National Demonstration for Palestine Saturday 2 November at 12 noon from Whitehall to the US Embassy The UK-Palestine Mental Health Network banner will be at the march. We will assemble in Charing Cross station near Platform 1 at 12 noon together with colleagues from the Palestine Trauma Centre (UK). All are welcome to join us. UKPALMHN Solidarity Space Monday 4 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. Please email ukpalmhn@gmail.com if you would like a link to this meeting. Liberate Mental Health – Resistance: Commitment, Militant Clarity, and Revolutionary Praxis Tuesday 5 November from 7pm – 9pm Join us for a dialogic seminar and open discussion on resistance towards and commitment to revolutionary praxis within (and without) the mental health sector. Our featured speaker is Lara Sheehi: psychoanalyst, activist, and co-author alongside Stephen Sheehi of Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine. https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6d9f4340-faea-4f80-a746-ccdee1f25a83@2e9f06b0-1669-4589-8789-10a06934dc61 Decolonization of People and Nature in Palestine and Globally Monday 11 November at 6:30pm – 8:30pm Bookmarks Bookshop, 1 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3QE Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh will explain why and how the colonization of Palestine and its transformation from a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural multi-religious state to make it a ‘Jewish state’ led to destruction of human and natural communities. He articulates how working for environmental justice and for human rights is key to peace and sustainability. https://www.instagram.com/bookmarksthesocialistbookshop/ Palestine: Repair & Return – Stories of Women and Health Wednesday 13 November from 6.30pm – 8.30pm P21 Gallery 21-23 Chalton Street London NW1 1JD Voices of Palestinian women, health practitioners, therapists will be amplified, the significance and crucial importance of women’s health will be explored and the actions that communities in Palestine are taking to safeguard and regenerate this major aspect of life will be illustrated. https://p21.gallery/node/377 The Role of Non-violent Resistance for Palestinians in the Light of the Gaza War Thursday 14 November at 3pm (UK time) With Jonathan Kuttab, international human rights lawyer who was the co-founder of Al Haq, the leading Palestinian human rights organisation. https://mailchi.mp/balfourproject/enewsletter-13534420?e=69c36205de Responding to ‘Scholasticide’ in Gaza: The Role of the UK International Education and Training Community Monday 18 November from 10:00 am – 3:30 pm (UK time) A conference organised by Friends of Birzeit University Hear first-hand from representatives of Palestinian education institutions in Gaza and Palestinian experts. Consider how best respond to the immediate needs of learners and educators in Gaza. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/ukfiet/1399229 Palestine Trauma Centre (UK) update On Saturday 26 October, the Palestine Trauma Centre (UK) had a video call with a number of their staff located in Gaza and in other locations in the region. The participants provide vivid, personal testimonies about the unspeakable inhumanity of the current situation in Gaza. But also about the amazing work still being done by PTC (UK) for groups of women and children in the North and Middle Areas. It is accompanied by some recent photos. https://www.palestinetraumacentre.uk/news/uidmvy00hfkcntgaa8ejms1e4tscin Genocide as colonial erasure Report to the United Nations from the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories (Francesca Albanese) “Summary: The latest report examines the unfolding horrors in the occupied Palestinian territory. While the wholesale destruction of Gaza continues unabated, other parts of the land have not been spared. The violence that Israel has unleashed against the Palestinians post-7 October is not happening in a vacuum, but is part of a long-term intentional, systematic, State- organised forced displacement and replacement of the Palestinians. This trajectory risks causing irreparable prejudice to the very existence of the Palestinian people in Palestine. Member States must intervene now to prevent new atrocities that will further scar human history.” https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/n24/279/68/pdf/n2427968.pdf UN rapporteur’s latest report accuses Israel of ‘settler-colonial genocide’ against Palestinians A news item summarising the key findings of Francesca Albanese’s new report. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/un-rapporteurs-latest-report-accuses-israel-of-settler-colonial-genocide-against-palestinians/3377628 Mental health professionals struggle with Gaza’s overwhelming trauma Fady is a 30-year-old psychologist working in a school in Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp where tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians are taking shelter. He has refused to abandon his job although traveling to work is extremely dangerous. https://electronicintifada.net/content/mental-health-professionals-struggle-gazas-overwhelming-trauma/49556 Israel’s mass detention of Palestinians is aimed to break our spirit But my own imprisonment without charge has made me more resilient. By Anas Abu Srour, Executive Director of Aida Youth Center On November 28, Israeli soldiers stopped my car at the Jaba checkpoint in the occupied West Bank and kidnapped me. I spent the following 253 days in detention without charge, without ever being told why this was happening to me. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/10/12/israels-mass-detention-of-palestinians-is-aimed-to-break-our-spirit The American Psychological Association is abandoning its commitment to human rights by refusing to speak out on Palestine The American Psychological Association claims to ‘prioritise human rights advocacy’, but if its leaders want to truly honour that commitment they must recognise and address the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza today. https://mondoweiss.net/2024/10/the-american-psychological-association-is-abandoning-its-commitment-to-human-rights-by-refusing-to-speak-out-on-palestine/ From the River to the Sea: The Palestine Issue The November edition of the Parapraxis magazine We release this special issue as one collective voice within the call for abolition, transformation, and exit. Rather than evacuating our consulting rooms and classrooms of politics, we here seek to put the centre of the world at the centre of psychoanalysis. All the proceeds of this issue will go to The Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, where trying to understand and helping the victims of this ongoing catastrophe go hand-in-hand. https://www.parapraxismagazine.com/magazine Open letter to the Royal College of Nurses from Nurses for Palestine We are a group of nurses and RCN members calling on the RCN to improve their response to the ongoing humanitarian crises in Palestine and Lebanon. The purpose of this form is to provide an opportunity to RCN members (and non-members) to sign an open letter to the RCN with listed demands. The letter is also open to signature by ‘other healthcare workers’. Full open letter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FEPPx5NPaCU28Tx-zBiq-cOk8Cbs2e7ZopHeSrmSlP4/edit?usp=sharing Draft RCN statement proposed by Nurses for Palestine: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FoltdKjWxw9skk142rBHn4V7ZdO6caNQCwDv0EXyYpQ/edit?usp=sharing Nurses for Palestine on Twitter: https://x.com/NursesforPal Want to take Action? Our website has a list of up to date of 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 Time is ticking by, the world is standing by A poem dedicated to Palestinians

UKPALMHN Solidarity Space Monday 28 October 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 if you would like a link to the meeting.

