Cinderella Nonoo-Cohen, a serving member of the European Jewish Parliament, sent a series of comments about fellow doctor Roghieh Dehghan in a WhatsApp group, prompting a referral to the General Medical Council (GMC).
Nonoo-Cohen’s comments came after Dehghan shared a post asking her colleagues to “consider” signing a petition to oppose the UK Department of Health and Social Care’s decision to display the Israeli flag in support of Israel.
The north London doctor responded to Dehghan’s post on the group by saying, “You should not bring politics to this group. I’m disappointed in you as a doctor. Get your facts straight first. Typical of you Muslims to gaslight.”
Dehghan then messaged the admin of the WhatsApp group, labelling Nonoo-Cohen’s comments Islamophobic.
Nonoo-Cohen then responded in the WhatsApp Group by saying: “What?! Remove that Dr Dehghan is an antisemitic person and believes in the barbaric acts of beheading, murdering, and burning of civilians in Israel.
“And spreading lies about the hospital bomb, which Hamas inflicted on themselves” - referring to the al-Ahli hospital explosion in October 2023, where an Israeli strike led to the deaths of hundreds of Palestinian civilians in the hospital facility.