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| UKPALMHN Solidarity Space Monday 30 September 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 to attend this 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 world stands upon the edge of a knife: Either we travel collectively towards a future of just peace and lawfulness – or hurtle towards anarchy and dystopia, and a world where might makes right.” From a recent statement by 39 UN Special Rapporteurs Palestine: Impact of the conflict on mental health and psychosocial support needs in Gaza ACAPS Thematic Report from September 2024 ACAPS is an independent analytical voice helping humanitarian workers, influencers, fundraisers, and donors make better-informed decisions and respond more effectively to disasters. ACAPS: https://www.acaps.org/en/ Link to report: https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/acaps-thematic-report-palestine-impact-conflict-mental-health-and-psychosocial-support-needs-gaza-03-september-2024 No safe place in mind: mental health and trauma in Gaza Centre for Mental Health article from August 2024 We understand that hierarchies of global attention and care are, in fact, also products of this global inequality and we do not wish to uphold the status quo of these hierarchies through silence. https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/no-safe-place-in-mind-mental-health-and-trauma-in-gaza/ Israeli killings of Palestinian children “an extremely dark place in history”, says UN The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which monitors compliance of state parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, recently released its findings on six state parties to the treaty, including Israel. “The outrageous death of children is almost historically unique. This is an extremely dark place in history […] I don’t think we have seen before a violation that is so massive as we’ve seen in Gaza. These are extremely grave violations that we do not often see” Bragi Gudbrandsson, vice chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), told reporters. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-killings-children-gaza-historically-unprecedented-says-un-committee Targeting childhood: Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank Defense for Children International – Palestine has recently issued a new report called “Targeting Childhood: Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank.” The report details and analyses Palestinian child fatalities in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, between October 7, 2023, and July 31, 2024. Israeli forces routinely targeted Palestinian children with live ammunition and aerial attacks, prevented ambulances and paramedics from reaching wounded children, and confiscated children’s bodies in violation of international law. https://www.dci-palestine.org/targeting_childhood_palestinian_children_killed_by_israeli_forces_and_settlers_in_the_occupied_west_bank Dangerous skin diseases add to the turmoil of war for children in Gaza [4-minute news item – Contains distressing content] Israel’s war is wreaking a terrible toll on Gaza’s children and it’s not just bombs and bullets killing and scarring them. Forced to flee their homes, living in squalor, disease is now rampant amongst the population, including painful skin infections. https://www.channel4.com/news/dangerous-skin-diseases-add-to-the-turmoil-of-war-for-children-in-gaza UN experts warn international order on a knife’s edge Over 50 days since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its historic Advisory Opinion, declaring that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory unlawful […] States remain paralysed in the face of the seismic shift represented by the Court’s ruling and appear unwilling or unable to take the necessary steps to meet their obligations. The report includes 14 steps that States should take immediately. https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2024/09/un-experts-warn-international-order-knifes-edge-urge-states-comply-icj-advisory UN General Assembly resolves to sanction Israel: Pressure your government to make this a reality On September 18th, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly voted for imposing sanctions on Israel for the first time in 42 years! The global majority affirmed that the historic ruling by the International Court of Justice triggers the legal obligation of all states to end complicity in Israel’s illegal occupation and apartheid regime. https://bdsmovement.net/UNGA-Pressure-Your-Gov-Sanction-Israel How to prevent the erasure of Palestinians Wednesday 2 October at 3pm UK time Balfour Project webinar with Tamara El-Halawani & Dr Zahira Jaser https://balfourproject.org/erasure/ 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 |
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UKPALMHN Mailing 18 September
