Kentucky Doctor Called Jews ‘The New Nazis’ in Shocking Online Posts
80-90% of Jews are Zionists. "I don't hate Jews, I hate Zionists and their allies" he says
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A Jewish watchdog group has revealed that Dr. Hassan Hamad, a cardiologist based in Madisonville, Kentucky, has posted what they describe as a series of “antisemitic hate rants” over the past several years.
Dr. Hamad was recently welcomed to the Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville Hospital, according to a March 3 announcement.
The post noted that he attended high school in Ramallah, Palestine, and later pursued medical studies in Bulgaria. He eventually immigrated to the United States, where he now treats patients of all faith backgrounds.
Given this context, it’s worth asking: Would you feel comfortable being treated by this doctor? Or is his anti-Israel sentiment not a concern?
In a 2014 Facebook post, Dr. Hamad wrote: “Israel has no right to defend itself, in a country it illegally occupies. Free Palestine now! Stop the Genocide! And prosecute the mass-murdering criminals!”
He also shared inflammatory cartoons of Benjamin Netanyahu eating dead babies and drinking blood in a Gazan street—invoking the long-debunked and dangerous blood libel myth against Jews.
These posts were brought to light by Physicians Against Antisemitism (PAA), a group dedicated to exposing Jew-hatred within the medical profession. With over 27,000 followers on Instagram and more than 2,800 posts, the organization has become a prominent voice in the fight for Jewish civil rights in healthcare.
In an interview, PAA’s Media Officer said:
“This physician is different than a lot of the healthcare workers we expose. He doesn’t hate Jews and Israel because he jumped on a bandwagon. He was raised this way, to believe that Jews and Israel are the enemy,” referring to his early life in the West Bank.
“It’s deeply ingrained, and this highlights the multigenerational deradicalization that is going to be required to achieve peace. In the meantime, I would have serious concerns about the safety of Jewish or Israeli patients in the care of someone who posts and believes such things,” the PAA added.
Neither Dr. Hamad nor Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville Hospital have responded to media inquiries regarding the controversy.
Meanwhile, social media users have reacted with outrage on PAA’s page:
“He should not be allowed near Jewish patients,” one commenter wrote.
“His hatred is so deep that he’ll make up anything to match his hate,” said another.
“He needs to be fired and lose his medical license,” added a third.
“He went to high school in Ramallah, so he’s been indoctrinated to hate Jews since birth,” one user commented, to which the PAA replied: “Exactly. This is what we’re up against.”
Interestingly, one day before PAA published their investigation, Dr. Hamad wrote, “I do not hate Jews, I hate ZIONISTS and THEIR ALLIES.”
But what does that really mean? According to a 2016 Pew Research Report, over 90% of Israelis consider themselves Zionists. Zionist simply refers to someone who supports Israel’s existence—and more than 70% of Israel’s population is Jewish. If someone says they hate Zionists and their allies, how far off is that from condemning Jews as a whole?
This piece was brought to you by Toni Airaksinen, Senior Editor of Liberty Affair and a journalist based in Boca Raton, Florida. Follow her on X @Toni_Airaksinen, and on Instagram, and read how to support her trip to Jerusalem here.
I encountered someone like this in the comments of an article the other day. They told me the "Good Jews" are anti-Zionist. Gee, how generous of them.
By his own words, he is unqualified to work in the medical profession.