# ‘Complicit’: World Medical Association criticised for rejecting calls to suspend Israel

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/complicit-world-medical-association-criticised-for-rejecting-calls-to-suspend-israel/
- Published: 2026-11-04T08:12:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T03:51:23+00:00
- Original publisher: Middle East Eye (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/complicit-world-medical-association-criticised-rejecting-calls-suspend-israel
- Topics: Elections, Middle East, Politics, World

## Key points

- WMA rejected calls to suspend the Israeli Medical Association.
- A petition from 6,500 medical personnel called for the IMA’s expulsion.
- The ICC has been urged to investigate alleged abuses involving Israeli doctors.

## Summary

The World Medical Association (WMA) is facing criticism after rejecting calls to suspend the Israeli Medical Association (IMA). Campaigners say the IMA has failed to investigate or discipline doctors allegedly involved in the torture and abuse of Palestinian detainees, raising questions about the WMA’s role in upholding medical ethics.

A petition signed by 6,500 medical personnel was presented at the WMA’s General Assembly in Rotterdam, where hundreds also protested. The article says a complaint to the International Criminal Court seeks an investigation into alleged involvement by Israeli doctors, the IMA and government officials; it is the first time a WMA member has been referred to the court. The WMA represents 118 countries, and its last suspension of a medical association was in 1976, over doctors’ complicity in torture under apartheid in South Africa.

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