Dr Cindy Cohen reportedly made the comments after she was invited to a pro-Palestine rally in the wake of the October 7 attacks, accusing Muslims of ‘gaslighting’
October 21, 2025 12:59
A Jewish GP who allegedly claimed that her Muslim colleague “believes in" beheading Israelis is now fighting to keep her job.
According to Mail Online, Dr Cindy Cohen made the comment 11 days after the October 7 massacres in 2023, when her colleague, Dr Roghieh Zaklaki, had shared a petition on a WhatsApp group chat, condemning the Department of Health and Social Care for flying the Israeli flag in solidarity, and invited her to a pro-Palestine protest.
Cohen, who is a member of the European Jewish Council (EJC) and has family in Israel, reportedly replied: "You should not bring politics to this group.
After two since-deleted responses from Dr Zaklaki, (which have not been reported), she allegedly wrote: "Get your facts straight first... typical of you Muslims to gaslight."
Dr Cohen then reportedly claimed that Dr Zaklaki is an “antisemitic person who believes in the barbaric acts of beheading, murdering, burning of civilians in Israel”.
Dr Zaklaki reported Dr Cohen to the General Medical Council (GMC), saying her comments made her feel "threatened" and left her "nauseous, shaking [and] anxious".
According to Mail Online, in a hearing before the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) held yesterday, GMC barrister Carlo Breen said Cohen's messages demonstrated "hostility" to Palestinians and were "seriously offensive". He added that she now accepts her response "may have been perceived as offensive" and has apologised.
Cohen's barrister Andrew Hockton, reportedly said it could be seen as "insensitive and frankly inappropriate to invite a Jewish doctor with family in Israel onto a pro-Palestinian rally".
Zaklaki reportedly claimed she did not know Cohen was Jewish but said: "I did not weaponise my own suffering because that is wrong.”
"Being told I'm a Hamas supporter, which is a proscribed terrorist group, is saying I'm a criminal," she added.
The tribunal also reportedly heard that Cohen had previously liked a number of Islamophobic tweets on X, including a picture of a Muslim man standing on skulls with the caption "Islam is a religion of peace", as well as a tweet claiming the Quran is an "evil book" and another comparing "most moderate Muslims" to bystanders in Nazi Germany.
The hearing continues.
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