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| National March for Palestine to the Labour Party conference Saturday 21 September at 12 noon in Liverpool End the genocide in Gaza / Stop arming Israel Assemble at: St George’s Plateau, outside Lime Street Station, Liverpool https://palestinecampaign.org/events/national-march-for-palestine-to-labour-conference/ UKPALMHN Solidarity Space Monday 23 September 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. National March for Palestine Saturday 5 October in Central London More details to follow Documenting the Targeting and Destruction of the Health Sector in the Gaza Strip A major new initiative by The Institute for Palestine Studies documenting the genocide in Gaza. The platform “Documenting the Targeting and Destruction of the Health Sector in the Gaza Strip” presents accurate and detailed information about the Israeli assault on health during the genocidal war. This includes data on the attacks on healthcare facilities and health workers who have been killed, abducted, tortured, and maimed by Israeli forces during the genocide, and relevant statements by international organisations and healthcare institutions. These are complemented by original analysis by researchers and authors covering a range of issues in the targeting of the health sector, through which Israeli occupation forces have created a “war biosphere”. https://gazahcsector.palestine-studies.org/en/ Related to the new initiative by The Institute for Palestine Studies (see above) there is a one-hour Zoom meeting presenting the new platform With Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, Dr. Layth Hanbali, and Jehad Abusalim. There were over 4,000 viewers of the webinar and reportedly hundreds of offers of help flooding in at the end of the presentation. https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1lDGLlqDRbaGm “Doctor, Am I In Heaven?” Treating Gaza’s wounded under Israeli genocide Deeply moving 6 minute video from Dr Mohammed Ashraf, a surgeon in Gaza, created by Palestine Deep Dive https://x.com/PDeepdive/status/1833135348051796321 Palestinian Health Ministry releases detailed list of more than 34,000 people killed in Gaza It also published a stat sheet of casualties over the same period (in Arabic)(available through the Twitter/X link in the MEE article). The first 14 pages of those killed list the age as 0 (under 1 year old) https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-health-ministry-releases-detailed-list-more-34000-people Rape, torture and murder: Inside Israel’s concentration camps When Israelis rioted in July in support of 10 soldiers accused of gang-raping a Palestinian prisoner, there was disgust and shock around the world. But the horrifying sexual attack was far from an aberration. First-hand testimonies reveal that Israeli personnel are systematically inflicting rape and other forms of sexual violence, torture and cruel abuse on thousands of Palestinians held in a network of prison camps. https://electronicintifada.net/content/rape-torture-and-murder-inside-israels-concentration-camps/48386 Israel’s use of sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians From The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention Based on reports from the United Nations, B’Tselem, Euro-Med Monitor, and other sources, Israel has used sexual and gender-based violence in a systematic manner against Palestinians in detention, at checkpoints, and during encounters in Gaza since 7 October 2023. The use of sexualized violence against Palestinians appears to have increased dramatically since 7 October. https://www.lemkininstitute.com/statements-new-page/the-genocidal-dimensions-of-israel%E2%80%99s-use-of-sexual-and-gender-based-violence-(sgbv)-against-palestinians 2025–2026 PARC Research Fellowships for Palestinian scholars focusing on Gaza The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) announces the 26th annual PARC Palestinian research fellowship competition for Palestinian scholars focusing on Gaza. Applicants must be Palestinian doctoral students or Palestinian scholars who have earned their PhD. All Palestinians may apply regardless of their country of residence or ID. https://dev.parc-us-pal.org/fellowships-for-palestinians/ London Palestine Film Festival 2024 Friday 15 – Friday 29 November 18 separate events spread across 9 different venues. Given the urgent circumstances in the ongoing war, we open this year’s festival with an exclusive, commissioned live performance based on true events; in A Grain of Sand, theatre director Elias Matar presents an experience where imagination is crucial to navigate the violence. Closing LPFF 2024 we will have a multi-cinema screening of From Ground Zero, a portmanteau of films made in Gaza over the past year. These two sessions bookend an eclectic selection of cinema from award-winning titles to selections of short films. https://www.palestinefilm.org.uk/ The UK-Palestine Mental Health Network is part of a growing international movement of Palestine Mental Health Networks under the umbrella of the Palestinian-led Palestinian-Global Mental Health Network (www.pgmhn.org/) |
“When I die, will they put me in a grave with my mum and dad?”
