REVEALED: Top NHS physician’s anti-Semitic rants – and vile racist slur towards David Lammy
A senior NHS doctor sparked outrage last night after spouting vile racist abuse at David Lammy, calling the Foreign Secretary a ‘monkey bought by Zionists’.
In sickening online comments, Aqeel Jamil, a consultant gastroenterologist at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, also accused Israel of helping Hamas commit the October 7 massacre of 1,200 Jews.
Writing on X, Dr Jamil, who lives in a £1 million home in Southampton, declared ‘there is no such thing as Israel’ and that ‘Israelis are all fascists’.
On Facebook he posted a doctored image of the star of David, its six points labelled with the words: Lie, Kill, Cheat, Rape, Steal and Cry.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting said last night: ‘I am utterly appalled by these vile racist posts.’ He previously said staff could be struck off if they use ‘the conflict in the Middle East as a pretext to attack communities’.
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust launched an investigation this weekend after The Mail on Sunday gave health chiefs a shocking dossier of Dr Jamil’s comments.
The Daily Mail last month revealed a sharp rise in anti-Jewish feelings among NHS staff after Hamas’s raid. From October 7 to November 19 in 2023, 402 complaints of anti-Semitism were made to the General Medical Council.
The social media accounts of Dr Jamil, 54, show him enjoying snowboarding in the French Alps and posing in hospital scrubs.
NHS consultant gastroenterologist Aqeel Jamil (pictured in the Alps) accused Israel of helping Hamas commit the October 7 massacre of 1,200 Jews.
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust launched an investigation this weekend into Dr Jamil, 54, after The Mail on Sunday handed it a dossier of his shocking comments
Last April he joined a prominent online commentator criticising then shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s response to the war in Gaza. He wrote: ‘Monkey bought by Zionists.’
The next month he wrote: ‘1,000 Israeli cameras on Gaza and they didn’t see 7/10 coming? Israel helped it happen to justify genocide.’ He added: ‘There is no such thing as Israel, pathetic country that needs America to protect it.’
After Israelis were evacuated because of Hezbollah rocket attacks, he wrote:
‘Settlers run like frightened dogs from the north.’
He also equated Isis jihadists with Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service, which he said was behind the September 11 attacks on America.
‘Isis is Mossad and CIA,’ he wrote. ‘They are bought out to disrupt countries. 9/11 was Mossad.’ He also claimed that Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner was being paid by ‘friends of Israel’.
Dr Jamil also tweeted: ‘Israelis are all fascists. Born into a horrific Zionist ideology and nurtured from childhood to be racist and hate.’
Alex Hearn, co-director of Labour Against Anti-Semitism, who along with journalist David Collier helped unearth Dr Jamil’s comments, said: ‘Shockingly, our investigations show that extremism and hate against Jews expressed by GMC-registered medical professionals is widespread.’
Lord Austin, the UK’s trade envoy to Israel, said: ‘Decent people will want to hear that this doctor has been sacked.’
Confronted by an MoS reporter at his home, where he has a Porsche and Volvo XC90 with personalised number plates, Dr Jamil insisted: ‘I’ve got nothing against Judaism. I have Jewish friends.’
On Facebook he shared a doctored image of the star of David, its six points labelled with the words: Lie, Kill, Cheat, Rape, Steal and Cry
Dr Jamil also labelled Foreign Secretary David Lammy (pictured) a ‘Monkey bought by Zionists’
Asked if he regretted his comment about Mr Lammy, he added: ‘Yup. Completely.’
Asked why he claimed Israel let October 7 happen, he said: ‘I’ve just been reiterating stuff said on social media.’ He later appeared to take down his X and Facebook accounts.
Dr John Knighton, Chief Medical Officer for Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, said: ‘We will be fully investigating the concerns that have been raised and will take all the necessary and appropriate actions.’
The General Medical Council last night said it was looking into Dr Jamil’s comments ‘as a matter of urgency’.
