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National Health Service (NHS) staff in Britain should be barred from wearing political badges, including pro-Palestinian badges, on their uniforms, a review into anti-Semitism recommends.<\/p>\n
Badges proclaiming support for Palestinians, Israel, British political parties or even football teams should not be worn at work, the government\u2019s adviser on anti-Semitism, John Mann, said in his review on Thursday.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWhy would somebody in their employer\u2019s time, dealing with patients, want to be pushing their politics?\u201d Mann said in an interview with Sky News. \u201cA badge that says, \u2018I support Palestine\u2019, or a badge that says, \u2018I support Israel\u2019, I don\u2019t want my dentist to be wearing that when they are about to drill my teeth,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cGet the political politicking out of the NHS, out of the hospital and health environment \u2026 that\u2019s sometimes stopping people from using the NHS,\u201d Mann said.<\/p>\n
Health Minister James Murray said the government was accepting the \u201crobust and practical\u201d recommendations. \u201cRacism and discrimination betray everything the NHS stands for, and its ability to provide safe, world-class care,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mann laid out his recommendations after being tasked by the Labour government to investigate anti-Semitism in the NHS following the killing of two people in an attack on a synagogue in Manchester last October.<\/p>\n
\u201cJewish people have to be confident that they will receive the same treatment as everyone else, at all times,\u201d Mann said in his report.<\/p>\n
\u201cJewish people have to be confident they will receive the same treatment as everyone else, at all times in all situations. If people feel, as they do, that some have to hide their identity as patients or suffer in silence as staff, then the universality of the NHS is fundamentally breached.\u201d<\/p>\n
NHS care providers such as hospitals will become \u201cthe first line of defence against racism and discrimination for patients and staff,\u201d Mann added<\/p>\n
British authorities have repeatedly faced criticism for cracking down on pro-Palestine activism during Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza.<\/p>\n