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6,500 Health Professionals Urge WMA to Suspend Israel’s Medical Association

By Drooid · Oct 11, 2026, 2:59 AM UTC · How we work

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Healthcare workers at the WMA summit in the Netherlands demanded suspending the Israeli Medical Association.
More than 6,500 health professionals signed a petition urging the WMA to suspend the IMA.
Protesters displayed 81 scrubs bearing detained Palestinian doctors’ names outside the WMA assembly in Rotterdam.
Médecins Sans Frontières called on the WMA to investigate Gaza healthcare attacks and free detained doctors.

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Healthcare workers at the WMA summit in the Netherlands demanded suspending the Israeli Medical Association.
More than 6,500 health professionals signed a petition urging the WMA to suspend the IMA.
Protesters displayed 81 scrubs bearing detained Palestinian doctors’ names outside the WMA assembly in Rotterdam.
Médecins Sans Frontières called on the WMA to investigate Gaza healthcare attacks and free detained doctors.