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| UKPALMHN Solidarity Space Monday 4 August 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. Please contact ukpalmhn@gmail.com for a link to this meeting. National March for Palestine – Stop Starving Gaza – Stop Arming Israel Saturday 9 August from 12 noon – 4pm Central London Further details to follow https://palestinecampaign.org/events/national-march-for-palestine-stop-starving-gaza-stop-arming-israel/ PSC Statement on Starmer’s announcement on Palestinian statehood Source: Palestine Solidarity Campaign Date: 30 July PSC condemns Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s statement on Tuesday which fails to address the urgent pressure needed for Israel to end its genocide in Gaza. It shamefully frames the Palestinian right to self-determination within the context of Israel’s actions, rather than as an inalienable right of the Palestinian people. Tuesday’s announcement came in part because of intense pressure from the British public, expressed in the huge protest movement that has persevered over many months. […] We call upon people to join the protests we have called over the summer, including the next national march on Saturday 9 August. We must sustain pressure on the government to take the action required, as outlined above, to bring an end to the genocide and a dismantling of the structures of oppression Israel has employed for decades to deny the Palestinian people their inalienable rights. https://palestinecampaign.org/psc-statement-on-starmers-announcement-on-palestinian-statehood/ What if they were ours? Aneeza Pervez on moral failure and the lives of Palestinian children. Source: The British Psychological Society website Date: 25 July 2025 “Psychology cannot claim to protect children if it is only willing to do so selectively. This is not about slogans. It is about the daily, often unseen ways we model our values: in what we publish, what we teach, and what we refuse to name. Palestinian children are not collateral. They are not too complex or too controversial to grieve. They are children, entitled to safety, dignity, and care.” https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/what-if-they-were-ours British Psychological Society and BDS A group of psychologists are aiming to hold the British Psychological Society (BPS) to account over the genocide and to get the BPS to commit to the Palestinian-led call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (https://bdsmovement.net/) If you are a member of the BPS and want to be involved, please contact: Artemis: artichristinaki@gmail.com or Ian: discourseunit@gmail.com “Pull a Baby Out of Your Bag?” The Question That Exposes a Genocide. Source: Lama Khouri (from the Palestine-Global Mental Health Network) writing in CounterPunch Date: 30 July It was January 2025 […] I stood with other seasoned professionals in the Capitol Hill lobby, planning our day of advocacy for Palestine. […] We were a quiet crowd when four or five guards approached. One of them — short, stocky, visibly angry– began shouting as if shooing away a herd of animals: “This is your first warning. If you do not disperse, I will arrest all of you!” We shuffled slightly, exchanging quizzical glances, unsure what had triggered such fury. Then came the line that would haunt me: “What are you going to do now, pull a baby out of your bag?” In seven words, this guard had unknowingly exposed the mechanism by which an entire society can watch children starve on their screens and remain unmoved. https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/07/30/pull-a-baby-out-of-your-bag-the-question-that-exposes-a-genocide/ The Prime Minister – after 20 months of negotiation – has approved the Project Pure Hope proposal for a government scheme to medically evacuate a cohort or 30 children from Gaza to the UK Source: Project Pure Hope Date: 26 July A Co-Founder of Project Pure Hope (an initiative by private citizens) providing a powerful description of the work of the project and the most recent developments in an extended Sky News interview (approximately 5 minutes): https://www.instagram.com/p/DMkfcRgoJpe/ Project Pure Hope website: https://www.purehope.co.uk/ “Our Genocide”: Israel is Committing Genocide in the Gaza Strip Source: B’Tselem (Israeli human rights organisation) Date: 28 July Friends and partners, It’s almost impossible to comprehend, but for nearly two years, Israel has been committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. As Israelis and Palestinians who live here, and who are exposed daily to testimonies and lived reality, it is our duty to speak the honest and whole truth. […] In our new report, we present facts, data and testimonies that demonstrate how Israel is systematically destroying Palestinian society in Gaza through creating catastrophic living conditions that make continued existence impossible. This, precisely, is the definition of genocide. Press release: https://mailchi.mp/btselem/18act4vnza-9433659?e=3bc8bb3a1e Report launch video (7 minutes): https://youtu.be/OngVkKu6rHk?si=0JIyYE0oHQJSdAvo Full Report: https://www.btselem.org/sites/default/files/publications/202507_our_genocide_eng.pdf Destruction of Conditions of Life: A Health Analysis of the Gaza Genocide Source: Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) Date: 28 July “This report documents the Israeli assault for what it is: a deliberate, cumulative, and ongoing dismantling of Gaza’s healthcare system – and of the population’s ability to survive. Its meaning: genocide.” PHRI news release: https://www.phr.org.il/en/genocide-in-gaza-eng/ Full report: https://www.phr.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Genocide-in-Gaza-PHRI-English.pdf Children who refuse to give up hope in a hopeless world Source: Middle East Eye (short video) Date: 25 July A group of children on Egypt’s northern Sinai coast have begun throwing plastic bottles filled with rice, pasta, and grains into the sea, hoping the tide will carry them to Gaza. One of the children, Janaat Abdon, said the idea was to send food “from the children of Sinai to the children of Gaza”. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMinfCbIeJn/ ACTIONSWANT TO TAKE ACTION? We have 13 actions posted in July and ready to go on our dedicated Actions Page: https://ukpalmhn.com/gaza-crisis/ Protesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/28/gaza-israel-aid-starvation-children FEATURED ACTION  DAY OF ACTION – STOP STARVING GAZA – Pots and Pans protests Friday 1 August at 6pm After last Friday’s national day of action we must keep the pressure up. Join us in towns across Britain as we once more lay down pots and pans to represent those starved to death by Israel’s genocidal blockade and demand our politicians take action to end Israel’s starvation of Gaza. Nationwide actions – details of local actions will be available here: https://palestinecampaign.org/events/day-of-action-stop-starving-gaza-pots-and-pans-protests/ EVENTSWANT TO NETWORK, LEARN AND SHOW SOLIDARITY? Our Events Page lists 16 curated events taking place in July, August and September: https://ukpalmhn.com/events/ FEATURED EVENT Between Sky and Sea Exhibition Saturday 2 August from 3pm – 11pm Palestine House, London WC1V 6JJ Between Sky and Sea is a photography exhibition by the late Palestinian artist Ismail Abu Hatab, created remotely from Gaza during the 2023–2024 war. Despite severe injuries and living under siege, Abu Hatab documented the lives of displaced Palestinians caught “between sky and sea” — exposed to war, weather, and waiting. Between Sky and Sea is an immersive exhibition that seeks to convey the emotional and physical reality of displacement experienced in Gaza, those who were forced to live in fragile tents along the coastline, with only fabric walls between them and the sky, the sea, and the constant threat of bombardment. Set within a symbolic tent echoing Gaza’s camps, the exhibition combines immersive visuals and audio to explore exile, memory, and resilience. It centres people—not objects—as the heart of its sensory storytelling. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/palestinehouse/1782602 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). ”German retail giant Aldi reportedly stopped Israeli imports due to boycott pressure https://www.instagram.com/p/DMCYDnktI4L/ Airbnb: Stop Listing Properties On Stolen Land! Source: CODEPINK Date: July 2025 Sign our petition to let Airbnb know that perpetuating Israel’s violations of international law is reprehensible. Airbnb has previously taken down listings on illegal settlements in 2018 and we can pressure them to do it again! https://www.codepink.org/stopairbnb |
الشبكة البريطانية الفلسطينية للصحة النفسية 