National Demonstration for Palestine Saturday 2 November at 12 noon from Whitehall to the US Embassy

Oath of Mental Health Professionals and Healthcare Workers for LiberationWe are proud to share this oath for Mental Health Workers produced by Dr Samah Jabr, our colleague, friend and founder member of the Palestine Global Mental Health Network. One of its strengths, in our view, is that it evokes the collective nature of struggles for liberation and the ethical positions that therapists need to take inrelation to all forms of oppression and anti-racism. While not directly mentioning Palestine, Dr Jabr nevertheless places the Palestinian struggle for freedom squarely within an anti-colonial and anti-racist framework, from which it is often excluded. The duty not to pathologise resistance is a timely reminder to all of us that, in this country, therapists who support Palestine are all too often pathologised and silenced. At present there is no request for individual practitioners to sign up to the oath but we hope that you will share it with your colleagues and present it to your professional associations, especially in relation to their equity, diversity and anti-racist committees and policies.

Oath of Mental Health Professionals and Healthcare Workers for Liberation By Dr Samah Jabr, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, Assistant Clinical Professor, Author, Head of Mental Health Unit Palestine Dr Jabr reading the Oath: https://www.instagram.com/p/DAipfreSxyu/ English transcript of the Oath: https://ukpalmhn.com/resources/oath-of-mental-health-professionals/

Life and Death in Gaza A film made by four Palestinians living through extraordinary times. Filming from the first days of the war, Khalid, Aya, Adam and Aseel document their own lives as they endure bombing raids, multiple evacuations, family separations and reunions, deaths, and even the birth of a new life amidst the chaos. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002412q/life-and-death-in-gaza

Israel’s ‘relentless’ pounding of northern Gaza A 6-minute Channel 4 news report on Sunday 20 October “The world cannot say it did not see this. It cannot say it didn’t know”. (Spare a thought for the brave journalists who captured this film and tell this story) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2d1kPNuF8c

‘Devastating blow to humanity’: Barred from Gaza by Israel, health workers cry out for help As the situation inside Gaza is increasingly described as “indescribable,” medical NGOs blocked from providing care to Palestinians trapped inside besieged territory demand world leaders to stop turning ‘blind eye’ to Israeli war crimes and violations of humanitarian law. https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-health-workers

As mental health workers, we call for an end to the West’s collusion with Israel An open letter from the UK-Palestine Mental Health Network and co-signed by 10 other organisations Healthcare practitioner, psychologists, psychotherapists and social workers are calling for an end to Israel’s genocidal onslaught https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-war-uk-mental-health-workers-west-end-collusion-israel

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur Occupied Palestinian Territories “In Gaza, the collective shame of the century continues unabated and unstopped, in defiance of every norm of international law and morale. The Palestinians, exhausted by relentless attacks on their bodies and souls are abandoned to their tormentors. Shocking images of summary executions, mass forced displacements, and other egregious abuses strike us, leaving us stunned and bewildered, unable to comprehend that what is happening in Gaza is truly real. What a disgraceful testament to our global failure to protect basic human rights . The United Nations, once a believed beacon of hope and a force for peace, are crumbling under the weight of this shame – and the pressure of the inaction or complicity of its most powerful member states.” https://x.com/FranceskAlbs/status/1848007903783059730

How the Media Whitewashes Israel’s Rampage A true balanced depiction of the horrors that have taken place over the last year calls not for equal treatment between the oppressor and oppressed, or between the victims of a heinous terror attack over two days and the victims of industrialized mass slaughter over twelve months. Rather, we should question where the balance is struck between attention to the atrocities and war crimes carried out by Israel and critical scrutiny of its paymasters — between the hit man and the crime boss who is supplying the guns and calling the shots. https://jacobin.com/2024/10/israel-gaza-media-bias-empire

Killing of woman harvester underscores ‘war-like’ Israeli assault on West Bank olive growers “The olive season has turned into a season of killing for the Palestinian people, whether at the hands of the Israeli army or armed settlers,” said one observer. https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-attacks-olive-farmers

War on Olives A short video from Sahat featuring a clip of the non-violent activist Munther Amira who was released from so-called administrative detention earlier this year. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBMikAptYpN/

ACTIONS TO PROTEST THE GENOCIDE IN THE NORTH OF GAZA Want to take Action? Our website has a list of up to date of 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

