AIBU - problems with antisemitism amongst NHS medical staff?

Would you be okay with medical professionals posting anti-Muslim or anti-immigration commentary on their personal social media? Or does this relaxed attitude to prejudice only apply to Jewish people?

Criticism of Israel is okay, but anti-Zionism is frequently used as a thin veneer for blatant antisemitism. If a doctor is publicly obsessing over the world’s only Jewish state online, Jewish patients have every right to feel unsafe under their care.

I have seen no evidence anyone in the NHS who is not happy about Gaza has translated that into not treating patients- all that has been said is that some patients have been reluctant to ask for Kosher meals- not exactly life threatening, and TBH that is more about the anxiety of the patient than it is about how they have been treated. Should there actually be some evidence that clinical treatment has changed one iota- I'm behind the clinician being pulled up for unprofessionalism.

I think this was covered earlier re the ban. Do correct me if I'm wrong.

Ah yes the OP said a Palestinian badge. So assume one of those flag pins? So why can’t there be an Israeli one? At least in theory? And if so should that also be banned? That’s what I am asking you and you seem extremely set on just answering that question, first by trying to convince me I am mistaking Israel and Judaism, and then by raising health and safety issues with flag pins. Strange.

Probably, there’s been almost 400 posts. There was scarves mention, and Palestinian flags mentioned. Unless you reckon they wear Palestinian flag face paint I assumed you meant the flag pins.

I think you may have missed out a bit of this thread.....

Racism should always be challenged, but there is a fundamental difference between a tax-funded public institution providing an essential service and a private business.

That’s not to say private businesses shouldn’t be challenged, but it is obviously far easier and significantly less consequential to avoid a racist hairdresser than it is to avoid a racist medical professional when you are vulnerable and need healthcare.

ok, so what is the pro Palestinian symbolism doctors are wearing and you want to ban if you say flag pins are already banned?

Nearly everyone in Northern Ireland is born with British citizenship, whether they want it or not!

As far as I know no flag is allowed to be worn by NHS staff at work.

So the Palestine pins aren’t a safety hazard but Israeli ones would be? Hmmm 🤔

@Cartoonmouse do you think Israel pins should also be banned? In the same vein Palestinian flags upset Jewish patients I can very much imagine Israel flags would upset Palestinians/ Iranian/ Lebanese/ Syrian/ Yemenis [whoever else Israel is currently bombing/ killing]patients

Well I doubt they are for safety reasons.

Have any Jewish doctors or nurses posted similar hate online about Palestinians and then treated them in an NHS hospital wearing an Israeli flag pin out of interest?

Yes they are, there's no rules on pins people are allowed to wear (unless it was obscene).

With which bit? You think British people have a homogenous opinion on poppies and political symbols? 😵‍💫

Are NHS workers allowed to wear a pin of the Israeli flag when dealing with patients?

But one which has been a widely adopted as a symbol of xenophobia.

my point is that just because some people use it to represent something bad doesn’t mean that people who don’t should be banned from it.

fwiw, I don’t think medics or patient facing staff should wear political symbols. But expressing pro Palestinian or anti-genocide sentiments doesn’t make them antisemitic. NHS staff or otherwise.

I got my threads mixed up! I need another Lambrusco.

I know. It's just so revealing. Poppies, our nation's flags. All beyond the pale.

Sunlight is the best form of disinfectant.

Of course it's allowed, that's why trying to ban one symbol makes no sense when flags and political symbols are allowed for multiple causes and sometimes even encouraged with staff networks. It takes a while lot of mental gymnastics to ban only a Palestinian flag when pride lanyards, trade union badges, staff networks and diversity days, religious groups and memorials etc all exist displaying flags of multiple countries.

@Cartoonmouse “It is a strange argument and one that I expect most normal, sound people disagree with.
But obviously everyone has the freedom to express their own views however unpalatable.“

The pro-pallies are happy to twist any narrative and gaslight every argument, such are their twisted biased beliefs.

In the meantime, it’s just more evidence that the Greens are done for, and good fucking riddance.
I hope the environmentalists find a new home.

I disagree.

That is the flag of the country we live in.

Oh yes I see. I thought that was a question with such an obvious answer that I thought she must be asking something a bit more nuanced.