Palantir, a US data company that works with Israel's defence ministry, has accused British doctors of choosing "ideology over patient interest" after they attacked the firm's contract to process NHS data. Louis Mosley, Palantir's executive vice-president, hit back at the British Medical Association, which recently said the 330m deal to create a single platform for NHS data – ranging from patient data to bed availability – "threatens to undermine public trust in NHS data systems". In a formal resolution the doctors said last month this was because it was unclear how the sensitive data would be processed by Palantir, which was founded by the Trump donor Peter Thiel. They cited the firm's "track record of creating discriminatory policing software in the US" and its "close links to a US government which shows little regard for international law". But Mosley dismissed the attack when he gave evidence to MPs from the Commons science and technology committee on Tuesday. Palantir has also won contracts to handle mass data controlled by the Ministry of Defence, police and local authorities.