SYMPOSIUM Sumud and Solidarity: International mental health networks united for liberation and justice Friday 18 October at 6pm – 8pm (UK time) The Brazil, Turkiye and South Africa Palestine mental health networks invite you to attend the symposium: Sumud and Solidarity – International mental health networks united for liberation and justice. Registration/Zoom link here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86135814190?pwd=NbLhfbvWsdWbJDqVZnjvfBP1Gs9XLM.1 Teach, Play, Love, from the heart of Gaza Sunday 20 October at 2pm (UK time) From the Hands Up Theatre project in collaboration with ETL Professionals for Palestine. English teachers in Gaza have been doing inspirational work teaching English through stories for traumatized children. Come to this live session to meet Ashraf and the children he’s been working with for the past six months. There will be live performances and show and tell from the children themselves. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUoc-isqDwtGNFWPqZu-imUjtgNrDc19bOU?#/registration UKPALMHN Solidarity Space Monday 21 October 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 if you would like a link to this meeting. Collective care, ‘sumud” and resistance with Dr Yoa’d Ghanadry Hakim Monday 21 October at 6pm – 7.30pm (UK time) Webinar featuring recorded interview with Dr Yo’ad Ghanadry Hakim and panel discussion, Dr Ghanadry Hakim is a Palestinian psychotherapist who has presented at Cafe Palestine (Cafe no 4) and wrote a chapter for Psychoanalysis under Occupation edited by Lara and Stephen Sheehi https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-systemic-way-free-online-event-tickets-1033781527377 PalMusic’s 10th Anniversary concert Thursday 14 November at 7pm (UK time) in Southwark Cathedral This major concert will feature international masters Saied Silbak (oud) and Faris Ishaq (nay/composer), together with PalMusic UK Scholar Marc Kawwas (piano), in collaboration with the St Paul’s Sinfonia under the baton of Wissam Boustany. https://www.palmusic.org.uk/10th-anniversary-concert-at-southwark-cathedral-new-date/ UN: Gaza home to largest number of amputee children in modern history In a statement to the UN General Assembly, Lisa Doughten from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned of the dire humanitarian situation in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, saying the besieged Strip ‘is home to the largest cohort of child amputees in modern history’. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241011-un-gaza-home-to-largest-number-of-amputee-children-in-modern-history/ Seeing and not seeing the catastrophe: Notes on fragmentation What prevents us from seeing and comprehending the catastrophe in Gaza? And why is there silence? A joint article between Professor Marie Saglio-Yatzimirsky of the France-Palestine Mental Health Network, and Professor Ana Gebrim from the Brasil-Palestine Mental Health Network. https://mondoweiss.net/2024/10/seeing-and-not-seeing-the-catastrophe-notes-on-fragmentation/ A Year of Scholasticide – The struggle for the survival of education in Gaza A Friends of Birzeit University blog post. ‘The Israeli occupation forces have demolished our buildings but our universities live on.’ Unified Statement by Gaza academics and university administrators to the world . https://fobzu.cmail19.com/t/d-e-euihryk-ijwhhckl-g/ Update on the conditions and torture violations committed against Gazan detainees A report from Addameer, the Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association. It provides an update on the situation of the detainees from Gaza who were taken by the Israeli Occupation Forces and remain under their control in various military camps and prisons. Addameer would like to stress the unlawful character of their detention as well as the inhuman treatment that residents from Gaza are subjected to […] that, in many cases, amounts to torture. https://www.addameer.org/media/5406 Hind Rajab Foundation files historic ICC complaint against 1,000 Israeli Soldiers for war crimes in Gaza The Hind Rajab Foundation, a branch of the March 30 Movement, has filed an unprecedented and historic complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against 1,000 Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) soldiers for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Gaza. These individuals, all of whom have been identified by name, are accused of participating in systematic attacks against civilians during the ongoing genocide in Gaza. https://30-3.org/news/details/25 Voices from Gaza A moving, 17-minute compilation of videos over the past year from Emmy-winning citizen journalist Bisan in Gaza https://x.com/Wizard__Bisan/status/1843902093934940380 Personal Notes from a Palestinian in the Diaspora: Thoughts on my own generational trauma The author is a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist working in a Trauma Service specialising in developmental and generational Trauma. She would like to remain anonymous to protect her patients present and past. Note: Professor Veronika Cohen is mentioned in this article. Professor Cohen was shown the text and expressed a hope that it may raise awareness of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention on behalf of whom she campaigns. https://ukpalmhn.com/resources/personal-notes-from-a-palestinian-in-the-diaspora/ Want to take Action? Our website has a list of up to date of 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

