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Palestinians wait to receive a hot meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22, 2025. (AFP)
July 22, 2025, 4:45 pm
Israel Medical Association beseeches COGAT and IDF for humanitarian and medical aid in Gaza
CIting the deaths of 73 civilians waiting for food on Sunday, IMA President Zion Hagay calls on officials to ensure medical equipment and aid reach the civilian population in Gaza
By Diana Bletter
Medical residents demonstrate for better work conditions in Habima square in Tel Aviv, on August 30, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90/ File)
September 3, 2023, 11:55 pm
Shorter medical resident shifts go into effect in hospitals in country’s peripheries
Critics say agreement between Finance Ministry and Israeli Medical Center Association on trainees’ salary and hours should not be implemented without sufficient manpower in place
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Doctors demonstrate against the judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv on July 18, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)
July 26, 2023, 10:17 pm
Doctors, scientists and tech leaders take stock after passage of ‘reasonableness’ law
American physicians and German research institutes offer moral support as Israeli healthcare workers weigh whether to stay and fight for scientific freedom or relocate
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Interior and Health Minister Moshe Arbel arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 7, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 25, 2023, 6:18 pm
Labor court orders doctors back to work after day-long strike to protest overhaul
IMA says it disagrees with decision but will honor it after Health Minister Arbel requests injunction to end wildcat action; more strikes threatened
By Renee Ghert-Zand and ToI Staff
Doctors demonstrate against the judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv on July 18, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)
July 24, 2023, 11:36 pm
Medical Association announces 24-hour general strike Tuesday in healthcare system
Hospitals and clinics in Jerusalem will not be affected, and emergency and critical care services will function as scheduled; Health Ministry weighs asking for injunction
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Several thousand doctors pack into Jerusalem's International Convention Center for a Israel Medical Association-organized rally protesting the government's judicial overhaul plans. July 23, 2023. (Renee Ghert-Zand/Times of Israel)
July 23, 2023, 10:08 pm
With Israel ‘on the edge of disaster,’ thousands of doctors protest in Jerusalem
Arriving in the capital Sunday for a major rally, physicians argue ‘reasonableness’ law will cause irreversible damage to healthcare system, patients and medical profession
By Renee Ghert-Zand
File: A doctor holds a sign saying 'The doctors are fighting for the life of democracy,' at a rally against the government's judicial overhaul bills in Tel Aviv on February 25, 2023. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
July 17, 2023, 5:12 pm
Doctors plan strike this week in protest of judicial overhaul
Israeli Medical Association follows up on its warning from last week, announces hospitals will operate in ’emergency mode,’ though no timeframe provided
By Gianluca Pacchiani
File: A doctor holds a sign saying 'The doctors are fighting for the life of democracy,' at a rally against the government's judicial overhaul bills in Tel Aviv on February 25, 2023. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
July 13, 2023, 4:10 pm
Public health staff plan strike if overhaul not halted – report
Union to discuss potential work stoppage at emergency meeting Thursday evening, amid reported consensus among medical professionals on matter
By Michael Horovitz
Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman-Tov at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, March 11, 2020. (Flash90)
January 22, 2023, 6:57 pm
Health Ministry chief: Strike over violence against medical staff will harm patients
Bar Siman-Tov urges head of doctors union to call off Monday’s strike, vows to use all available means to ensure a safe health system for all
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Nurses strike at Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in protest of violence against medical personnel, July 4, 2018. (Courtesy: Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital)
January 19, 2023, 9:11 pm
Public health system to strike next week over violence against medical staff
Union announces hospitals and clinics will offer reduced services on Monday after patient assaults doctor at women’s center in Ramle
By ToI Staff
Medical residents demonstrate for better work conditions on HaBima square in Tel Aviv, on August 30, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 12, 2022, 11:58 pm
Medical residents rescind resignation threat as Lapid intervenes to shorten shifts
PM mediates deal to prepare to reduce shifts to 16 hours in outlying areas, though all hospitals can go ahead now if they can manage the shorter hours
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Doctors perform cardiac catheterizations at Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital, in Jerusalem, on January 20, 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 10, 2020, 3:48 pm
Finance Ministry, union agree: Doctors to be paid for days in virus quarantine
Unclear if compromise will stave off strike by Israeli Medical Association
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: Workers in the coronavirus ward of Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, July 27, 2020. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
August 10, 2020, 8:13 am
Doctors union threatens strike over funding dispute with Finance Ministry
Israeli Medical Association announces labor dispute, says its 28,000 members will stop working if demands aren’t met within 14 days
By Stuart Winer
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