Junior doctor who joked on Twitter about gassing ‘the Jews’ and said videos calling the Holocaust a sham were ‘pretty convincing’ is let off with a warning

A junior doctor who joked about gassing ‘Jews’, referred to Jewish people as ‘Jewish banking goblins’ and said videos saying the Holocaust was fake were ‘quite convincing’, has avoided being taken down.

A former executive member of the British Medical Association (BMA), Dr. Martin Whyte was suspended from office in 2023 for a series of “utterly despicable” tweets he posted on social media, including a call for people to boycott Israel “out of spite”.

Now the General Medical Council (GMC) has concluded that although his posts were ‘extremely offensive’, they were ‘insufficient to be considered serious enough to pose a risk to public protection’.

An inquiry committee heard Dr Whyte made comments that were not ‘deliberately anti-Semitic’ and concluded based on the fact that ‘the doctor had no intention of being anti-Semitic’.

Dr Whyte, who now works as a specialist trainee in paediatrics at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, was instead given a formal warning by the medical regulator.

It says: ‘On 18 April 2018, 27 October 2018 and 23 November 2018 Dr Whyte made the following comments: excitement (now known as X) these were grossly offensive.

‘This behavior does not meet the standards required of a doctor. ‘There is a risk of bringing the profession into disrepute and it must not be repeated.’

Dr Whyte’s social media posts, which drew the attention of the GMC and BMA, included sarcasm He spoke about the ‘rotting carcass of the Queen’ and called the Conservatives ‘b*****s’, adding that they should not be allowed to work as medics.

Dr Whyte, who now works as a specialist trainee in paediatrics at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, was given a formal warning by the medical regulator.

In response to a tweet about the deadly 2018 attack on a synagogue in Pittsburgh that left 11 people dead and six injured, Dr Whyte tweeted: ‘hahaha zeig heil hahaha gaslight the Jews hahaha just kidding but have you seen these youtube videos about holohoax they are quite convincing imo [in my opinion]…’.

The same year, in 2018, he tweeted: ‘Me: It is important to fairly and respectfully represent Judaism and the Jewish people in art. Also me: Jewish banking goblins.’

And a year ago, he argued that people should boycott Israel ‘out of spite’, writing: ‘Lifehack: Promise not to boycott Israel, but do it anyway. Do this out of spite.’

He also suggested, with zero evidence, that the reason political journalist and Spectator publisher Andrew Neil was at the BBC was because he, along with the Beeb’s then chief executive Tony Hall, murdered a prostitute.

Andrew responded to Neil on Twitter, writing: ‘Ahaha, you thin-skinned baby man.

‘How are you still so prominent on the BBC? Did you and Tony Hall kill a prostitute or something together?’

After the social posts emerged, a BMA spokesperson said the Tweets were ‘completely unacceptable’ and added that Dr Whyte had been suspended from ‘any and all BMA business’.

In an email to members in 2023, the BMA described his comments as ‘completely unacceptable’ and said there was ‘absolutely no place for antisemitism in the BMA’.

He continued: ‘We were not aware of these comments or any anti-Semitic views. Any form of anti-Semitism is inexcusable.

‘We strive to be a tolerant, diverse and progressive organisation. We want to reassure our members that we treat anti-Semitism and all forms of prejudice and discrimination with the utmost seriousness.’

Advocacy group Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) described the tweets as ‘utterly despicable’ and said the decision not to take action against Dr Whyte was ‘another spectacular failure by the medical regulator’.

A spokesman told the Daily Mail: ‘Every week there is new outrage from the medical regulatory system.

‘Is there any level of racism against Jewish people that the GMC would consider worthy of actual disciplinary action? If so, we haven’t seen it yet.

‘Antisemitism is at record levels in our society and regulators are completely asleep at the wheel. ‘Another spectacular mistake by the medical regulator.’

During Dr Whyte’s three-day hearing, held virtually in August, Colette Renton, representing the GMC, focused on Dr Whyte’s reference to ‘Jewish banking goblins’.

The hearing transcripts show Ms. Renton argued such a term was “an extremely reductive stereotype.”

The notes explained: ‘Meaning that members of the Jewish community are prevalent in the banking trade. ‘Goblins’ is an anti-Semitic slur used to stereotype the physical appearance of Jewish people, or alternatively to suggest that Jewish people share characteristics with fictional depictions of goblins, such as untrustworthiness or selfishness.’

Ms Renton said Dr Whyte’s use of such language ‘expressed prejudice and hostility towards Jewish people’.

