A woman is being severely criticized on social media for anti-semitic views and defending Hamas. The woman has been identified as Marwa Maatia.

After her actions were highlighted on social media, she was severely bashed for her views and ideology against the Jewish people.

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Who is Marwa Maatia?

Marwa Maatia is a Podiatry resident. She studied at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, as per her LinkedIn account.

She was severely criticized on social media. Several X users expressed their anger on the platform. One user wrote, “How horrible that so many doctors are antisemitic. They must be held to a professional and legal standard.”

“What is it with people in medicine and hating jews? Is it some kind of fetish when you’re in the medical profession?” another user wrote.

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One user tweeted, “@NYCHealthSystem, I am concerned about Jewish patients interacting with this resident. What measures are you taking or will you be taking to insure they are protected from prejudice?”

The cases of anti-semitism and hatred against the Jewish people have taken a sharp rise in US and worldwide after October 7 massacre and amid ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reports that in less than two weeks following the start of the Middle East crisis on October 7 as a result of an attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, antisemitic incidents in the US surged by around 400%. 

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312 incidents of harassment, violence, and vandalism against Jews were recorded in the US between October 7 and October 23, according to preliminary data from the ADL Center on Extremism. About 190 of them had an immediate impact on the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel.

The U.S. Justice Department announced that, as a result of the escalating violence, it is closely monitoring the growing threats made against Muslims and Jews. President Joe Biden has fiercely opposed antisemitism and Islamophobia.