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Anti-Arab racism in Israel’s health system ignores a critical doctor shortage - opinion

The situation isn’t straightforward, since Israel is still in a state of war. However, that does not change the fact that the Israeli Arabs are not guilty of constituting a danger to the state.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a Clalit healthcare center in the Arab town Tira.
Group of Australian trauma physicians.

What Australian trauma doctors found when they came to Israel

Illustration: A man in a hospital bed

Artificial intelligence is changing medicine – but who will pay for the next mistake?

A general view of the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, northern Israel, March 10, 2026.

'Racist incitement': Israeli medical groups decry claims of soldier abuse by Rambam's Arab staff


State asks High Court to dismiss petition seeking release of detained Gaza doctors

The state rejected Physicians for Human Rights Israel's position, saying updated reviews had found that the legal grounds for the doctors’ continued detention remained in place.

People lift placards bearing portraits of Gazans currently detained by Israel, including Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, during a protest in solidarity with them in Ramallah city in the West Bank on January 14, 2025.

High Court weighs petition over Hamas-linked Gazan doctors in Israeli custody

Israel’s detention of Gazan medical officials, including Abu Safiya, has become a legal and security challenge as pressure grows to either charge or release detainees.

Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, who was captured by the Israeli military in Gaza in late 2024 and still held in detention, appears via video link at the Israeli Supreme Court hearing in Jerusalem, June 10, 2026.

The littlest trophy: Mexican doctors welcome first son while watching World Cup at Hillel Yaffe

The day was a success on two accounts: The two welcomed their son into the world, and Mexico advanced to the next round of the World Cup.

Dr. Norma Espinoza and Dr. Homero Salcido watch the World Cup during the birth of their first child.

Artificial intelligence enters medicine – and doctors receive new boundaries

The Israeli Medical Association has published a position paper that sets boundaries for the growing use of artificial intelligence systems in medicine.

Illustration: A doctor using AI

'Medicine is no place for politics': IMA pushes back against proposed global boycott - interview

On Saturday, renowned medical journal The Lancet published a petition calling for the suspension of the IMA from the World Medical Association (WMA).

An illustrative image of a doctor holding a heart with an Israeli flag.

Myth or truth: Do air conditioners really make us sick?

Quite a few people find themselves with a cold precisely during the summer. But is the air conditioner to blame? A family physician answers.

Do air conditioners really make us sick?

Doctors must not become weapons in the campaign against Israel - editorial

A petition to suspend Israel’s medical association would punish doctors for government policy and set a dangerous precedent for global medicine.

Israeli doctors perform cardiac catheterizations at Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital, in Jerusalem, on January 20, 2020.

The Lancet publishes call to suspend Israeli Medical Association from global medical body

The World Medical Association however told The Lancet that it stands against exclusion of any of its members, pointing out that the IMA is a "strong advocate for WMA ethics and policies."

Israeli doctors perform cardiac catheterizations at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, in Jerusalem, January 20, 2020

The doctors choosing Israel in a time of war

At a New Jersey hotel, hundreds of medical professionals spent a Sunday deciding to move to Israel. I spent the day asking them why.

Medical professionals attend MedEx in New Jersey.

Groundbreaking in utero surgery performed for first time by Israeli doctors in Petah Tikva

The operation was led by Dr. Yuval Gielchinsky, Director of the Fetal Medicine Center at Clalit-Beilinson, alongside Dr. Kinneret Tenenbaum, Head of the Twin Pregnancy Clinic.

 A pregnant woman is seen alongside the Israeli flag in this illustrative image.