An NHS doctor who openly called for Jihad on the streets of London and praised armed Palestinian fighters as ‘heroes’ has been arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred and malicious communication.
Footage shows the dramatic moment police officers swooped on Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, 31, at her home address in South Gloucestershire, and placed her in handcuffs on Tuesday morning, as the details of four charges were read out to her.
The trauma and orthopaedics doctor was told she had been arrested for ‘malicious communication times three and for inciting racial hatred’.
Her arrest came just two days before Dr Aladwan was due to appear before a medical tribunal to face allegations of antisemitism. She has since been released on bail.
One of the charges related to a pro-Palestine protest held outside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in Whitehall on July 21, where Dr Aladwan was filmed saying she supported ‘armed resistance’ against Israel.
The Daily Mail revealed just days ago how the medic could be heard in footage of the protest calling Jihad ‘an honour’ and referred to Israel as ‘the terrorist entity’ that ‘must be dismantled’.
In similar comments later, she addressed the crowd and said: ‘For me, Palestine is the entirety of the map. Israel does not exist. And I can say that legally, I have my opinion.’
Referring to that incident, an officer read from the charge sheet: ‘You gave a speech which amounted to calls for the eradication of Israel and implied support for all those involved in armed resistance against Israel, including organizations such as Hamas.’
Dr Rameh Aladwan, who openly called for Jihad on the streets of London and praised armed Palestinian fighters as ‘heroes’, has been arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred and malicious communication
The trauma and orthopaedics doctor was told she had been arrested for ‘malicious communication times three and for inciting racial hatred’
Her arrest came just two days before Dr Aladwan was due to appear before a medical tribunal to face allegations of antisemitism
The other charges, which relate to Section 1 of the Malicious Communication Act and Section 127 of the Misuse of Public Communications Network, included social media posts that included ‘antisemitic tropes that could be considered grossly offensive in character’.
Dr Aladwan was also informed that she faces a charge relating to social media messages posted on October 7 ‘which demonstrated support for the Hamas attack on Israel, an attack which involved murder, rape and kidnap of Israeli citizens, all of which may be considered grossly offensive in character.’
As she was placed into custody, Dr Aladwan accused those arresting her of ‘just doing this for the Israeli Jewish lobby’.
She said: ‘We’re Palestinians and we’ve had our family members and friends murdered. Are you doing this for Israel?
‘This is what the UK does to their doctors, that are Palestinian, who have had family and friends murdered and who are anti genocide. That’s it, that’s all we advocate for, we’re just against murder.’
She added: ‘A doctor for seven years, I’ve never harmed anybody and never had any patient complaints. This is what the British state is doing for genocidal Israel.’
Dr Aladwan was just days away from appearing in front of The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) to face accusations of antisemitism and creating ‘dangerous’ social media posts littered with praise for terrorist organisation Hamas.
The MPTS had ruled last month that no suspension was necessary because her posts did not amount to ‘bullying or harassment’.
Dr Aladwan has come under investigation over several ‘dangerous’ social media posts littered with praise for terrorist organisation Hamas and previously said she would ‘never condemn’ the October 7 attack
The MPTS previously ruled no suspension was necessary – but Health Secretary Wes Streeting criticised the decision and the case was referred back with a new hearing set for this week
But following criticism over the decision by Health Secretary Wes Streeting, the General Medical Council had referred the case back to the MPTS, and a new hearing had been set for October 23.
Dr Aladwan’s strongly-held views, which are openly posted onto her social media accounts, have previously sparked controversy.
This included a claim that ‘British Jewish children are taught that they are superior to non-Jews, that they have the right to colonise Palestine, and are groomed through birthright trips to become colonisers’.
On July 30, she claimed the Royal Free Hospital in north London, which serves a large Jewish community, was a ‘Jewish supremacy cesspit’.
And last month she sparked outrage after describing two gunmen involved in a fatal mass shooting in Jerusalem as ‘two Palestinian martyrs’.
Dr Aladwan made the comment to her more than 33,000 followers on X just hours after the frenzied attack took place and resulted in the deaths of six people, including a pregnant woman.
In other social media posts, Dr Aladwan described antisemitism and the Holocaust as ‘concepts’ used by Jewish people to ‘promote a narrative of victimhood’.
Following October 7 and Israel’s military response to Hamas, her posts have included pictures of masked men holding rifles alongside fire emojis and a photo of a masked toddler wearing the trademark fluorescent green Hamas headband.
She also shared a picture of a masked militant holding a large gun with the words: ‘A picture of AlQasem a day keeps the Zs [Zionists] locked away’, an apparent reference to the Al-Qassam brigade, the military wing of Hamas.
A Met Police spokesperson said: ‘On the morning of Tuesday, 21 October officers arrested a 31-year-old woman at an address in South Gloucestershire.
‘The woman was arrested on suspicion of misusing a public communications network, sending malicious communications and stirring up racial hatred.
‘The arrests relate to an ongoing investigation, led by the Met’s Public Order Crime Team, into allegations that comments made at a protest and online in recent months were grossly offensive and antisemitic in nature.
‘She was taken into police custody where she was interviewed before being released on bail.’
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