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Why no response from Israeli doctors and Medical Association

Christopher J Burns-Cox   (15 May 2008)

Why no response from Israeli doctors and Medical Association 15 May 2008
Christopher J Burns-Cox, Consultant Physician Southend Farm, Wotton-under-Edge GL12 7PB Send response to journal: Re: Why no response from Israeli doctors and Medical Association	This horrible cruelty and lack of respect for life and suffering is very sad. How is it that Israeli and Israeli-sympathetic doctors outside Israel fail to react? Do they and the Israeli Medical Association live in denial? Do they fail to act as doctors because of lack of respect for Palestinians as humans. Why the failure? - especially with the example of Israeli doctors supporting Physicians for Human Rights Israel which is a beacon of decency and honesty but, alas, represents only a minority. Competing interests: None declared