Get your news delivered straight to you by 7am - sign up to our new Morning Mail newsletter for FREE See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy SHAUN WOOLLER, EXECUTIVE HEALTH EDITOR Published: 00:16 BST, 27 June 2026 | Updated: 00:18 BST, 27 June 2026
Doctors have caused outrage by voting to campaign against a proposed ban on Pro-Palestinian badges, anti-Semitism training and the definition of anti-Semitism.Delegates at the British Medical Association's (BMA) annual meeting this week expressed 'grave concerns' about using an official definition of anti-Semitism across the health service, claiming it suppresses free speech.The union voted to lobby the Government and NHS England to revoke its adoption and to oppose the roll-out of measures aimed at tackling anti-Semitism.The motion was proposed by Shabina Sultan, a consultant rheumatologist at Airedale Hospital in Keighley, West Yorkshire. She told the meeting that the definition 'is used to silence Muslims and Palestinian voices by equating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism'. Doctors have voted campaign against a proposed ban on Pro-Palestinian badges as well as anti-Semitism training (file image) Dr Rahmeh Aladwan (pictured) from Pilning, Gloucestershire is awaiting trial on six counts of supporting Hamas and stirring up anti-Jewish racial hatredShe said: 'This definition weaponises accusations to suppress our voices and obscure our oppression, which is why I proposed this motion.'Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, from Pilning, Gloucestershire is awaiting trial on six counts of supporting Hamas and stirring up anti-Jewish racial hatred. It is alleged she posted: 'I don't condemn Hamas. I don't condemn October 7.'The Jewish Medical Association said it was 'highly alarmed' by the BMA vote. The Israeli Embassy said the BMA had 'neglected its duties and been hijacked.'
