FEATURED EVENT
“Without Hope, We Wouldn’t Be Here”
Thursday 16 January from 6pm- 8pm (UK time)
Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP),
Palestine-Global Mental Health Network,
Gaza Mental Health Foundation, and
No Child A Target Campaign
Are proud to announce a joint event launching the second report from GCMHP

About the event This event will explore how Gaza’s mental health professionals continue to work under siege, providing care and hope amidst unimaginable challenges. It will shed light how Gaza’s people survive the ongoing genocide. It will highlight the need for global solidarity and effective support. Join us for this critical conversation. Your participation matters. Register for the meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/TnpRhaPkRRC9Acf0zEhTog#/registration Full details about the event: https://www.pgmhn.org/announcement/conversation-between-gwyn-daniel-and-yasser-and-abu-jamei New GCMHP report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lPphwxrMmOrBes74gKkNmQgUhHhHNk9J/view National March for Palestine Saturday 18 January New Assembly point: 12 noon in Whitehall, London. https://palestinecampaign.org/we-will-march-against-israels-genocide-and-bbc-bias/ Metropolitan Police ban Palestine protest outside BBC This is about smearing those who oppose genocide as hateful extremists – while cheerleaders for depravity style themselves as mainstream moderates https://www.owenjones.news/p/metropolitan-police-ban-palestine We will have the UK-Palestine Mental Health Network banner at the march. We will assemble at 12 noon on the south-west corner of Parliament Square next to the statue of Nelson Mandela. All are welcome to join us and meet other members of the Network. (There has been some building work recently on Parliament Square. If the Square is not accessible then we will be visible close by on the other side of the road on the pavement of Little George Street). UKPALMHN Solidarity Space Next meeting: Monday 20 January 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. New Zoom link: Please write to ukpalmhn@gmail.com if you would like a link to this meeting. You may want to look at this short video before the meeting #SickFromGenocide https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEgQGsBM304/?igsh=YWI2NHN6cWR4MDFm They Cannot All Be Wrong. A collection of evidence to support claims of genocide in Gaza. A member of the UK-Palestine Mental Health Network, has created a 5 page summary of the key arguments substantiating why Israel can be said to be committing genocide in Gaza. This may be a useful reference when drafting letters and in other campaigning activities. https://ukpalmhn.com/resources/they-cannot-all-be-wrong/ Gaza: 64,000 deaths due to violence between October 2023 and June 2024, new analysis suggests An independent study by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine suggests the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza underreported the death toll due to violence by approximately 41%. The findings, published in The Lancet, indicate that approximately 3% of the population of Gaza has died due to violence with an analysis showing that 59% of these deaths were women, children, and the elderly. https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2025/gaza-64000-deaths-due-violence-between-october-2023-and-june-2024-analysis Palestinian women detail Israeli sexual assaults in Kamal Adwan raid Dozens of women report being sexually assaulted during the Kamal Adwan hospital raid last month “Before anything else happened, Maryam al-Muqayad says male Israeli troops told her to take off her clothes.Then, the soldiers took the 13-year-old Palestinian girl, dragged her by her hair and made her kneel down. When they had stopped abusing her, they forced her to leave northern Gaza, her home, and make her way south.” https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/north-gaza-palestinian-women-recall-sexual-assault-israeli-forces Soft Skin (soft film made in Gaza) Children in Gaza live under the constant threat of Israeli bombardment. Soft Skin is a short film that shows the lengths mothers are forced to go to in case the worst should happen … and the psychological impact that has on their children. Soft Skin is part of “From Ground Zero”, a collection of 22 short films made in Gaza, initiated by Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi, to tell the untold stories of the current war. From Ground Zero is the official submission of Palestine in the International Feature Film category of the 97th Academy Awards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S6jmRHdQgc Western media can be held legally accountable for its role in the Gaza genocide An opinion piece by Craig Mokhiber Western media companies have made themselves a part of the mechanism of genocide in Palestine, and there are historical precedents for holding them accountable. https://mondoweiss.net/2024/08/western-media-can-be-held-legally-accountable-for-its-role-in-the-gaza-genocide/ EVENTS “Without Hope, We Wouldn’t Be Here” Thursday 16 January from 6pm- 8pm (UK time) Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP), Palestine-Global Mental Health Network, Gaza