<article data-history-node-id="431916" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/report-israeli-doctors-refuse-role-death-penalty-bill-palestinian" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/report-israeli-doctors-refuse-role-death-penalty-bill-palestinian" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Report: Israeli doctors refuse role in death penalty bill for Palestinian prisoners</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-testid="rich-text">The Israel Medical Association, (IMA) Ethics Board says it bans&nbsp;all doctors from actively or passively taking part in the Israeli bill for the execution of Palestinian prisoners&nbsp;by lethal injection, involving doctors in the process, Haaretz reported.</p> <p data-testid="rich-text">According to far-right minister Itamar Ben Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party, which promoted <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-mps-debate-lethal-injection-death-penalty-palestinian-prisoners">the bill</a>, the executions would be carried out on Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis, including those who planned or were involved in alleged attacks.&nbsp;According to the bill, the sentencing will be made by a single judge and will not be subject to appeal.</p> <p data-testid="rich-text">IMA Ethics Board chairman Dr Yosef Walfisch told Haartez that he sent a letter to National Security Committee chairman a letter on 10 November, clarifying the position of the ethics board.</p> <p data-testid="rich-text">"Israeli doctors will not become executioners in the service of the state, regardless of their political position," Walfisch&nbsp;told the newspaper.</p> <p data-testid="rich-text">"Even the most right-wing doctors realise this, as well as doctors who wish for me to object to any death penalty in Israel," he said, adding that Ben-Gvir will find it hard to recruit doctors willing to participate in the injection process.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Palestinian lawyers protest against the proposed Israeli death penalty law in front of the Judicial Court, in the Israeli occupied West Bank city of Hebron on November 9, 2025. " data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="92436948-4fb7-4f32-afbb-b2af56d3e798" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/000_83HV36J.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="Palestinian lawyers protest against the proposed Israeli death penalty law in front of the Judicial Court, in the Israeli occupied West Bank city of Hebron on November 9, 2025. " typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Palestinian lawyers protest against the proposed Israeli death penalty law in front of the Judicial Court, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Hebron on 9 November 2025. (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

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