that hung above the entrances to concentration camps such as Auschwitz.
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The consultant had previously responded to reports of a rocket hitting a house in Israel on social media by saying: 'Great news, thanks for sharing.
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May all the Palestinian rockets hit their target, amen.
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Dr Rahmeh Aladwan pictured at the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) hearing at St. James Building, Manchester
A doctor wearing scrubs and a lab coat pictured holding a Star of David chain
And an NHS paediatrician responsible for child protection in north London was suspended last year after describing Hamas as 'oppressed resistance fighters, NOT terrorists', posting repeatedly about 'Jewish supremacy' and describing responses to October 7 as 'always trying to frame the Jews as victims.
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Another case involves an Iraq-born surgeon working as an NHS consultant at a north London hospital who has shared a series of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories online, including claims that the Israeli military killed most Jewish victims on October 7 and that Mossad was behind the assassination of John F Kennedy and the 9/11 attacks.
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He has also reposted videos of other people spouting an off-the-wall conspiracy that Jews are orchestrating the rape of little girls by US politicians so they can be videoed by Mossad and then blackmailed 'for the benefit of Israel'.
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And these are all on top of some of the most notorious and well-known cases, such as that of Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, who was initially allowed to keep working for the NHS despite making a 'slit your throat' gesture at Jewish protesters and posting anti-Semitic tirades online.
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She was subsequently barred from practising for 15 months at a second hearing in November last year and she is now due to stand trial at the Old Bailey in 2027 for allegedly posting on social media in support of Hamas.
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In some cases, Jewish patients have paid the price for these attitudes.
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They include IT manager Saul Freeman, 53, who was subjected to a tirade against Jews while having a cancerous lesion removed for a biopsy under local anaesthetic at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield.
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While he was wearing a Star of David necklace at the time, he is unsure whether the surgeon noticed it.
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As the procedure began, the pair made casual conversation about Formula One but, when the surgeon turned his attention to the Middle East, things suddenly became unpleasant.
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Saul says: 'The surgeon said: 'They're still killing children in Gaza.
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You would think they would know better, given what had happened to them in Europe.'
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I literally just said: 'Oh, who's they?'
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And he said: 'The Jews.
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They should know better.'
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And this is whilst he was carrying out the operation.
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'He said: 'I went to a talk from a British doctor who'd been in Gaza, and he was telling us how every day the wounds that come in in Gaza of the women and children.
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One day they're all shot in the leg, the next day they're all shot in the head or they're shot in the chest, and the Jews do it for fun.'
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'I thought if I argue with him I'm going to have an open wound in my head.
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The anaesthetic is going to wear off.
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I knew I was in trouble and decided that I was going to have to sit this one out, grit my teeth, and wait for it to stop.
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My heart was really beating fast.
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I was thinking: 'This can't possibly be happening.'
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I don't know if he knew I was Jewish or not, whether he'd seen the Star of David.
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An AI-generated image of Orthodox Jewish men celebrating in front of the Twin Towers
Shelley Lipman speaking in a documentary called Malignant: Antisemitism In The NHS
The hospital has opened an investigation into the surgeon involved.
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Mr Freeman spoke to the Daily Mail after previously appearing in a documentary released last month called Malignant: Antisemitism In The NHS, compiled by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA).
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