‘We slept this night in complete darkness. We couldn’t even turn on our phones, not even for a faint light, because the small drones were roaming the alleys between houses, firing in all directions. We lowered the sound of our breathing so as not to draw attention.’ A ‘young friend in Gaza’ quoted by Heather Formaini in her regular mailing. Dear colleagues, UKPALMHN is issuing the urgent appeal asking you to take action on the catastrophic situation in Northern Gaza. While Israel is committing atrocities throughout the region, this is one that must be stopped before the entire population of Northern Gaza is either forcibly displaced or murdered. Please write to your MP and encourage others to do so. Here is a template letter to use if you wish. Dear MP, I/we are writing to you as a matter of extreme urgency because the population of Jabaliya refugee camp in Northern Gaza and the surrounding communities are under violent attack from Israeli forces as will soon be the whole of Northern Gaza with its remaining population of 400,000 people. This is a genocide in action and we cannot stand by while it happens. The Israeli army seeks to evacuate, starve or kill anyone who remains, in order to empty Northern Gaza of its entire Palestinian population. People who flee are being attacked as they do so. Hospitals have been ordered to evacuate. According to the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians, Israeli forces have already forced over 70,000 people to flee their homes in Northern Gaza, cutting off the area and subjecting it to intense bombardment, while evacuation routes are blocked. You can imagine the horror that lies in store for the entire population of Northern Gaza if the International Community takes no steps to protect them. In January the International Court of Justice ordered measures to prevent genocide in Gaza, all of which have been ignored by Israel. The catastrophic failure of the international community to take action to enforce a ceasefire has enabled Israel to escalate its onslaught and forced displacement. While the world is distracted by the attacks on Lebanon and potential strikes against Iran, this deadly campaign of murder, forced displacement, destruction of infrastructure and starvation accelerates. I/We urge you to call upon the government to halt all arms supplies to Israel. Two further points 1 The government has declared itself to be in favour of abiding by international law, If it is serious about this intention, then it must act now to insist Israel follows the measures demanded by the ICJ. 2 The government repeats that it supports a two state solution. If it is serious about this, it has to take action to prevent Israel from blatant steps to abort this possibility by ethnically cleansing Northern Gaza, as well as stealing land all over the West Bank. The time for replacing empty slogans with action is now. Please, get together with other MP’s from whatever party or grouping who share the same moral outrage and insist that our government stops making excuses, stops uttering hollow words and takes meaningful steps. There is very little time left to stop the slaughter. Thank you Online and PDF versions of the above template letter are available here: https://ukpalmhn.com/resources/ukpalmhn-urgent-action-11-october-2024/ OTHER RESOURCES: ‘Jabalia is being wiped out’: Gaza pleads for help as Israel intensifies assault One Palestinian journalist said that ‘the situation in the north is horrific and very dangerous’ and implored people to ‘please share what’s happening.’ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-northern-gaza-2669359467 Israel subjects northern Gaza to one of the most violent campaigns of its genocide An unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe is imminent as the Israeli occupation tightens its siege on the Jabalia camp and Beit Lahia project in the northern Gaza Strip for the fourth consecutive day. Israel is accelerating the pace of its genocide against the Palestinians there by carrying out “mass and planned killings, as well as widespread forced displacements”. The international community, led by the United Nations, must act swiftly and decisively to save 10s of thousands of residents who are being subjected to one of the most violent campaigns of genocide the Strip has ever witnessed. https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/israel-subjects-northern-gaza-one-most-violent-campaigns-its-genocide-intl-intervention-required OTHER ACTIONS: Palestine Solidarity Campaign Letter writing campaign: Stop the extermination of Palestinians in northern Gaza Over a year into its genocidal assault on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military is now intensifying its massacres to forcibly displace the remaining Palestinian population in the north of Gaza – some 400,000 people. The situation amounts to an existential threat to Palestinians remaining in northern Gaza. Email the Foreign Secretary to demand the UK government take urgent steps, including imposing an arms embargo, to stop Israel’s extermination campaign in northern Gaza. https://palestinecampaign.eaction.online/northerngaza A list of current actions you can take from a range of different organisations (including PSC, Stop the War Coalition, Medical Aid for Palestinians and the Palestine Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee) is available on this page: https://ukpalmhn.com/gaza-crisis/ SYMPOSIUM Sumud and Solidarity: International Mental Health Networks United for Liberation and Justice Friday 18 October at 6pm – 8pm (UK time) The Brazil, Turkiye and South Africa Palestine Mental Health Networks invite you to attend this symposium.  Speakers include Dr. Samah Jabr (Head of the Mental Health Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health) and Dr. Yasser Abu Jamei (Director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme). Following the speakers, there will be a panel discussion as well as a Q&A session including: South Africa: Prof. Ashraf Kagee Turkey: Prof. Dr.Serdar M. Değirmencioğlu Brazil: Prof. Dr. Muna Muhammad Odeh Registration/Zoom link here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86135814190?pwd=NbLhfbvWsdWbJDqVZnjvfBP1Gs9XLM.1 Want to take Action? Our website has a list of up to date of 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

