Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

Feature Head to head

Should we consider a boycott of Israeli academic institutions? Yes

BMJ 2007; 335 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39266.495567.AD (Published 19 July 2007) Cite this as: BMJ 2007;335:124

Rapid Response:

BMA views

Tom Hickey refers to signatories to the call for a boycott being BMA
members. There were certainly doctors in the group of signatories and
some of there are probably BMA members. They were not, however, signing
the call for a boycott on behalf of the BMA. The BMA is not a signatory
and believes in education and support to achieve change. This view is
spelt out in the news article written by Owen Dyer at BMJ, Apr 2007;
334:871.

Competing interests:
None declared

Competing interests: No competing interests

20 July 2007
Vivienne H Nathanson
Director of Professional ctivities, BMA
WC1H 9JP
BMA House, Tavistock Square