British surgeon launches legal challenge over NHS use of IHRA definition

British surgeon launches legal challenge over NHS use of IHRA definition Submitted by Katherine Hearst on Tue, 07/14/2026 - 11:35 A doctor who claims he was suspended over a pro-Palestine speech argues that the NHS’s adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism has led to unlawful restrictions on political expression Consultant Ranjeet Brar says he was suspended from King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust following a speech he gave on 6 April 2026 (Supplied) Off A British surgeon is taking the National Health Service (NHS) and the UK government to court, arguing that the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism has been used to restrict political speech and silence pro- Palestine expression. Ranjeet Brar was suspended from his role at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust following a speech he gave on 6 April 2026 outside the US embassy in London commemorating the victims of a reported US-Israeli attack on a school in the Iranian city of Minab. In his speech, Brar said that Israel , which he described as a “genocidal settler colonial entity”, “has no right to existence” and “needs to be wiped off the map and replaced with the word ‘Palestine’”.