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| FEATURED EVENT UKPALMHN Solidarity Space Next meeting: Monday 27 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 contact 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 Yasser Abu Jamei in Conversation with Gwyn Daniel: “Without Hope, We Won’t Be Here” A recording of the important, recent webinar launching the second report from the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme. It starts with a summary of the findings of the new report by Lama Khouri (Palestinian Psychoanalyst and Co-founder of the Palestine-Global Mental Health Network). There follows Reflections from Victoria Brittain (journalist and author). Then there is a conversation between Gwyn Daniel (family therapist, writer, and activist and UK-Palestine Mental Health Network Steering Group member) and Dr. Yasser Abu Jamei (Director General of Gaza Community Mental Health Programme.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sznGHXJj6ak Full details about the event: https://www.gazamentalhealth.org/ New GCMHP report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lPphwxrMmOrBes74gKkNmQgUhHhHNk9J/view “If my hand survives, this is my name”; Gaza’s children under genocide An article by Gwyn Daniel (UK-Palestine Mental Health Network Steering Group member). The French version of this article appeared in the January 2025 edition of Palestine Solidarité, the trimestrial magazine of the AFPS (Association France Palestine Solidarité) in a special “dossier” entitled “Palestine en Souffrance”. The dossier also features articles by Dr Samah Jabr and Dr Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian. “The brutal truth behind the suffering inflicted on Gaza’s children over the past fourteen months of genocidal onslaught is that in a settler colonial state, indigenous children are not supposed to have a future.” https://ukpalmhn.com/resources/if-my-hand-survives/ Comments are enabled on this page. We welcome feedback about the issues raised in this article. It’s Bisan from Gaza, and the rubble is still home Roofs are on the verge of collapse, walls are missing, and there are health risks everywhere – this is what the people of Khan Younis face as they return to the rubble of their homes after the Israeli army withdrew from the city. Dust from debris fills the air, and every step is dangerous – yet they choose to stay and restore what’s left. As they told Bisan: “A room in my home is better than a palace elsewhere.” https://youtu.be/60mWXBhOmkc Gaza’s devastated health system needs $10bn, at least five years to rebuild: WHO The UN estimates reconstruction of the strip could cost up to $80 billion and take 15 years due to the destruction from Israeli bombing https://thecradle.co/articles/gazas-devastated-health-system-needs-10bn-at-least-five-years-to-rebuild-who Bethlehem University fundraiser in honour of nomination of Prof. Qumsiyeh for the Nobel Peace Prize Bethlehem University is honoured to announce that Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, founder and director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History (PMNH) and the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS), has been nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. To commemorate this milestone, Bethlehem University is launching a global fundraising campaign to support the ongoing educational and research initiatives led by PMNH and PIBS. Contributions to the campaign will enable Bethlehem University to expand its impact in Palestine and beyond, fostering peace, sustainability, and innovation. To make a donation: https://www.bethlehem.edu/ic/pmnh/ 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).”  From the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement https://bdsmovement.net/Guide-to-BDS-Boycott EVENTS UKPALMHN Solidarity Space Next meeting: Monday 27 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 The Palestinian Struggle in the Trump Era Thursday 23 January at 5:00pm (UK time) Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions UK Webinar This webinar will focus on what we consider to be the biggest threat to the Palestinians since the Nakba: Trump’s imminent return to the process of normalisation which will legitimise Israel’s apartheid regime and carries the danger of erasing the Palestinian issue altogether. Jeff Halper, Director, ICAHD, will moderate a discussion with Prof Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco, where he serves as coordinator of the programme in Middle Eastern Studies. https://mailchi.mp/a4255a2dd96b/trump-biggest-threat-since-the-nakba-update-webinar?e=9b3c8edd3a (scroll down the page to find this webinar) Forest of Noise: Webinar with Mosab Abu Toha Tuesday 28 January at 6pm (UK) Organised by the Amos Trust We are delighted to have Mosab Abu Toha join us on Tuesday 28th January. He will read from his latest remarkable and critically acclaimed poetry book, Forest of Noise, and discuss the ongoing situation in Gaza and what the future may hold. https://mailchi.mp/amostrust/forest-of-noise-webinar-1 From Ground Zero: Untold stories from Gaza (film screenings) Between Friday 24 January to Thursday 13 February on multiple dates and times Palestine House, WC1V 6JJ Recently shortlisted for this year’s Academy Awards in the Best International Feature category, From Ground Zero is a ground-breaking collection of 22 short films crafted by Palestinian filmmakers living through the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Each short film, spanning 3 to 6 minutes, explores the struggles and hopes of life under siege through various genres, including fiction, documentary, animation, and experimental cinema. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/palestinehouse/1528890 Held Without Charge (webinar) Tuesday 4 February at 6pm (UK time ) (please note this re-arranged date) Organised by the Amos Trust Layan Nasir was arrested at gunpoint on 6 April 2024 and held until shortly before Christmas. Layan and Tala Masir, a lawyer at Addammeer Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, will discuss Layan’s experience and that of thousands of other Palestinians in the Israeli judicial system. They will discuss 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://www.amostrust.org/held-without-charge-webinar 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/ FEATURED ACTION Write 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.  |
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