AIBU - problems with antisemitism amongst NHS medical staff?

Agree with this.

The increasing polarisation of this topic fuelled by right wing media does nobod any favours.

There should be no political statements by NHS professional at work ever. No badge, lanyard, nothing. What people do away from work is their business.

100%
Utterly appalling that some people still try to deny a genocide which has been recognised globally. Right up there with holocaust deniers.

Political symbols should be banned in the NHS going forward. Policies can and should change based on evidence of concern from a minority population, like a significant drop in demand for kosher meals.

Russian patients in the NHS would be a tiny minority, but I can assure you that Russians in the UK felt less welcome when so many were showing such visible support for Ukraine, regardless of their actual views on the conflict.

Reminders of war can also be triggering for people who had experienced or fled conflict, regardless of nationality or ethnicity.

I really don’t want to get into that here, that wasn’t the idea. Do you understand what a genocide is? Israel’s goals are not to kill Palestinians despite what you’re told and shown. The soldiers are largely reservists who want to go back to their lives, families and businesses. The population in Gaza is increasing so as genocides go they’re doing a pretty crappy job. It’s a war. A horrible war being fought in horrible urban conditions just the way Hamas want to it to be. And the fat terrorists hiding in tunnels are all laughing at people like you who fall for the propaganda.

These sorts of threads always go the same way. I’m half Jewish and used to feel proud to tell people this but now feel a little afraid to, especially in the area of academia I teach within (humanities). It shouldn’t be this way but everyone continuously conflates Judaism with Zionism and whilst ever people continue to call anyone who calls out the Israeli government as automatically being antisemitic, this is going to be an issue.

Another issue is how quick everyone has been to damn Israel but other countries who are responsible for even worse atrocities in recent years e.g Sudan are ignored.

I haven't read it. I was commenting on your op which seemed to be based off a group who are known for spreading purposefully misleading information and abusive prosecutions.

Medical staff need to be keeping their political opinions to themselves. It is so inappropriate in any workplace to wear political symbols like a palestinian flag.

Anti Israel and Anti Semitism are not the same thing FYI. People are allowed to wear a Palestine badge without being accused of making others feel uncomfortable when a genocide is being committed. Netanyahu is a war criminal. Hope this helps

The Campaign Against Antisemitism are not a trustworthy group. They purposefully misled a judge to bring what the judge described as an 'abusive' prosecution and they have sought to use the criminal justice system for 'improper reasons'. A copy of this judgment must be attached to any future applications for summonses so that their previous improper behaviour is flagged immediately if they bring any more cases to court.

They have also been given a remedial action plan by the charity commission for mismanagement after allegations that it represents improper political activity.

This (and a link to the NHS review, not the action group) would have made a far more convincing OP. I really think your votng would have looked very different.

Edited to include link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lord-mann-review-on-antisemitism-and-other-forms-of-racism-in-the-nhs/lord-mann-review-of-antisemitism-and-other-forms-of-racism-in-the-nhs-and-healthcare-regulatory-system

You might not consider it antisemitic but the Action group you are discussing do believe it. It might make that action group seem a little extreme in their views don't you think? And so all of their views can be waved away as they are no longer considered serious. They have basically shot their own foot by making ridiculous statements.

Have you been on mumsnet before? People always pick you up on a sloppily written OP and the bits they disagree with. If you want an AIBU to reflect your actual question you have to be clear and ask an actual question!
For example if youd said in your OP you actually didn't find the Netanyahu comment antisemitic you wouldn't have had a ton of comments pointing that out.

That's a feature of discussion on mumsnet- People are more motivated to post when they have a point to make, not just 'I agree'.

Your second sentence is true sadly. But most of the the YABU voters here are unlikely to be racist arseholes..you must have noticed that people vote in response to the OP, not just the thread title (which is fortunate given some of the shoddy AI titles lately). People will vote YABU if they disagree with something in the OP- there were a fair few things there to disagree with.

I don’t want to come across as dramatic but the more I read threads like this and a similar one last week the more I realise that I don’t see a future for myself as a British Jew here in the UK. The constant “it’s not anti semitism it’s anti Zionism” line is getting tired. All this attention on Gaza only stems from an obsession with the only Jewish state. There is no genocide happening and to be fair I don’t blame most on here for their views because if I were getting my news from the BBC or Sky I’d probably think the same. It’s just pathetic really how so many are so blind to the changing face of antisemitism.

A racist arsehole. They are in all walks of life including the NHS and MN.

I supoose if you want to liken that to what is happening to Jewish people in the UK you have to ask have Americans been attacked and firebombed in their own country purely for being American?

Mann's review found “routine ostracism” of Jewish staff and patients within the NHS

Agreed that is absolutely wrong if that’s the case