World medical body rejects claims Israel should be expelled – 71 British physicians called to kick Jewish state out of World Medical Association for alleged torture of Palestinians | The Times of Israel
The World Medical Association will not expel Israeli physicians over pro-Palestinian activists’ allegations that they practice torture, the president of the world body said.
Michael Marmot, the London-born physician at the head of the association, made the assertion in a letter he sent Monday to Shimon Samuels, the international relations director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Samuels had urged Marmot to reject the call by 71 British physicians earlier this month to expel Israel from the world body over alleged medical torture of Palestinians.
Michael Marmot, the London-born physician at the head of the association, made the assertion in a letter he sent Monday to Shimon Samuels, the international relations director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Samuels had urged Marmot to reject the call by 71 British physicians earlier this month to expel Israel from the world body over alleged medical torture of Palestinians.
Carsten Schmicke
Solche Aktionen haben aber immer auch den Vorteil des ‚Outing‘. Andere Mediziner wissen nun, mit wem sie sicher nicht zusammenarbeiten werden. Und die jetzt aktuell herausgekommene Liste italienischer israelhassender Wissenschaftler werde ich mir auch sehr genau ansehen im Hinblick auf möglicherweise zu meidende potentielle Kooperationspartner im Horizon 2020…