UKPALMHN Solidarity Space Monday 7 October 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 if you would like a link to the meeting. National March for Palestine Saturday 5 October – Assemble 12 noon in Russell Square, Central London One Year On – End the Genocide in Gaza – Stop Arming Israel https://palestinecampaign.org/events/national-demo-for-palestine-5-october-2024/ The UK-Palestine Mental Health Network banner will be at the march. All are welcome to join us. We will meet at 12:00 noon at: Bloomsbury Square Gardens, London WC1A 2PJ This is the same location where we have assembled for previous marches from Russell Square. There is a map showing our assembly point at the end of this email. UK-Palestine Mental Health Network statement A year of genocide: decades of impunity The statement has also been signed by 10 partner organisations. As mental health practitioners, we take stock at this juncture of the impact of a year of continuous bombardment, killing, catastrophic injury, displacement, starvation and disease inflicted on the people of Gaza … The full text is available at the end of this mailing and at this link: https://ukpalmhn.com/resources/a-year-of-genocide-decades-of-impunity/ Unbearable suffering: mental health consequences of the October 2023 Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip This is a new British Medical Journal Article. The authors include a member of the UK-Palestine Mental Health Network and colleagues, most of whom have spoken at previous Cafe Palestines. The onslaught on Gaza is leading to catastrophic psychological consequences which will not be limited to the short term and to those directly affected, but will have long-term, intergenerational effects. This commentary argues that to understand trauma responses among Gazans, we need to go beyond individual illness and, instead, link the biomedical sphere with the political sphere through the concept of social suffering and, thereby, expose the socio-political conditions of life and the collective trauma-inducing nature of the Israeli military occupation and repression. Addressing these complex trauma responses requires approaches that bring together the political, social and personal-level components of mental health with a focus on three factors: safety and allyship; the right to agency and acknowledgement, accountability and reparations. https://gh.bmj.com/content/9/9/e014835 Holy Redemption: Stealing Palestinian Land 55-minute world exclusive investigative documentary by TRT, a Turkish public broadcast service. The shocking, impactful documentary – with much undercover footage – unveils the violent fanaticism of armed illegal Jewish settlers who aim to uproot Palestinians from the occupied West Bank. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF6B5UVupyA Palestinian trauma, healing and olive trees 40-minute Middle East Monitor conversation with Ashira Darwish, one of the producers of ‘Where the Olive Trees Weep’, a powerful documentary about the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people living under Israeli occupation. She explains that Palestinians aren’t suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, there’s been no ‘post’ for them as they continue to live under occupation and colonialism. “Ongoing stress disorder” is what they experience daily. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1m4B_HyPjY Voice notes from Gaza A moving 10-minute video In 2023, Dr Iain Overton taught a group of students in Gaza living with disabilities how to tell their stories on social media. A year on, their University lies in ruins, they are all refugees and one of them is dead. This is their story. https://x.com/iainoverton/status/1839629049301233960 Israel is torturing & abusing Palestinian prisoners, international pressure is urgently needed An article by an advocate from Addameer, the leading Palestinian prisoner support and human rights association. Since October 7, Addameer has documented a dramatic increase in the number of arbitrary arrests and detentions, the use and intensity of violence, and the gravity of the crimes committed against Palestinian detainees. In almost a year, over 10,000 Palestinians have been arrested, and the number detained by the Israeli Occupation grew from over 5,000 to 9,900. 3,332 of the detainees are under administrative detention, which means that the occupation’s military court can hold any Palestinian infinitely (no matter age or gender) for up to 6 months without any evidence or charge against them. https://www.newarab.com/opinion/tortured-abused-we-mustnt-forget-about-palestinian-prisoners Mental Health workshop for activists Thursday 10 October from 7.00-9.00 pm at Palestine House, 113 High Holborn, London WC1V 6JJ (Tickets cost £17) In observance of World Mental Health Day on 10 October, join Richmond and Kingston PSC at Palestine House for an empowering and interactive workshop. This special workshop will explore the intersections of mental health and activism, creating a safe space for activists to reflect on their own mental health needs and understand the role of solidarity in their movements. It will be led by Psychotherapist Mustafa Jayyousi, who is a Palestinian activist and psychotherapist/NLP coach. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mental-health-workshop-for-activists-with-psychotherapist-mustafa-jayyousi-tickets-1014476846557 Palestine: Repair & Return Az Theatre (London) and Theatre for Everybody (Gaza) will be presenting three performances in the series called Palestine: Repair & Return at the P21 Gallery, 21-23 Chalton Street London NW1 1JD Thur 17 Oct at 7pm – Stories of Learning and Teaching Thur 31 Oct at 7pm – Stories of Women and Health Thur 21 Nov at 7pm – Stories of Water The first event (Learning and Teaching) will present voices and stories from Palestine about how Palestinians are managing to continue learning and teaching, how communities are resisting attempts at ‘scholasticide’ and the destruction of schools and universities. https://p21.gallery/news/192 Amos Trust presents Requiem Monday 21 October at 7.30pm in Central Hall, Westminster Tickets are free but you will need to register. Requiem provides a chance to stop, to mourn and to reflect. With first-hand accounts of life in Gaza during the last year written by the young writers of We Are Not Numbers and a soundscape created by acclaimed musician and producer, Brian Eno. https://www.amostrust.org/gaza-requiem Want to take Action? Our website has a list of up to date of 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 UK-Palestine Mental Health Network Statement A year of genocide: decades of impunity2 October 2024 We, the following organisations dedicated to supporting mental health through justice for Palestine, issue this statement on the anniversary of October 7th 2023. One year ago, on the very day of the Hamas attacks, Israel began its genocidal onslaught on the citizens of Gaza and on its entire infrastructure. Few of us then, even as we witnessed bloodthirsty calls for annihilation from Israel’s politicians, could have predicted that in October 2024, Gaza would still be under remorseless bombardment, and its citizens under constant threat of permanent displacement and dispersal. The consequences of this lethal year for the long term physical and mental health of the citizens of Gaza and the impact on the functioning of its communities is incalculable. As mental health practitioners, we share our profound outrage, sorrow and collective shame at the enormity of what has been and continues to be inflicted on the people of Gaza. We take stock at this juncture of the impact of a year of continuous bombardment, killing, catastrophic injury, displacement, starvation and disease. While every citizen of Gaza has suffered immeasurably, we draw particular attention to the effects on children, Gaza’s citizens of the future. UNRWA Commissioner- General Phillipe Lazzarini has termed this a “War on children and their future” Denying children a future in their own land, stunting their growth both physically and psychologically is, and always has been, part of the logic of settler colonialism. Children in Gaza, if they survive, have been dealt a legacy of terrible injury and disabilities which will require years of rehabilitation in the absence of any resources to enable this. They have been evicted from their homes but also from childhood itself, either by the loss of parents and extended family or by having to take on adult tasks beyond their capabilities. One year is the entire life of a baby, half the life of a toddler and a quarter of the life of a four year old. A child of ten, surviving this past year, has the legacy of at least three previous lethal bombardments of their homes, families and communities. Children in Gaza, for whom education has been a major source of resilience and pride, now have no school buildings to return to and no prospect of any such provision. UNRWA, the main provider of schooling, has been under severe attack by Israel, which also denies the entrance into Gaza of adequate supplies of food. Uniquely among world conflicts, the citizens of Gaza have no means of escape from the relentless bombardment, snipers and killer drones. The wanton murder of civilians, destruction of vital infrastructure, despoliation of the built and natural environment, killing of healthcare workers and others providing aid have led to unparalleled outrage and protest in civil society worldwide. Shock at the initial genocidal onslaught has intensified with every passing month. And yet, despite rulings by the ICJ and the request by the Chief Prosecutor of the ICC to issue arrest warrants for the Israeli Prime Minister and Defence Secretary, the slaughter continues. It does so because of the active collusion and complicity of the major Western powers which, over the decades, have granted Israel absolute impunity to pursue its aggressive settler colonial expansion, land theft, ethnic cleansing, incarceration and violent suppression of human rights. As mental health practitioners we know that when no external boundaries are set and no restraints imposed on abusive and violent behaviour, the perpetrator is empowered to pursue their own interests only, objectifying and dehumanising others. As we have seen in Gaza, in the rest of occupied Palestine, in the torture chambers of Sde Teiman, and now in the massacre of Lebanese civilians, cruelty and sadism flourish in conditions of impunity. In protesting the year-long genocide in Gaza, we have called for our governments to end this impunity by demanding Israel be held accountable under international law, ending the supply of the weapons enabling this genocide and sanctioning its leaders. So far the new Labour government has made a few very modest steps in this direction and all of us in our various roles within civil society must keep up the pressure. In the past year there has been increased consciousness of the realities of Israel’s colonial, racist and apartheid practices and the complicity of world powers. Many in the ‘helping professions’ – healthcare workers, psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers – have mobilised to call for an end to collusion with Israel, to resist normalisation with its institutions and to refuse to be intimidated by strategies of silencing. One year on, we are profoundly affected by the suffering inflicted on Palestine but rather than giving into exhaustion and despair, we are more engaged than ever in the collective action required of us to abide by our professional ethics and oppose this geonicide. Gaza’s children, who are active citizens as well as victims, are asking no less of us. UK- Palestine Mental Health NetworkSocial Workers for a Free PalestineFamily Therapists for PalestineGroup Analysts for PalestinePsychoanalytic Voices for PalestineLiberate Mental HealthPsychotherapists & Counsellors for Social Responsibility(Carol Jones on behalf of) Socialist Health Alliance, LondonHealing Justice LondonCommunities for Holistic Accessible Rights-based Mental HealthThe Red Clinic The UK-Palestine Mental Health Network was founded in 2014 to promote mental wellbeing, liberation, dignity and social justice for Palestinians and all peoples and societies It is part of a worldwide movement with fifteen participating national networks. ukpalmhn@gmail.com Assembly point for UKPALMHN for National March for Palestine on Saturday 5 October at 12 noon. Bloomsbury Square Gardens, London WC1A 2PJ

