Israel out of WMA (World Medical Association). Letter to your national medical association

Publicado el 3 de septiembre.

And Israel's expulsion from the World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA)

WRITE TO YOUR NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS, WHICH IS PART OF THE WORLD ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS

 

EXAMPLE, IN SPAIN

 

To Dr. Tomás Cobo Castro as President of the Permanent Commission of the General Council of Official Colleges of Physicians (CGCOM), representing the Medical Association (Organización Médica Colegial, OMC) before all international medical and health organizations.

 

We are grateful to the OMC for its concern for the health of the population of Gaza and the integrity of its healthcare system, as expressed in the statement of May 26 https://www.cgcom.es/notas-de-prensa/la-omc-exige-que-la-ayuda-humanitaria-llegue-gaza-y-el-fin-de-los-ataques-al and through the event organized for Friday, September 5 https://www.medicosypacientes.com/articulo/omc-fcomci-jornada-ataques-gaza-sanitarios-hambre-infantil/ (in addition to the article in El Correo on "Hunger as a Weapon of War," dated August 14)…

 

as the medical section of Health Workers For Palestine, Spain (HW4PS)

 

WE REQUEST THE PERMANENT COMMITTEE OF THE OMC

 

1/ That the OMC call on the World Medical Association General Assembly, to be held in Porto, Portugal, from October 8 to 11 (https://www.wma.net/events-post/wma-general-assembly-porto-2025/ ), to expel the Israeli Medical Association (IMA) for its complicit silence with the apartheid regime throughout Palestine (Israel and the Occupied Territories) and with the Palestinian genocide, in the face of the massacre, including by starvation, of the population in Gaza and the systematic destruction of the health system, with fierce hatred towards health personnel (including ambulances) who have been massacred, detained, imprisoned and tortured with impunity. Israel is in breach of its obligations as a colonial power.

It causes immense harm to the local population, and silence entails approval, a serious issue of unethical and unprofessional behavior. Participation of Israeli phyisicians in torture breach ethical principles of IMA and require its expulsion from International Community, including World Medical Association https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01662-9/fulltext  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01662-9/fulltext 

 

2/ The OMC should take into account and defend the fact that the Israeli Medical Association's complicit silence toward Israel is a political stance that speaks little to civic, ethical, moral, and professional values ​​(in the sense of Albert Camus, the value of doing what one must in everyday life). This lack of courage affects all health associations in Israel.

Therefore, we urge the establishment of a strategy (following the movement to expel Israel from the World Medical Association, WMA) to pressure Israel's expulsion from the World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA): FDI, World Dental Federation (FDI), International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), International Council of Nurses (ICN), World Physiotherapy, and World Medical Association (WMA). And

 

3/ That the OMC take into account, at the very least, the example of the British Medical Association, which has severed all relations with the Israeli Medical Association due to its lukewarm attitude toward the brutality in Gaza, through motions to:

 

A. Reaffirm its commitment to the protection of healthcare in all conflicts;

 

B. Write to the WMA (World Medical Association), urging consistent condemnation of attacks on healthcare, in general and in Gaza, with explicit mention of the perpetrator (Israel);

 

C. Suspend collaboration with the Israeli Medical Association (AMI) until it affirms its medical neutrality and condemns the attacks on healthcare in Gaza https://www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/working-internationally/our-international-work/an-update-on-the-bma-s-position-on-the-israel-gaza-conflict

 

For our part, we offer our support to the Permanent Commission of the General Council of Official Medical Associations (CGCOM) and the OMC to collaborate in any activity it deems appropriate to organize.

As of September 3, 2025, Health Workers For Palestine, Spain (HW4PS) https://hw4p.es/ 

For email correspondence: hcw4palestinespain@gmail.com