Regarding her tweet referencing ‘Holohoax’ and references to Nazi language, Ms Renton said ‘the casual reader would immediately recognize the language used as antisemitic’.

Referring to an earlier decision by Mr Justice Chamberlain, he added: ‘The language or imagery of Nazism is often used as a tool of ridicule, deliberately referencing and weaponizing the most painful events in Jewish history’.

Ms Renton said that although it was not suggested that Dr Whyte held antisemitic views, there was ‘a real risk that an ordinary member of the public would interpret his tweets as antisemitic’.

The investigative committee found both Tweets to be anti-Semitic; The social media post about Andrew Neil was ‘grossly offensive’.

The notes say Dr Whyte accepted the language he used in the tweet about Mr Neil was ‘offensive and inappropriate’ but denied holding antisemitic views.

A GMC spokesman said: ‘We conducted a full and comprehensive investigation into Dr Martin Whyte’s social media posts. After hearing the evidence, an inquiry committee found his posts were deeply offensive.

Dr NHS junior doctor vowed to ‘never condemn’ the 7 October Hamas attacks. Rahmeh Aladwan will appear before the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) to face charges of antisemitism.

The British-Palestinian trauma and orthopedic doctor arrived at her final hearing in Manchester wearing a gold No. 7 necklace.

‘They decided that a formal warning was necessary to maintain confidence in the profession; this notice will appear in the doctor’s online records for two years and will need to be disclosed to potential new employers.

‘A warning is a formal and significant disciplinary action on a doctor’s record.’

A BMA spokesman said Dr Whyte would not be allowed to return to represent the BMA ‘in any elected office again’.

A spokesman said: ‘The BMA takes the conduct of its elected officials and staff incredibly seriously.

‘To that end, Dr Whyte was immediately suspended from all involvement with the BMA when the social media materials emerged and this was followed by our own internal investigation which made this permanent.

‘The decision as to whether he can continue to practice as a doctor is a matter for the GMC, not the BMA.

‘However, we have taken the view that he should never again represent the BMA in any elected office. “We would like to emphasize once again that the BMA is against all forms of discrimination.”

The latest GMC decision includes NHS junior doctor Dr Dr David, who vowed to ‘never condemn’ the 7 October Hamas attacks. It comes after other medical professionals, including Rahmeh Aladwan, were tried in court over allegations of antisemitism.

31 year old Dr. Aladwan will appear before the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) to face charges of antisemitism and making social media posts praising the terrorist organization Hamas.

He was cleared of the same allegations in September after the MPTS ruled that his views on social media did not amount to ‘bullying or harassment’.

These posts included describing the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, north London, as a ‘cesspool of Jewish supremacy’, the people of Israel as ‘worse than the Nazis’ and the Holocaust as ‘a concept’.

He also publicly called for Jihad during a protest in London, praising armed Palestinian fighters as ‘heroes’ and saying Israel must be ‘disintegrated’.

Consultant paediatrician at Whittington Health NHS Trust, Dr. Ellen Kriesels was referred to the Interim Decisions Tribunal after making comments about ‘Jewish supremacy’.

Dr Aladwan was also arrested a few days before the MPTS hearing, which was to be held to determine whether the court could hear a second hearing on suspicion of inciting racial hatred and malicious communication.

One of the charges for which he was released on bail relates to social media messages ‘showing support for Hamas’ attack on Israel’, published on 7 October.

The trauma and orthopedic doctor, of British-Palestinian origin, attended the hearing in Manchester wearing a gold number 7 necklace.

The date of the next MPTS hearing has not yet been set.

Meanwhile, consultant pediatrician and clinical lead in community paediatrics at Whittington Health NHS Trust, Dr. Ellen Kriesels was referred to the Interim Orders Tribunal next week after making comments about ‘Jewish supremacy’.

Dr Kriesels was photographed at several anti-Israel demonstrations earlier this year carrying a banner depicting an Israeli flag surrounded by the words ‘Rape, steal, cry, kill, cheat, lie’.

Social media posts on X include repeated accusations that Jews are ‘supremacist’ and that Judaism is a ‘racist, imperialist and genocidal religion’.

In a post dated 25 August 2025, he defended Hamas and claimed that its members were ‘oppressed resistance fighters, not terrorists’. He also stated that the yellow ribbons worn in support of Israeli hostages were a “visual sign of Jewish superiority.”

The Daily Mail has contacted GMC for comment.