National March for Palestine Saturday 21 September at 12 noon in Liverpool Assemble at  St Georges Hall Plateau, opposite Lime Street Station and march to the gates of the Labour party conference The role of Palestinian schools in healing childhood wounds: psychological support for war-affected generations A short opinion piece by Samah Jabr, Head of Mental Health Unit, Palestinian Ministry of Health The article covers areas in which schools can promote the mental health of children and practical recommendations for Palestinian schools. The original article is in Arabic but many modern browsers, including Chrome, offer a simple feature to translate the page into English. https://www.alquds.com/ar/posts/133532

Can You See Me? Arab Immigrants’ Quests for Identity and Belonging An article on Psychotherapy.net by Lama Khouri who co-founded the Palestine-Global Mental Health Network and sits on the board of the USA-Palestine Mental Health Network. In this in-depth piece, a Palestinian analyst shares her poignant experiences as an immigrant, and the personal and professional challenges they brought. https://www.psychotherapy.net/article/can-you-see-me-arab-quest-for-identity Two volunteers of the Palestine Trauma Centre (UK) killed in Gaza PTC (UK) has announced the tragic killing of two of its volunteers who were working with children in Gaza. https://ukpalmhn.com/resources/two-palestine-trauma-centre-uk-volunteers-killed/ Palestine In Mental Health – calling all mental health workers, have you felt managed, disciplined or silenced on Palestine? From Tarek Younis, Racial Justice Researcher, Healing Justice LDN Please participate in an interview to explore the racial politics of our mental health systems/ experiences of racism and how this has impacted mental health workers. Share challenges, collate and build a picture of this experience within these systems. Full confidentiality and anonymity is ensured. Nothing will shared without consent. You will receive £30 payment for your participation. To join send an email to tarek@healingjusticeldn.org Israel wages massive military attack on Palestinians in the illegally occupied West Bank, under cover of its Gaza genocide The Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement calls for maximizing grassroots and civil society pressure on all states, the United Nations, and regional bodies. Channel your rage, frustration, and grief into effective, strategic BDS action and build pressure and people power to stop the genocide and to eventually help Palestinians dismantle Israel’s 76-year-old regime of settler-colonial apartheid, the root cause of this oppression and unspeakable violence. https://bdsmovement.net/Israel-Wages-Massive-Military-Attack-West-Bank Urgent action needed to protect Palestinian farm The Tent of Nations near Bethlehem is one of the last Palestinian hilltop farms in the West Bank that is still in Palestinian hands. The farm is under immediate and growing threat from settler activity. The Nassar family that has owned the farm since Ottoman times has two crucial court cases coming up on Wednesday 11 September and Tuesday 8 October. The Friends of Tent of Nations UK has produced a briefing pack and template letter to MPs to raise awareness about the farm and the upcoming court cases. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FxFuQyWPEYcOk0peDRdbdvSsNupnqgvPRjUyTRKbjaA/edit Questions from Gaza’s children Members of the Palestine Trauma Centre (UK) team in Gaza have spoken about the questions their children ask of them as they endure nearly eleven months of bombardment, death, injury, starvation and displacement. We asked if they would like to send these questions out to the wider world and they have responded with the attached list from children. They are of course utterly heart-breaking and we want to do them justice and show our accountability to the children in whatever ways we can, by sending them to our elected representatives, to all children’s charities and through our international networks. Please add your voices. Please add your voices. Those of you who work with children will, we are sure, have ideas about how to share them with colleagues and with mental health directorates. Please share any thoughts you have about how to support this campaign to demand an immediate ceasefire to safeguard the children of Gaza who are being forced to confront and question such iniquities.

