A resolution to expel Israel from the World Medical Association was thwarted. The resolution that was expected to be introduced by Denmark or another Scandinavian country was not presented at last week’s conference because of intense lobbying by the Israel Medical Association, Hadassah and B’nai B’rith, according to Leah Wapner, general-secretary of the IMA.
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