Mick Hartley

1,150 professionals signed the petition because the IMA “failed to condemn the genocide of the Palestinians, the destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system, and the torture of detainees.”

The IMA has, in actuality, spent the entire war advocating for Gazans, petitioning the government to ensure medical supplies were entering Gaza, and demanding that hospitals in Gaza remain safe havens.

But they’re evil because they didn’t use the word genocide? It doesn’t matter what you do for Palestinians or how you fight for them if you don’t use a certain word?

See here for more on the Lancet’s lamentable track record under editor Richard Horton: publishing Andrew Wakefield on the supposed MMR-autism link (not retracted for 12 years); praising the wonderful work of the Chinese authorities wrt to the Covid outbreak; publishing Palestinian propaganda “bordering on blood libel”….