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. |
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Chronic traumatic stress disorder and Psychoanalytic Voices for Palestine
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| 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  |
“A Sea of Misery”: Gaza is unlike anything I’ve ever seen, says NGO Head/ex-CNN journalist
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| 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 |
Ecocide in Gaza plus Prof Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian reinstated
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| 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/ |
As brutal war rages and famine looms, look at pictures of Gaza and keep saying: ‘this is not normal’
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| National Demonstration: Ceasefire Now – Stop the Genocide in Gaza! Saturday 30 March – Assemble 12:00 at Russell Square – Marching to Trafalgar Square https://palestinecampaign.org/events/national-demonstration-ceasefire-now-stop-the-genocide-in-gaza-2/ The UK-Palestine Mental Health Network banner will be at the march. All are welcome to join us. We will meet at 11:45 am at Bloomsbury Square Gardens, Great Russell Street end, London WC1A 2PJ  The next UKPALMHN Action Half-Hour will be on Monday 8 April at 1 pm UK time In the interim period, all actions for the Action Half-Hours (including any new or urgent actions) can be found at: https://ukpalmhn.com/gaza-crisis/ As brutal war rages and famine looms, look at pictures of Gaza and keep saying: ‘this is not normal’ Of all the threats to those suffering, one of the most frightening is that we tire – and their plight becomes background noise https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/25/war-famine-gaza-israel ‘Man-made hell on earth’: a Canadian doctor on his medical mission to Gaza A gripping, well-told and utterly heart-rending account of a recent 10-day stint in Gaza by a Canadian surgeon working for the UN. Gaza is basically a man-made hell on earth right now, is what it is, and I think that it’s never too late. If the Israeli invasion of Rafah occurs, it’ll be catastrophic. We have to do all that we can to stop that from happening, put all the pressure we can on our politicians, on the powers that be, to stop this from happening because the health care and the human toll will be unimaginable. https://theintercept.com/2024/03/23/intercepted-doctor-gaza-interview/ ‘Man-made starvation’: the obstacles to Gaza aid deliveries – visual guide https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/22/obstacles-to-gaza-aid-deliveries-visual-guide US doubles down on defunding UNRWA — despite flimsy allegations Congress passed a one-year ban on UNRWA funds even as several Western countries and the EU have resumed funding to the U.N. agency that aids Palestinians. The bill also: approves $3.8 billion funding to Israel; and contains a long-standing provision that would limit aid to the Palestinian Authority, which governs the occupied West Bank, if ‘the Palestinians (sic) initiate an International Criminal Court (ICC) judicially authorized investigation, or actively supports such an investigation, that subjects Israeli nationals to an investigation for alleged crimes against Palestinians.’ https://theintercept.com/2024/03/22/gaza-unrwa-funding-congress/ Statement from the Head of UNRWA on Sunday 24 March Despite the tragedy unfolding under our watch, the Israeli Authorities informed the UN that they will no longer approve any food convoys to the north. This is outrageous and makes it intentional to obstruct lifesaving assistance during a man-made famine. https://twitter.com/UNLazzarini/status/1771917857598693549 Gaza solidarity played major role in renewed US push to ban TikTok – WSJ The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that could see TikTok banned in the United States. According to a report published by the Wall Street Journal, one of the reasons behind the renewed urgency to pass the bill could be attributed to Washington’s concerns about the way TikTok users interact with content regarding the Israeli genocide in Gaza. https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-solidarity-played-major-role-in-renewed-us-push-to-ban-tiktok-wsj/ As Gaza is destroyed, Israel is killing dozens of children in the West Bank A 12-year-old Palestinian boy was shot while lighting a firework. ‘Cases like these happen quite regularly, but no one’s hearing about them,’ according to the Israeli rights group B’Tselem https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/23/israel-killing-children-west-bank Finally… A poem called Palestinian by Ibrahim Nasrallah (trans. Huda Fakhreddine) [The first four lines:] I was silent and nothing came of it. I spoke and nothing came of it. I cursed, I apologized, and nothing came of it. I was busy, I pretended to be busy…and nothing […] https://proteanmag.com/2024/03/24/palestinian/ |
The weaponisation of humanitarian measures and the truth about Israeli civilian harm mitigation
