We are writing as family doctors committed to WONCA’s core aims of ‘improving the life of the peoples of the world, respect for universal rights and promoting equity, inclusion and advancement of all groups of people, particularly women and girls, in the context of all health care and other societal initiatives’. We are deeply concerned about the actions and behaviour of members of the medical profession in Israel and the position of the Israeli Association of Family Medicine (IAFM), in relation to the current horrendous escalation in violence in Gaza and the West Bank alongside the long history of apartheid and illegal occupation of Palestine. ….more
