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| 1. UKPALMHN Action Half-Hour on Friday 12 January at 13:00 (UK time) The Action Half-Hours are intended to provide a space for mutual support and action. The meeting will last for 30 minutes but participants are welcome to stay after the end of the formal meeting to talk further, if desired. Please contact ukpalmhn@gmail.com if you would like a link to the meeting. The actions for this meeting and all previous meetings are open to anyone to act on at any time. They are all available at this link: https://ukpalmhn.com/gaza-crisis/ 2. National March for Palestine – Ceasefire NOW Saturday 13 January at 12:00 at Bank Junction, EC3V 3LA https://palestinecampaign.org/events/national-march-for-palestine-ceasefire-now-january-13/ The UK-Palestine Mental Health Network banner will be at the march. We will be assembling at 12:00 under the Samaritans Blue Plaque on the wall of St Stephen’s Walbrook Church (Northside), 31 St Stephen’s Row (off Walbrook) EC4N 4YA. This is where the Social Workers’ group will also be assembling.  The next two items refer to the ICJ and ICC respectively. Here is a refresher about these two bodies, if needed. Understanding how the ICJ and ICC work 3. International Court of Justice resource page The organisation World Beyond War has created a resource page about the South African submission to the International Court of Justice alleging violations by Israel of its obligations under the “Genocide Convention” in relation to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. https://worldbeyondwar.org/gaza-genocide/ Call from Palestine to States Parties of the Genocide Convention: Support South Africa’s ICJ Suit Against Israel over its Gaza Genocide List of organisations calling on signatories of the Genocide Convention to support the case (currently over 1,000 organisations) The USA and UK Mental Health Networks have signed this open letter. The initial submission to the ICJ takes place on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 January. The proceedings run from 9:00 -11:00 (UK time) on both days. Thursday is devoted to SA’s exposition of the case for claiming genocide, Friday to Israel’s defence. It is possible to watch the proceedings here: http://webtv.un.org/en Norman Finkelstein (renowned American political scientist and activist) and Mouin Rabbani (Dutch – Palestinian Middle East analyst) will provide commentary on the case. Connections Episode 85: South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide at the ICJ with Norman Finkelstein (a 4-Part Series) https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/45698 TAKE ACTION There is also a strategic campaign encouraging countries that have been critical of Israel’s conduct in Gaza to take the next step and file a Declaration of Intervention in support of the South African case. The website provides simple form through which it is possible email the United Nations Consulates of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Jordan, Turkey, Ireland, Honduras, Bolivia, Belize, Algeria, and Pakistan. The action appears at the top right of this page: https://worldbeyondwar.org/gaza-genocide/ The full text of the action is available here: https://worldbeyondwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Genocide1PageE.pdf 4. Submissions to the International Criminal Court Justice For All has created a tool kit for victims and survivors to submit claims of Israeli aggression to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The International Criminal Court is now accepting online reports of war crimes, including injury, loss of life, and property destruction. Submission of crimes since June 13, 2014 will be considered. https://www.justiceforall.org/icc-submissions/#submiticc 5. Resist the dehumanization of Palestinians and Israelis! Amnesty International Israel has launched an open letter fighting the dehumanization of Gazans, Palestinians, and Muslims, and the dehumanization of Israelis and Jews in general. Why do we fight the dehumanization of Palestinians and Israelis Open Letter and signatories 6. Making a Palestinian symbol At a time of crisis, the work of the Hirbawi brothers in Hebron has rarely been more vital. “After the outbreak of Israel’s current war on Gaza, global demand for keffiyehs increased dramatically as people marched and demonstrated in solidarity with Palestinians. But the Hirbawis cannot increase exports as Israel has cut off the cities of the occupied West Bank from each other and there are no Palestinian airports or ports.” https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2024/1/6/the-only-palestinian-factory-making-keffiyehs-is-going-strong 7. Gaza: Messages & Images Exhibition and Events at P21 Gallery, 21-23 Chalton Street London NW1 In collaboration with Az Theatre and associated artists, P21 Gallery is presenting an exhibition and programme of events, centred around an installation of the Messages From Gaza Now #3 Film. This will be an open space of inspiration, reflection and cultural activism. https://aztheatre.org.uk/ Events: Wed 17 Jan 2024: 7pm Art, Action, Culture, Events! Fri 19 Jan 2024: 7pm Films: Voices From Gaza (1988) and Gaza Breathing Space Film (2011) Tue 23 Jan 2024: 7pm Genocide and Mental Health Thu 25 Jan 2024: 7pm Children, Genocide and the Struggle for Freedom and Justice CORRECTION: In our mailing on 3 January we publicised Ambassadors for HUMANITY – Letters in Solidarity- Disconnected by miles connected through hearts which is a moving collection of letters to Medics and Paramedics in Gaza. We incorrectly stated that the collection was produced by the USA-Palestine Mental Health Network. The USA Network has asked us to clarify that the collection was created by Dr. Sabine Rizk and Nusrat Khan (askrahat101@gmail.com) and the Network is simply distributing it. We apologise to those concerned. Both the UK and the USA Network continue to recommend the collection as a tribute to medics and paramedics in Gaza https://usapalmhn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Final-Letters-to-Gaza-PDF.pdf |
الشبكة البريطانية الفلسطينية للصحة النفسية 