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Enough to make you sick 31 October 2024 • 29 Tishrei 5785 • Issue No.1391 •
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Pressure mounts on General Medical Council to FINALLY act as another doctor spews hate against Jews and Israel
shocking incidents uncovered since the The NHS and General Medical Hamas atrocities of 7 October 2023, Council are being urged to causing profound concern among investigate amid concern the Jewish community and about hate-filled anti-Israel Jewish medical professionals. social media posts by health Just weeks after the workers, as Jewish News attacks, a survey found that 95 revealed yet another case, percent of UK Jewish health writes Michelle Rosenberg. care professionals had noted Kingston Hospital says a rise in the antisemitism they it has “taken action” after faced in the workplace. Jewish News brought its attenLast week, Jewish News tion to a post by a senior doctor, revealed a senior academic at the Daniel Nava Rodrigues, who wrote London School of Hygiene & Tropical that he hopes “every IDF soldier Medicine had tweeted support for former shoots him/herself in the mouth”. Daniel Nava Hezbollah terrorist leader Hassan NasPosting on Twitter/X on 23 October, Rodrigues rallah by answering a social media call to the pathologist, who previously worked at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, also post a Lebanese flag to indicate backing for him. wrote: “Dead and/or suffering Israelis are the only Other cases include: • A doctor at Northwick Park Hospital being removed thing that brightens the day lately.” Continued on page 8 His posts are the most recent in a series of
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Police were this week criticised for allowing anti-Israel protesters to verbally abuse visitors to an event at JW3 on Sunday, standing by as a mob hurled slurs including ‘baby killers’ and ‘Zionist dogs.’ Full story p2&3
£2M BUDGET BOOST FOR SHOAH STUDIES
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Rachel Reeves paid tribute to survivor Lily Ebert in her budget speech yesterday as she committed a further £2million for Holocaust education, writes Lee Harpin. Delivering the first budget speech by a Labour government in 14 years, she singled out the work of the Holocaust Education Trust in the Commons. She said: “I would like to pay tribute to Lily Ebert, the Holocaust
survivor and educator who passed away aged 100 earlier this month. “I’m today committing a further £2m for Holocaust education next year, so that charities like the Holocaust Education Trust continue their work to ensure that these vital testimonies are not lost and are preserved for the future.” Keir Starmer, sitting next to the chancellor, nodded as MPs voiced their approval for the announcement.
HET later said the extra funding was “fantastic news”. In a post on X the charity added: “We are hugely grateful to the chancellor for recognising our work. We are at a crucial juncture as Holocaust survivors become fewer and frailer, and the importance of ensuring their testimony is preserved and accessible for generations to come cannot be underestimated. With the surge in antisem-
itism today and as the Holocaust moves from living history to history, this work is vital and urgent.” Reeves said a £40billion increase in taxes was required in the budget after finding a £22billion “black hole” in public finances she claimed had been covered up by the Tories, which she warned would have persisted over the next five years without immediate action.