Mental Health Foundation, and No Child A Target Campaign Are proud to announce a joint event launching the second report from GCMHP Please register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/TnpRhaPkRRC9Acf0zEhTog#/registration Stories of Food and Seeds of Resistance Thursday 16 January from 6.30pm to 8.30pm P21 Gallery, 21-27 Chalton St, London NW1 1JD Public conversation in the Palestine: Repair & Return programme. This session discusses Palestine’s embattled food and farming heritage, and considers food sovereignty as a popular form of Palestinian self-determination. https://p21.gallery/node/384 The Crisis of Public International Law: The Case of Palestine and Impunity for Genocide Thursday 16 January from 5pm – 7.30pm (UK time) From The People’s Academy of International Law Speakers include: Raji Sourani, Director of Palestinian Centre for Human Rights; Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories; https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8KXoCLCfSGCYFJrkz6ScTQ#/registration National March for Palestine Saturday 18 January New Assembly point: 12 noon in Whitehall, London. https://palestinecampaign.org/we-will-march-against-israels-genocide-and-bbc-bias/ First Palestinian Women’s Conference in Britain Sunday 19 January from 4:00pm – 7:00pm Venue: DoubleTree by Hilton, 2-8 Hanger Lane, Ealing W5 3HN An open invitation to all Palestinian women in the UK and all women who support the Palestinian cause. A unique event aimed at supporting Palestinian women, highlighting their vital role and contributions to building and developing the community, and hearing their voices and needs. Registration: https://58893.aidaform.com/the-first-conference-of-the-palestinian-woman-in-the-uk-copy For questions and more information: women@apc-uk.org UKPALMHN Solidarity Space Next meeting: Monday 20 January 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. New Zoom link: Please write to ukpalmhn@gmail.com if you would like a link to this meeting. You may want to look at this short video before the meeting #SickFromGenocide https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEgQGsBM304/?igsh=YWI2NHN6cWR4MDFm Held Without Charge- The horrific conditions experienced by Palestinians inside Israeli jails Tuesday 21 January at 6pm A webinar organised by the Amos Trust with Layan Nasir, a recently released female prisoner, and Tala Masir, a lawyer at Addameer Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association. They will discuss Layan’s experience and that of thousands of other Palestinians in the Israeli judicial system. They will describe the appalling conditions in Israeli jails and the widespread hunger, physical, sexual and psychological abuse of Palestinian prisoners – including children, as well as Tala’s work at Addameer. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rXzvMfGETFWCu409IRbIbg#/registration Censoring Palestine – World Premiere Wednesday 22 January at 6.40pm at Genesis Cinema, 93 – 95 Mile End Road, Whitechapel, London, E1 4UJ A genocide is happening in Palestine, but the newspapers and TV aren’t telling us the truth. Even social media is being censored. Those who speak out or protest face dawn raids, arrest, detention. Dissent has been criminalised. This shocking documentary feature film exposes the most outrageous attack on free speech in modern times. With Ken Loach, Roger Waters, Alexei Sayle, Jackie Walker and many more. https://www.genesiscinema.co.uk/event/93955 Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions: Extended Study Tour “Visit Palestine/Israel on an Extended Study Tour that will change your life” Monday, 31 March to Thursday, 10 April 2025 https://icahd.org/extended-study-tours/ BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT AND SANCTIONS (BDS) A founding aim of the UK-Palestine Mental Health Network is to “encourage our colleagues individually and collectively to consider their response to the Palestinian call for boycott, sanctions and divestment (BDS).” An interview with Omar Barghouti, the co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign, a Palestinian movement inspired by the South African anti-Apartheid struggle. https://www.aljazeera.com/program/reframe/2025/1/12/do-boycotts-against-israel-work-fatima-bhutto-omar-barghouti FEATURED ACTIONWrite to your MP: UK Government action required by 29 January to prevent Israel’s ban on UNRWA Organised by the Balfour Project Unless Benjamin Netanyahu changes course, Israel will compel UNRWA to stop operating in Israel and Palestine (the Occupied Palestinian Territory) by 30 January. Yet more Palestinian civilians will die of hunger in Gaza, and West Bank refugees will suffer grievously. Please write to your MP now to press our Government to work urgently to prevent this destructive action by the Israeli Government. UNRWA is literally irreplaceable in Gaza, and delivers essential health and education services in the West Bank. https://balfourproject.eaction.org.uk/unrwa 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/ The UK-Palestine Mental Health Network is one of 19 national mental health networks working under the umbrella of the Palestinian-led Palestine-Global Mental Health Network.