UKPALMHN Action Half-Hour Monday 22 April at 13:00 UK time An informal space to share thoughts and feelings, and to channel these into actions that we take together. If you would like a link to this meeting, please contact: ukpalmhn@gmail.com All of the actions for this event and previous events can be found on: https://ukpalmhn.com/gaza-crisis/ ‘Chronic traumatic stress disorder’: the Palestinian psychologist challenging western definitions of trauma Chair of the Palestinian ministry of health’s mental health unit says the clinical definition of PTSD does not fit the reality in Gaza https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/14/mental-health-palestine-children ‘Psychoanalytic Voices for Palestine’ We reported in a previous mailing that a group of BPC members, now called Psychoanalytic Voices for Palestine’ (PVP) had ‘issued a statement ‘Call for psychoanalytic professionals to address the human catastrophe in Gaza’. A response to the PVP’s Statement appeared in a recent issue of Jewish News, entitled ‘Offer practical help, not letters, says expert’.  The ‘expert’, ‘leading Jewish psychologist, David Cohen’, advises that rather than campaigning to stop the genocide, PVP ‘would be better to offer counselling services to Gazan residents’. Enough said. Evidence of the need to challenge pro-Zionist bias within the profession continues to mount. The journal Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy recently published an issue on the theme of ‘reintegrating dissociation’ into therapeutic practice. The editorial only makes references to Israeli victims of October 7th but without any historical context or reference to the ongoing, massive toll of dead and maimed civilians in Gaza. As such, it provides a clear example of the extent to which dissociation distorts psychoanalytic thinking. Derek Summerfield has written a letter to the editor, Paul Cundy, in protest at the apparently unconscious mix-up of proper professional concerns with blatant Israeli propaganda. It is reproduced here. Psychoanalytic Voices for Palestine, is organising a two-hour evening meeting, in person and online, on May 10th, at the Frontline Club in London. Details and tickets here.  War on Gaza: The loneliness of grief for Palestinians in the UK An Opinion piece in Middle East Eye by Network member Gwyn Daniel Being told that grieving for your slaughtered family threatens the social order and seeing their killers’ flag light up government buildings is the appalling reality for UK Palestinians https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/war-gaza-loneliness-grief-palestinians-uk Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah: ‘Tomorrow is a Palestinian day’ The speech by Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah when installed as Glasgow University Rector following his landslide election with 80% of the vote. This was on April 11, the day before he was denied entry to Germany. For us, all of us, part of our resistance to the erasure of genocide is to talk about tomorrow in Gaza, to plan for the healing of the wounds of Gaza tomorrow. We will own tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a Palestinian day. https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/dr-ghassan-abu-sittah-tomorrow-is-a-palestinian-day Samsung Next Withdraws From Israel Samsung Next, the innovation arm of the Korean technology giant, Samsung, is shutting down its Tel Aviv operations, yet another strong indicator of the dramatically declining confidence in the Israeli economy. https://bdsmovement.net/news/samsung-next-withdraws-from-israel The War on Gaza’s Art (webinar organised by The Amos Trust) Tuesday 23 April at 6pm (UK) The war on Gaza is a war against its art and its artists. Our panel will discuss the war’s impact and attack on Gaza’s culture and hear more about the Palestine Museum’s ‘This is not an Exhibition’ display of art from the Shababeek and Eltiqa galleries in Gaza following their destruction. https://www.amostrust.org/war-on-gazas-art Hasbara Tracker – Debunking Israeli propaganda We’re working on documenting and debunking claims made by the Israeli regime during its most recent — and unprecedented — genocidal campaign in Gaza since 7th Oct. The Israeli settler-colony continues to spread disinformation to manufacture consent for ethnic cleansing and land theft, as it has since the Nakba. Our aim is to centralise this information. https://hasbaratracker.com/ HEROES Recent pictures of the UNRWA Psychological and Social Support team in the central region of Gaza organised an entertainment event for children at one of the shelters in Deir al-Balah. This event, titled ‘Living Despite the Pain’, aimed to give children a ray of hope, joy, and celebrate Eid al-Fitr amidst the harsh conditions they are experiencing. It included a variety of interactive games, artistic workshops, small theatrical performances, as well as providing psychological and emotional support for the children.     Activities of Days of Joy at PTC(UK) during the war on Gaza This is a recent 5-minute video celebrating the ongoing work of the Palestine Trauma Centre (UK) (https://www.palestinetraumacentre.uk/) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5m9FiOiYkM

National Day of Action – Full Ceasefire Now – Stop the Genocide in Gaza Saturday 13 April Full list of local actions: https://palestinecampaign.org/events/day-of-action-for-palestine-stop-the-genocide-in-gaza/ London March for Palestine – Stop Arming Israel (part of national Day of Action) Saturday 13 April at 12:00 – Assemble in Russell Square https://palestinecampaign.org/events/london-march-for-palestine/ UKPALMHN Action Half-Hour Monday 15 April at 13:00 UK time An informal space to share thoughts and feelings, and to channel these into actions that we take together. Please contact ukpalmhn@gmail.com if you would like a link to this meeting. All of the actions for this event and previous events can be found on: https://ukpalmhn.com/gaza-crisis/ Where does the Palestinian National Movement go from here? Thursday 18 April at 15:00 – 17:00 (UK time) A webinar presented by the Arab Center Washington DC In-person, via Zoom and livestreamed free through the website With Hanan Ashrawi, Mustafa Barghouti, Leila Farsakh and Khalil Shikaki Arab Center Washington DC is organizing this keynote webinar with prominent and experienced Palestinian activist leaders and academics to discuss the future of Palestine at this critical juncture for the Palestinian people. https://arabcenterdc.org/event/where-does-the-palestinian-national-movement-go-from-here/ “A Sea of Misery”: Gaza is unlike anything I’ve ever seen, says NGO Head/ex-CNN journalist Democracy Now interview from Tuesday 9 April Arwa Damon returned on Monday 8 April from a humanitarian trip to Gaza. She speaks about the mental health trauma of children and adults in Gaza. She also explains why aid is still not reaching those who need it. She is an award-winning journalist and the founder of the International Network for Aid Relief and Assistance, a non-profit currently providing medical and mental healthcare to children in Gaza. She previously spent 18 years at CNN, including as a senior international correspondent. https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/9/arwa_damon_gaza Palestinians and the world must not lose hope by Mariam Barghouti, Palestinian American writer based in Ramallah Those mobilising against the Israeli genocide face exhaustion and burnout. This is the result of Israel’s ‘war of attrition’. [but] Recognise this: Palestinians are not buried yet, and while the destruction is massive, so is the number of survivors with dreams to pursue, miracles to witness, and a faith in humanity to be re-instilled. Amid all the destruction there is life, and Palestinians are putting up one hell of a fight for it. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/4/6/palestinians-and-the-world-must-not-lose-hope ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza From Palestinian-Israeli +972 magazine building on previous work by the same organisation. The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties. https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/03/israel-gaza-ai-database-hamas-airstrikes The Death of Amr From the Chris Hedges report On the morning Amr Abdallah was killed, he woke before dawn to say his Ramadan prayers with his father, mother, two younger brothers and aunt, in an open field in southern Gaza.[…] It was dark. They made their way back to their tents. Their old life was gone — their village, Al-Qarara, their house — built with the money Amr’s father saved during the 30 years he worked in the Persian Gulf — their orchards, their school, the local mosque and the town’s cultural museum with artifacts dating from 4000 BC https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-death-of-amr?r=2otfwk Genocide will continue — even if the bombs stopped tomorrow. The Israeli government’s determination to deepen the crisis in Gaza means that we may be looking at even more cataclysmic levels of death and hunger in months to come. https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2024/04/04/if-the-war-ends-tomorrow/ Since 7 October, my therapy patients have asked themselves: who are our people? Six months later, Gaza’s destruction has exposed the power – and danger – of our fundamental need to belong https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2024/apr/07/israel-gaza-identity-october-7 Tackling the severe escalation in Israel’s torture of Palestinians A briefing prepared by War on Want and the Council for Arab-British Understanding to support parliamentary and public meetings involving the Palestinian human rights organisations Adalah, Addameer and Defense of Children International-Palestine. https://caabu.org/sites/default/files/resources/Tackling%20torture%20of%20Palestinians%20by%20Israel%20WoWCaabu2703.pdf Video of a recent briefing to the Britain-Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group: https://youtu.be/iZcQUfR7J-E

