IsraelPalestineGazaHuman rightsGlobal healthAccording to Middle East Eye, the World Medical Association faces strong criticism for refusing to suspend the Israeli Medical Association despite documented allegations of complicity by Israeli doctors in the torture of Palestinian detainees and abuses in Gaza; a petition by 6,500 medical personnel from the IMA Out! campaign was presented to the General Assembly in Rotterdam last month calling for expulsion; the last suspension came in 1976, when South Africa was blocked from two assemblies over doctors’ complicity in torture under apartheid; and the Hind Rajab Foundation asked the International Criminal Court last month to investigate Israeli doctors, the IMA and officials from the health and defense ministries.4 Nov 2026 · 04:22Share