Advocacy group warns med schools of civil rights violations if they comply with suspension of Israeli student org

A nonprofit opposed to leftist ideology in health care is warning medical schools about a suspension against an Israeli medical group.

Do No Harm has sent letters to American medical schools saying that they would violate the 1964 Civil Rights Act if they comply with the International Federation of Medical Students’ Association’s (IFMSA) “blatantly antisemitic” suspension of the Federation of Israeli Medical Students (FIMS).

In a Sept. 25 letter obtained by The Daily Caller, Do No Harm called out the IFMSA for engaging “in blatant and unlawful antisemitism by terminating the members of the Federation of Israeli Medical Students.” 

“Although the IFMSA rationalized its decision as a punishment for behavior by FIMS, reporting reflects this reasoning was a facade, and the decision was instead based on blatantly antisemitic factors,” which Do No Harm identified as including “false accusations of ‘genocide’ denial,” “the fact that members of the Israeli medical students’ organization serve in the Israeli military,” “the presence of students from a Jewish university,” and “alleged threats against medical students, online harassment, and hate speech.”   

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