“If they did it in the US, I’d join with anyone else in seeking to have those physicians brought to account,” he said.
Further allegations of Israeli doctors’ involvement in torture came in a report two years ago from the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, which gave testimony from nine Palestinian men interrogated between 2004 and 2006. Blachar’s critics accuse him of failing to respond to this report or Amnesty’s evidence.
Sir Iain Chalmers, a senior British doctor, is one of the signatories to the letter.
“Previous appeals to Yoram Blachar himself, in a number of places and from a number of people, to answer factually based allegations of medical complicity in torture have not resulted in any adequate response,” he said.
“The issue now is: does the WMA have any credibility as long as it continues to ignore people who are complaining about its acquiescence and support of Dr Blachar and the Israeli Medical Association?” he asked.
“There have been no satisfactory responses from the IMA to allegations both by Israeli organizations and Amnesty International over the years,” he said.
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