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Masa doctors expands its medical fellowship

Building on More Than 1,200 Alumni Currently Practicing Medicine in Israel.

Masa Doctors ceremony at Haifa City Hall.
Illustration of arrested suspects on their way to hearing at the DIstrict Court in Jerusalem. August 18, 2026.

State Attorney seeks harsher sentence for doctor convicted of rape, sexual abuse of patients

Assaf Peleg, attorney specializing in civil and commercial law.

Assaf Peleg on medical licensing for doctors trained abroad

Israeli doctors perform cardiac catheterizations at Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital, in Jerusalem, on January 20, 2020.

Right-wing Knesset candidate alleges Arab takeover of Israeli healthcare, drawing backlash


Medical coexistence: Arab Israeli doctors show the cost of Israel’s medical school shortage

As Israel faces a growing doctor shortage, Arab Israelis now make up 25% of physicians and play an essential role in a health system that also offers a model of coexistence.

TODAY, 25% of the country’s working physicians are Arab-Israeli.

Dozens of cardiologists may have skipped internal medicine training, falsified records - report

According to a Channel 13 report, the committee was formed after a resident doctor at the center alleged that residency logs had been falsified so cardiology residents could skip the training.

View of the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot. January 26, 2026.

Anti-Arab racism in Israel’s health system ignores a critical doctor shortage - opinion

The situation isn’t straightforward, since Israel is still in a state of war. However, that does not change the fact that the Israeli Arabs are not guilty of constituting a danger to the state.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a Clalit healthcare center in the Arab town Tira.

What Australian trauma doctors found when they came to Israel

An Australian trauma delegation’s visit to Israel highlights how medical collaboration can deepen ties between the two countries despite political tensions.

Group of Australian trauma physicians.

Artificial intelligence is changing medicine – but who will pay for the next mistake?

About two-thirds of countries in the World Health Organization's European Region are already operating AI systems in medical diagnosis, and half of them offer medical chatbots to patients.

Illustration: A man in a hospital bed

'Racist incitement': Israeli medical groups decry claims of soldier abuse by Rambam's Arab staff

"The Israeli health system relies daily on the joint work of doctors, nurses, and medical staff, Jews and Arabs, doctors in every person regardless of religion, nationality, or political position."

A general view of the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, northern Israel, March 10, 2026.

High-tech workers, doctors leaving: Emigration wave hits Israel’s top income decile

Emigration rate among wealthy population nearly doubled compared to previous years, Tax Authority estimates potential tax loss at roughly NIS 700M.

Ben Gurion Airport, May 17, 2026

Years of disaster drills kept Israeli hospitals running - until Oct. 7 exposed the gaps

The findings of an Israeli study offer practical lessons that could help hospitals worldwide prepare for prolonged armed conflicts and other large-scale emergencies.

A RESCUE TEAM evacuates a wounded person by helicopter near Sderot on October 7, 2023.

Skeptical of alternative medicine, I took a leap on Chinese tonics and paid the price - opinion

I found a specialist in Tel Aviv that I’d read good things about. While not a licensed medical doctor, he tests all his tonics in the oncology department at Sheba Medical Center, Israel’s largest.

Chinese medicine: 'I dutifully brewed up his witch's concoction every night.'

Assuta, Microsoft develop AI medical assistant to reduce relieve doctors' documentation tasks

The AI assistant is intended to read the medical record and present key information before a patient meeting, and listen to and transcribe the conversation during the meeting.

View of the Assuta medical center in Ramat haHayal, Tel Aviv. June 17, 2025.