Doctor Sara Marzouk’s Israel-Hamas Facebook posts reported to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
A Melbourne GP is facing a complaint over “heinous disinformation” she shared about the Israel-Hamas war with her 87,000 Facebook followers.
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A high-profile Melbourne doctor has been slammed for spreading “heinous disinformation” online about the Israel-Hamas war after claiming there was “zero evidence” Hamas beheaded babies.
Outspoken doctor Sara Marzouk, who has 87,000 followers on Facebook, has been reported to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency over a series of Facebook posts “denying and downplaying these massacres of Jews”.
President of the Zionist Federation of Australia Jeremy Leibler, who submitted the formal complaint on Tuesday, is urging the agency to investigate the registered GP “and the misuse of her platform as a doctor”.
In one post, Dr Marzouk – who describes herself on Facebook as a “Proud Muslim, Mother and Doctor” – denied that Hamas decapitated Israeli babies on October 7, despite the White House and the Prime Minister of Israel confirming the atrocity.
“There is none (sic) evidence that any child has been beheaded, and not one baby’s name has been released,” she wrote.
Dr Marzouk, who built her Facebook following during the Covid-19 pandemic, also “downplayed” Hamas’ massacre of 260 partygoers at the Supernova Music Festival, Mr Leibler said.
While the registered doctor said “there is no denial that crimes were committed”, she added that “the whole ‘naked women were pack raped or disrobed and displayed’ narrative is not factual … It’s a rave party … the attire doesn’t include long sleeves and pants”.
Under AHPRA’s Code of Conduct, doctors are required to “consider the effect of your public comments and your actions outside work … and how they reflect on your role as a doctor and on the reputation of the profession”.
Mr Leibler said “by retooling a profile she developed as a doctor during the pandemic to deny the barbaric terrorism of Hamas” Dr Marzouk was “bringing the medical profession into disrepute”.
The AHPRA said they were unable to comment on individual matters until they are on public record.
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