UKPALMHN Action Half-Hour Monday 8 April at 1 pm UK time An informal space to share thoughts and feelings, and to channel these into actions that we take together. This Action Half-Hour will highlight the campaign that the UK should re-institute funding to the Palestinian relief agency, UNRWA. Please contact ukpalmhn@gmail.com if you would like a link to this meeting All of the actions for this event and previous events can be found on: https://ukpalmhn.com/gaza-crisis/ Psychoanalysis and the Crisis in Gaza Friday 10 May at 6-8 pm (online and in person) The Frontline Club, Norfolk Place, London W2 W2 1QJ Introduction: Martin Kemp Main Speaker: Karim Dajani Discussant: Dr David Bell Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/psychoanalysis-and-the-crisis-in-gaza-online-in-person-tickets-871594752367 This event is organised by a group of psychoanalytic clinicians who issued a Statement in January 2024 entitled ‘A Call for Psychoanalytic Professionals to address the human catastrophe in Gaza’ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QcFqIFhjL38kCRYDy6WMo3oJ300Yf31GTxXpGNknVHM/edit. This has over 250 signatures from British Psychoanalytic Council members: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fruVb-Sb3sAT2IgWHQPbLfvU5lyXpgDSXgHTI2wWna4/edit?pli=1 Doctor recounts harrowing shifts working at one of Gaza’s last standing hospitals Dr Tanya Haj-Hassan has been recording her experiences working in intensive care at one of the enclaves few remaining hospitals, Al-Aqsa https://www.itv.com/news/2024-03-28/doctor-recounts-grueling-shifts-working-at-one-of-gazas-last-standing-hospitals ‘I lost hope with the Home Office’: Palestinians fundraise to evacuate family in Gaza Hundreds of GoFundMe campaigns set up after Home Office refuses visas or Ukrainian-style entry scheme https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/29/i-lost-hope-with-the-home-office-palestinians-fundraise-to-evacuate-family-in-gaza ‘Ecocide in Gaza’: does scale of environmental destruction amount to a war crime? Exclusive: Satellite analysis revealed to the Guardian shows farms devastated and nearly half of the territory’s trees razed. Alongside mounting air and water pollution, experts says Israel’s onslaught on Gaza’s ecosystems has made the area unlivable https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/29/gaza-israel-palestinian-war-ecocide-environmental-destruction-pollution-rome-statute-war-crimes-aoe 10 Year Anniversary Video for the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University A 5-minute video highlighting the successes of the Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt8OTGoS198 ‘Famine is setting in’: Top UN court orders Israel to stop blocking Gaza aid Additional provisional measures ordered by the ICJ contradict Israel’s claim that it does not hinder humanitarian aid deliveries to the besieged Palestinian enclave https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/international-court-orders-israel-facilitate-entry-food-gaza Anatomy of a Genocide: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese By analysing the patterns of violence and Israel’s policies in its onslaught on Gaza, this report concludes that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating Israel’s commission of genocide is met. One of the key findings is that Israel’s executive and military leadership and soldiers have intentionally distorted jus in bello principles, subverting their protective functions, in an attempt to legitimize genocidal violence against the Palestinian people. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/26/un-expert-accuses-israel-of-several-acts-of-genocide-in-gaza Report: https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session55/advance-versions/a-hrc-55-73-auv.pdf NYT refutes previous claim of ‘Hamas rape’ on 7 Oct In startling news, on Wednesday 26 March, the New York Times refuted its own claim that Hamas fighters raped two young Israeli girls during the Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on 7 October. These claims have been used in subsequent allegations about sexual violence carried out by Hamas.The new report is called ‘Medic’s Account of Sexual Assaults Is Undercut by Israeli Soldier’s Video’ but this is a paid-for link so information is provided from a different source: https://thecradle.co/articles/nyt-refutes-previous-claim-of-hamas-rape-on-7-oct ACTION CORNER … Hebrew University reinstates Palestinian Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian following outcry Hebrew University in Jerusalem has reinstated Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, the internationally renowned feminist Palestinian professor, who was suspended earlier this month after saying in an interview Israel was committing genocide in Gaza. https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/29/headlines/hebrew_university_reinstates_palestinian_prof_nadera_shalhoub_kevorkian_following_outcry Palestine Action permanently shut Elbit down in Tamworth After sustained direct action, the Israeli weapons maker was forced to sell due to increased security costs which cut their profits by 75%. The new owners wrote to Palestine Action to confirm the factory is no longer associated with Elbit and have discontinued all arms manufacturing contracts. https://twitter.com/Pal_action/status/1773367473921761323?s=20 Israel lobbyists tried to cancel an event on mental health and Palestine – but failed Israel lobbyists targeted a sold-out event on Palestine at London’s Freud Museum earlier this month, but ultimately failed to stop the discussion from going ahead in an important moment for Palestine solidarity within a divided discipline. https://novaramedia.com/2024/03/28/israel-lobbyists-tried-to-cancel-an-event-on-mental-health-and-palestine-but-failed/