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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">UK doctor arrested under pressure from Israel lobby over \u2018anti-genocide posts\u2019</h1>
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<font size="1">Tens of thousands of Palestine supporters demonstrate in front of the
Prime Minister's Office is located in London, United Kingdom on January
18, 2025. (Photo via AFP) </font></p><p><strong>British police have arrested a senior
doctor under pressure from pro-Israel lobby groups over social media
posts condemning the regime's genocide against Palestinians.</strong></p>
<p>Ellen Kriesels, a consultant paediatrician with more than 15 years of
service at London\u2019s Whittington Hospital, was arrested at her home on
Saturday by officers from the Metropolitan Police.</p>
<p>According to a colleague of Kriesels, she was arrested in front of her children.</p>
<p>\u201cThe Israeli lobby began hunting her in September because of her sign
at a national Palestine demonstration,\u201d Doctor Rahmeh Aladwan wrote in a
post on X.</p>
<p>"Britain is doing this to our NHS doctors for Israel. Britain is occupied,\u201d she added.</p>
<p>Kriesels was first targeted after appearing at a pro-Palestine
protest holding a placard opposing Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza.
Within days, she was suspended from Whittington Hospital.</p>
<p>She was subsequently reported to the General Medical Council (GMC)
and later to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS), which
suspended her medical license for nine months.</p>
<p>Healthcare workers\u2019 group HCWs Against Censorship also condemned
Kriesels' arrest, which it said was followed by a coordinated campaign
against her after she participated in a national pro-Palestine
demonstration in September.</p>
<p>\u201cThe Israeli lobby strikes again,\u201d the group said, adding that police
acted following complaints from pro-Israel lobbying organisations,
including UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) and the Campaign Against
Antisemitism (CAA).</p>
<p>The arrest was carried out \u201con behalf of a foreign-aligned lobby,\u201d the group said, describing it as "an absolute outrage."</p>
<p>\u201cThis is what Britain now does to NHS doctors for speaking about
Palestine,\u201d one supporter said. \u201cIt is repression, plain and simple.\u201d</p>
<p>No formal charges have been publicly confirmed yet. The Metropolitan
Police have not released details of the specific offences under
investigation.</p>
<p>In a post on X dated September 17, Kriesels criticized the NHS for
reporting her to the police over her \u201canti-genocide posts and placards.\u201d</p>
<p>\u201cLeaving the front door ajar so the police don\u2019t have to use force when they come and get me,\u201d she wrote at the time.</p>
<p>Her arrest comes as British police have threatened a renewed
crackdown on pro-Palestinian demonstrations, warning they will arrest
anyone chanting the phrase \u201cglobalize the intifada\u201d or displaying it on
placards.</p>
<p>Intifada, an Arabic word meaning uprising, is used by Palestinians to describe resistance to Israel\u2019s occupation of their land.</p>
<p>The Metropolitan Police made their first arrests linked to the chant
at a pro-Palestine demonstration in London on Sunday, claiming the
slogan constitutes \u201ca call for violence against Jewish people.\u201d</p>
<p>Pro-Israel lobby groups are pressing for a harsher crackdown on
demonstrations and have even suggested that chants such as \u201cFree, free
Palestine\u201d inherently incite violence.</p>
<p>Pro-Palestinian protests have surged across London over the past two
years, amid Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza and in response to the UK
government\u2019s military and diplomatic support for Israel.</p>
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