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Day of Action for Palestine – Ceasefire NOW – Stop the Genocide in Gaza Saturday 23 March Details of local actions: https://palestinecampaign.org/events/day-of-action-for-palestine-ceasefire-now-stop-the-genocide-in-gaza/ Resist! Palestinian women and non-violent resistance to occupation Thursday 21 March 2024 at 3 pm UK time Balfour Project webinar with Rula Salameh from Palestine for Just Vision https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LNc6mlnXSOC_aiWvKgdfIw#/registration UKPALMHN Action Half-Hour Monday 25 March 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. Zoom link: Please write to 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/ National Demonstration – Ceasefire Now – Stop the Genocide in Gaza Saturday 30 March at 12 pm in central London The route has not yet been published. https://palestinecampaign.org/events/national-demonstration-ceasefire-now-stop-the-genocide-in-gaza-2/ DETAILS ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH NETWORKS CAMPAIGN IN SUPPORT OF PROFESSOR NADERA SHALHOUB-KEVORKIAN ARE AVAILABLE HERE: https://ukpalmhn.com/gaza-crisis/ Humanitarian Violence and the weaponisation of humanitarian measures A new investigation from Forensic Architecture The information is presented using sophisticated mapping software with text, location specific videos and satellite images to explain events of the past months. The report is dispassionate but the detailed evidence of cynical and inhumane mistreatment of vulnerable refugee populations is shocking . The Israeli army has weaponised humanitarian measures such as ‘evacuation orders’, ‘safe routes’ ‘and safe zones’ to support their military operations and facilitate the mass displacement of Palestinians. […]Where Israel’s evacuation orders might individually be framed as humanitarian in nature, in fact when closely analysed and considered over time, they reveal patterns of systematic mass displacement, with Palestinians deliberately and repeatedly being expelled from one unsafe and under- resourced location to another.https://gaza.forensic-architecture.org/displacement Geno-Ecocide at its cruelest – Zionist crimes in Gaza The Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network- Friends of Earth Palestine is a coordinating body among different Palestinian NGOs working in the field of environment. The network has issued a new report.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h8dq32xHiPQs3jqikp1YooKr03WlKgyz/view?pli=1 Israeli Civilian Harm Mitigation in Gaza: Gold Standard or Fool’s Gold? An expert in ‘Civilian Harm Mitigation’ who worked as a senior adviser in the US State Department forensically dissects the Israeli government claim that its efforts to minimize civilian casualties are deliberate and “unprecedented”’. https://www.justsecurity.org/93105/israeli-civilian-harm-mitigation-in-gaza-gold-standard-or-fools-gold/ Gaza Faces, not just numbers! GAZA Faces is an international campaign to re-humanize Palestinians when mainstream media represent them only as number. https://gazadesvisages.com/index.php/en/  No evidence from Israel to back UNRWA accusations, says EU humanitarian chief The European Union’s top humanitarian aid official said on Thursday he had seen no evidence from Israel to back its accusations against staff from the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), which should continue playing a “critical” role in Gaza. https://www.yahoo.com/news/no-evidence-israel-back-unrwa-172039861.html ‘This man-made starvation under our watch is a stain on our collective humanity’ Philippe Lazzarini Commissioner-General of UNRWA on 18 March https://twitter.com/UNLazzarini/status/1769711761136009310 BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT AND SANCTIONS (BDS) One of the founding Aims 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)’ During March there will be a number of actions under the umbrella of Israeli Apartheid Week organised by the BDS Movement. You can find information about a range of events organised by the Palestinian BDS National Committee here: https://bdsmovement.net/ #IAW2024 #NoTechforApartheid Palestine Solidarity Campaign also organises a range of national and local events, including a Boycott of Barclay’s Bank and of Israeli dates: https://palestinecampaign.org/emergency-response-2023/ Ceasefire Now Coalition response to Michael Gove’s statement in Parliament The government has used the protests we have organised in response to Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people as a core rationale for the need to redefine extremism. Successive government minsters and pro-Israel voices have attempted to demonise those protesting as hatemongers, Islamist mobs and antisemites. The reality is that, as the police themselves have publicly affirmed, the marches have been overwhelmingly peaceful and attended by a broad cross section of British society, young and old, of all faiths and none. https://palestinecampaign.org/coalition-statement-on-michael-goves-statement-in-parliament FIONA BRUCE: “Is there anyone here who welcomes what Michael Gove had to say?” *pindrop silence* https://twitter.com/implausibleblog/status/1768399715937178009 |
Study Tour, Boycott Apartheid week, and What has Zionism done to psychoanalysis?
