It was a short email, like many of the death threats this British Jewish doctor has received. Subject: ‘Legitimate target.’ Body: ‘May I find you walking the streets of London. I’ll put a bullet through that Zionist face of yours.’

These sorts of threats are regularly passed to the Community Security Trust (CST), a charity which provides security to Jews in the UK. But as many of the senders are anonymous, not much can be done.

The BMA, which already has an impressive track record of anti-Semitic, Israel-obsessed motions and actions, has managed to hit a new low with this vote

The BMA, which already has an impressive track record of anti-Semitic, Israel-obsessed motions and actions, has managed to hit a new low with this vote

This doctor’s main crime was to call out anti-Semitism and double standards towards Israel, while consistently condemning other forms of racism and supporting a future Palestinian state. But there is little room for nuance nowadays when you have ‘a Zionist face’.

‘Everything went crazy after October 7. Since then, every year has been terrible for us,’ says a senior member of the Jewish Medical Association (JMA). The JMA was founded in 2007 to support Jewish healthcare professionals and students. These days it increasingly focuses on combating surging anti-Semitism in the healthcare system.

The JMA source asked to remain anonymous so as not to become a more obvious target. The campaign against the JMA has intensified recently. A newly incorporated UK-based advocacy group, Healthcare Workers Against Censorship (HAC), says it promotes ‘freedom of speech for all individuals working within the healthcare sector’. Its activities, however, seem to suggest that this ‘freedom’ should be guaranteed for anyone but Jews. In a fundraising video, HAC’s three listed directors – Dr Rehiana Ali, Dr Tamara Ali and Dr Ranjeet Brar – preach about doctors being allowed to engage in ‘lawful political speech’, only to end the video with a photo of two of them holding a sign reading: ‘Say no to “genocide” doctors — Ban the Jewish Medical Association’. In the video, they claim that ‘doctors are being targeted by well-financed pro-Israel lobby groups – ardent Zionists’, warning that ‘the result is a chilling effect across the entire profession’.

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