The documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack offers a forensic account of the Israeli military’s strikes on Gaza’s healthcare system and the experiences of the medical staff who endured them.
After the screening, a Q&A will follow with:
• Ben de Pear, filmmaker & founder of Basement Films
• Dr Khaled Dawas, consultant surgeon & founder of The Hanoon Foundation
Saturday, 13 December -11:30
Riffraff Kino, Zürich (Neugasse 57–63, 8005 Zürich)
Attendance is free but registration is required.
Sign up here.
Teva, Israel’s largest pharmaceutical company, owns the Swiss subsidiary Mepha, whose products are widely sold in Switzerland. By supporting the boycott of Teva/Mepha, we build pressure to stop the ongoing genocide.
A short flyer in German and Italian is available, feel free to share it.
A longer report with references in English can be found here.
As healthcare workers, we cannot remain silent. Switzerland has a particular responsibility to uphold international humanitarian law and ensure the protection of medical facilities and staff. Those responsible for the attacks on Gaza’s healthcare system must be held accountable. On 25 October, we held a memorial in Bern to raise public and political awareness of this urgent issue.
We are living in troubling times. As Israeli military actions are increasingly recognized as Genocide, Swiss institutions remain silent. As medical doctors in Switzerland, we have an ethical duty to speak out. That’s why we called on the Swiss Medical Associations (FMH, VSAO and others) to take a stand and support a boycott of companies complicit in this violence.
Download the letter here:
English | Français | Deutsch | Italiano
On Saturday 27.09.2025 we took the streets in Zurich and Bellinzona to demand accountability and an end to the Swiss complicity.
Here you can find a report of the demonstration in Bellinzona.
On Saturday 27.09.2025 we took the streets in Zurich and Bellinzona to demand accountability and an end to the Swiss complicity.
Here you can find a report of the demonstration in Bellinzona.
From 8 to 26 September 2025, several healthcare workers carried out a relay hunger strike in front of the Swiss Parliament in Bern, during the autumn parliamentary session.
The action received broad media coverage and was featured in multiple videos and articles.
Watch the video of the launch here.
We sent an open letter to the Federal Council and Federal Parliament on the 30th of June 2025.
This is the response of the Swiss Government to our letter.
Our colleagues from Ticino collected over 270 signatures for an appeal,
which was sent to the Federal Council, the President of the National Council, and the President of the Council of States in June 2025.