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| Visit Palestine/Israel on an extended study tour – May 2024 The UK-Palestine Mental Health Network have arranged a number of mental health study tours to Palestine/Israel working with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. The tours are still going ahead and are encouraged by our Palestinian partners. Nonetheless, some participants have withdrawn for understandable reasons. This means that some places have become available on the tour in May that was previously fully booked. The tours offer an amazing programme of appointments that would not be possible to organise if travelling on one’s own. Despite continued unrest, Palestinians are calling for internationals of courage and conviction to be with them to demonstrate their solidarity during this dark time. For more information: https://ukpalmhn.com/resources/mental-health-study-tour-may-2024/ To receive an application form, please email us at ukpalmhn@gmail.com Abolition, Settler Colonialism and State Crime Thursday 14 March at 18:00 – 20:00 (UK time) With Joy James, Nadera Shahloub-Kevorkian, Stephen Sheehi, and Abeer Otman Online and Room 313, Third Floor, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London, E1 4NS State Crime Journal is sponsoring a launch for its special issue ‘Abolition, Settler Colonialism and State Crime’. The panellists will discuss abolitionist perspectives and practice – perspectives that not only theorise settler colonial governance but offer empirical analyses of a variety of carceral structures, mechanisms, relationships and discourses that are particular to the racial capitalist formations of settler states. https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/events/items/abolition-settler-colonialism-and-state-crime-joy-james-nadera-shahloub-kevorkian-stephen-sheehi-and-abeer-otman.html Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine Friday 15 March from 18:00 – 20:00 (UK time) at Freud Museum, London Red Clinic event: Lara Sheehi and Stephen Sheehi in conversation with Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian In-person tickets: sold out Online tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/psychoanalysis-under-occupation-online-tickets-tickets-850177542917 UKPALMHN Action Half-Hour Monday 18 March at 13:00 (UK) These informal events provide an opportunity to talk, swap ideas and take actions together. Please write to ukpalmhn@gmail.com if you would like a link to the meeting. All of the actions for this event and previous events can be found on: https://ukpalmhn.com/gaza-crisis/ A Palestinian Dabke troupe performs inside a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip https://twitter.com/AJArabic/status/1766708060935078103 Israeli human rights groups accuse country of failing to abide by ICJ’s Gaza aid ruling Twelve of Israel’s most prominent human rights organisations have signed an open letter accusing the country of failing to comply with the international court of justice’s (ICJ) provisional ruling that it should facilitate access of humanitarian aid into Gaza. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/11/israeli-human-rights-groups-icj-gaza-aid-ruling On 8 March, a Rabbi urged his IDF students to kill all Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including infants, children, women, and the elderly. https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye/status/1766231485546111400?s=20 Palestinian prisoners allege brutal treatment in Israel jails A powerful 7-minute video from Channel 4 News. Munther Amira, a renowned non-violent community activist in the West Bank, describes his brutal mistreatment whilst held without charge. He is bravely speaking out in public in support of the other, unknown Palestinian hostages who are still being held without charge. Israel’s response to the October the 7th attack has involved a huge surge in the number of Palestinians being detained – seven-thousand in the West Bank alone, according to authorities there, with an unknown number of Gazans also in custody. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1dZhYTWDus&rco=1 BBC News investigation: Israeli troops accused of beating and humiliating Gaza hospital staff An 8-minute BBC news video. A detailed and verified account of breaches of international humanitarian law in Gaza that had the UK Foreign Secretary spluttering in Parliament that “we need answers from the Israelis about that”. Palestinian medical staff in Gaza have told BBC journalists they were detained, blindfolded, forced to strip and repeatedly beaten by Israeli troops after a raid at their hospital. Ahmed Abu Sabha, a doctor at Nasser hospital, described being tortured by Israeli forces. He said he was held for a week in detention, muzzled dogs were set upon him and his hand was broken by an Israeli soldier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnU3mMMqNm0 The children of Gaza, amongst war and bombing, are children who love life https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3nkKoDM_aX/ Israeli Apartheid Week 2024 Social Media Storm The Social Media Storm started on Tuesday 12 March and lasts for a week using the hashtag #IAW2024 The link below provides comprehensive information about actions to take, plus images and template text that can be used. