The Israeli Medical Association defended Israel over the Gaza genocide - it must be sanctioned

The Israeli Medical Association defended Israel over the Gaza genocide - it must be sanctioned Submitted by Ghada Majadli on Tue, 07/07/2026 - 11:48 Amid growing calls for its suspension from the World Medical Association, the professional body claimed political neutrality even as it worked to block accountability for Israel's crimes Medical staff treat a patient in the underground ward of Rambam hospital in Haifa, Israel, 22 September 2024 (Sipa USA/Reuters Connect) Off As calls grow to suspend the Israeli Medical Association (IMA) from the World Medical Association (WMA), much of the debate has focused on the association's failure to condemn the destruction of Gaza's healthcare system and attacks on health in Lebanon and Iran . But the problem runs deeper. In response to the recent petition published in The Lancet calling on the WMA to suspend the IMA, the IMA argued: "The signatories' calls to expel the IMA from the WMA seem to confuse a country's government with its medical association, an extremely dangerous precedent.