Criticism of Israeli government policy “is not ipso facto antisemitic, and to label it as such is a tactic to stifle debate,” argue leading doctors in this editorial in The BMJ. Referring to a complaint about a letter published in the Lancet, Professor John S Yudkin from University College London and Professor Jennifer Leaning from Harvard School of Public Health, believe medical journals should not avoid discussing political issues that have a bearing on health. They explain that in April, Reed Elsevier, publishers of the Lancet, received a complaint written by Professor Mark Pepys and signed by 396 physicians and scientists, protesting about an “Open letter for the people of Gaza” published in July 2014, during the latest Israeli assault on Gaza.
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