When Truth Becomes the Enemy: Voices from the frontlines of Jenin Sunday 24 November at 6pm – 7.30pm (UK time) Palestinian journalist Mariam Barghouti and Jenin resident Rwanda Arqawi share their firsthand experiences with Palestinian trauma healer Ashira Darwish to reveal the human realities often obscured in Western mainstream narratives. https://we.scienceandnonduality.com/offers/oF56hjaR/checkout UKPALMHN Solidarity Space Monday 25 November at 1pm (UK time) This is an open space where people exchange their emotional responses with a view to remaining resilient amidst a constant stream of distressing news. If you would like a link to this meeting, please contact ukpalmhn@gmail.com Week of action in solidarity with the Palestinian people Monday 25 November to Sunday 1 December A full list of action is available at this page: https://palestinecampaign.org/events/november-2024-week-of-action/ International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People Friday 29 November Download the free PDF and print your own poster to put in your window. Take a photo of the poster in your window and share it with your social media networks. https://palestinecampaign.org/wp-content/uploads/International-Day-of-Solidarity-Poster.pdf National Demonstration for Palestine Saturday 30 November at 12 noon in central London <Details to be confirmed in the next mailing> Seeds of Resistance: The people stand with Gaza Saturday 30 November 7pm – 9.30pm Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, 235 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8EP Join us on Saturday, November 30th, for an evening of culture, community, and music headlined by acclaimed hip-hop artist and campaigner Lowkey. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seeds-of-resistance-the-people-stand-with-gaza-tickets-1082303301309 The Palestinians of Israel: The historical development from 1948 to present Wednesday 4 December 2024 at 3pm A webinar from the Balfour Project with Thair Abu-Ras https://mailchi.mp/balfourproject/enewsletter-13534450 Human Rights Watch: Israel’s crimes against humanity in Gaza – Mass forced displacement and widespread destruction A new 154-page report from Human Rights Watch. “Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged: Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza” examines how Israeli authorities’ conduct has led to the displacement of over 90 percent of the population of Gaza—1.9 million Palestinians—and the widespread destruction of much of Gaza over the last 13 months. Israeli forces have carried out deliberate, controlled demolitions of homes and civilian infrastructure, including in areas where they have apparent aims of creating “buffer zones” and security “corridors,” from which Palestinians are likely to be permanently displaced. Contrary to claims by Israeli officials, their actions do not comply with the laws of war. https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/11/14/israels-crimes-against-humanity-gaza Two Palestinians die in ‘catastrophic conditions’ in Israeli prison Two Palestinian monitoring groups have warned of “catastrophic conditions” in Israeli jails after the recent deaths of two prisoners. In a joint statement, the Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society announced on Friday the deaths of Samih Suleiman Muhammad Aliwi, 61, and Anwar Shaaban Muhammad Aslim, 44. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/two-palestinians-die-catastrophic-conditions-Israeli-prisons Top genocide scholar calls Starmer and Lammy ‘hypocrites’ over Gaza stance William Schabas noted how British leaders previously voted in favour of recognising genocides in conflicts of a lesser scale than Gaza. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/top-genocide-scholar-calls-starmer-and-lammy-hypocrites-denying-gaza-genocide WE WON’T BE SILENT Updates from activist groups working for Palestine in professional associations. The Family Therapists for Palestine group was established at the end of October 2023, currently has around ninety members and meets approximately once a month. There is also a google group through which members can exchange ideas and information. We have taken various initiatives, such as encouraging our association (AFT) to take a more robust ethical stance on the genocide and challenging a statement the Chair and Chief Executive published on the anniversary of October 7th which failed even to mention Palestine. We have written a response to this signed by fifty AFT members which will be published in the next edition of Context (the magazine for family therapy and systemic practice in the UK). We will distribute this text after it is published. A group of five of us was invited to submit an article on Gaza to the Journal of Family Therapy and this has recently been submitted. A very successful webinar was held on October 21st featuring the Palestinian psychotherapist, Dr Yo’ad Ghanadry Hakim and a panel of systemic therapists, which was attended by 300 people. We were also signatories to the statement by Mental Health practitioners published in Middle East Eye on October 18th called ‘As mental health workers, we call for an end to the West’s collusion with Israel’ https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-war-uk-mental-health-workers-west-end-collusion-israel If anyone would like to join our group, please contact: Gwyn Daniel danielgwyn@gmail.com Open letter to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy requesting a public statement regarding the attacks on healthcare provision in Gaza As registered members, we urge the BACP to issue a public statement regarding the current situation affecting hospitals in Gaza. Our ethical framework emphasises respecting human rights and alleviating suffering. As mental health professionals, we believe we have a responsibility to advocate for the protection of healthcare facilities, which are protected under international humanitarian law. Irrespective of any political affiliation, healthcare services must be safeguarded for all civilians impacted by conflict […] https://openletter.earth/open-letter-to-the-bacp-requesting-a-public-statement-regarding-the-attacks-on-healthcare-provision-in-gaza-8f809ca4 No Child A Target International [The Palestine-Global Mental Health Network is the Palestinian-led umbrella organisation for the 20 national Mental Health Networks, including UKPALMHN] The Palestine-Global Mental Health Network, in collaboration with its international counterparts, is launching an urgent campaign demanding that world governments hold Israel accountable to the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. ‘We condemn the killing of all children – no child should ever be a target and all efforts must be taken to end violence against all children.’ You can sign the petition here: https://ujoin.co/campaigns/3351/actions/public Want to take Action? Our website has a list of up to date petitions, letter writing campaigns and other ways you can express your solidarity. https://ukpalmhn.com/gaza-crisis/ Think it’s all hopeless? Look at this link celebrating the successes of the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement on its 19th anniversary in July 2024: https://bdsmovement.net/BDS_Impacts-In-Times-Of-Genocide

Bombing tents in a so-called safe area
From the Instagram feed of brave, award-winning citizen journalist, @wizard_bisan1, in Gaza
Time: Wednesday 13-11-2024
Day 404 of the genocide, mid of the day
Location: Mawasi area of Khan Younis (safe area as they claimed)