Following President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States will withdraw from the World Health Organization, Israeli lawmakers are set to meet to discuss the possibility of Israel following suit.
According to the Knesset website, the Knesset Health Committee will hold a debate special on “Israel’s withdrawal from World Health Organization” on Monday. The Walla news site reports that the debate is slated to be held at the request of members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud as well as MKs from the far-right Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit parties.
“The organization’s policy is often tainted with antisemitism and clear discrimination against Israel, and constitutes a serious violation of the legitimacy of the State of Israel as a sovereign state,” Walla quotes the lawmakers as arguing.
The organization has been highly critical of Israeli actions in Gaza, particularly attacks on hospitals. Israel said Hamas and other terror groups in Gaza were using hospitals as staging grounds for attacks.