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oSCBefjJc6MfCcFy_Z4g3MDyKkydwWHUkOcaj_DJ-24/edit Impact of the Israeli military activities on the environment By Mazin Qumsiyeh, a well-known Palestinian scientist and author, founder and director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History and the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University where he teaches. A paid-for academic article published by Routledge in the International Journal of Environmental Studies. In his popular blog post, Mazin has invited anyone who cannot see the article to write to him directly. Many conflicts in Western Asia over the past 75 years left devastation and refugees and the last war on the Gaza Strip is a good example. Our interests as environmentalists are the effects of conflict (including active conflict, pre-conflict activities, and post-conflict impact). https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/EKIHYDKHHZNNKHDN73MJ/full?target=10.1080/00207233.2024.2323365 What has Zionism done to Psychoanalysis? Following up on our Report from November last year, ‘The moral bankruptcy of psychoanalysis’ , we have now published a piece entitled ‘What has Zionism done to psychoanalysis’. The mental health professions are built on a commitment to open-minded truth-seeking and still strongly associated with Sigmund Freud who rejected nationalism in all its forms. What’s gone wrong? The original article ‘The moral bankruptcy of psychoanalysis’ appears here: https://ukpalmhn.com/resources/ukpmhn-statement-the-moral-bankruptcy-of-psychoanalysis/ The new article, ‘What has Zionism done to psychoanalysis?’ appears here: https://ukpalmhn.com/resources/what-has-zionism-done-to-psychoanalysis/ March 2024: The Palestine Trauma Centre (UK) is operating in all parts of Gaza Details about the current, inspiring work of PTC (UK) in Gaza The vicious, genocidal campaign currently being waged against the people of Gaza is being met with resistance of a very special kind. A number of organisations are striving to help traumatised children build and sustain their resilience in response to terror, deprivation and the destruction that surrounds them. PTC(UK) is contributing to this effort in all parts of Gaza. https://www.palestinetraumacentre.uk/news/march-2024-ptcuk-operating-in-all-parts-of-gaza   Photos from PTC (UK) FINALLY From Norman Finkelstein: Surprise Biden Announcement in State of the Union Address https://twitter.com/normfinkelstein/status/1766568042807300114?s=20 ‘The US will supply the Starship Enterprise with 1,000,000 Morton pot pies and Captain Kirk will beam them down. The starship’s phaser banks will be set at medium warm to heat the pot pies on the ground. We consider this the most practical solution to the famine conditions in Gaza.’   |
Edward Said memorial lecture and news from Gaza Community Mental Health Programme
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| National March – Ceasefire Now in Gaza Saturday 9 March Assemble 12 noon at Hyde Park Corner. Marching to the US Embassy. https://palestinecampaign.org/events/national-demonstration-ceasefire-now-stop-the-genocide-in-gaza/ The UK-Palestine Mental Health Network will assemble at 11:45 with our banner by the statue of the goddess Diana inside the corner of Green Park directly opposite Green Park tube. There is a tunnel from Green Park tube directly to the statue in the Park. (There are toilets and a coffee shop). Map location: 51.50650542798134, -0.14146747279794697 There is some building work in Green Park necessitating a small but simple detour if you are walking from Victoria station.  UKPALMHN Action Half-Hour Monday 11 March at 13:00 (UK) These informal events provide an opportunity to talk, swap ideas and take actions together. Please email ukpalmhn@gmail.com if you would like to receive a link to the Zoom meeting. All of the actions for this event and previous events can be found on: https://ukpalmhn.com/gaza-crisis/ Recent, brief interview with Dr Yasser Abu Jamei, Director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP) Bombed out of their offices, forced to flee south, and living in school corridors or tents, staff at GCMHP (www.gcmhp.org) have regrouped and continue to support severely traumatised Palestinians. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7166785956367265794/ Who Does GCMHP Support and What Do They Suffer From? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7rzQBwiLwI&rco=1 Psychoanalytic Therapists Against Genocide in Palestine As reported in a previous mailing, a group of UK-based clinicians belonging to the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) recently issued a letter headed Call for Psychoanalytic Professionals to Address the Human Catastrophe in Gaza. They have now formed a group, Psychoanalytic Therapists Against Genocide in Palestine. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fruVb-Sb3sAT2IgWHQPbLfvU5lyXpgDSXgHTI2wWna4/edit?pli=1 240 BPC members and former members have signed the letter, which calls for an end to the genocide, a future peace built on international law, and protests an atmosphere of intolerance that silences discussion of Palestine within their professional community. A version of the letter has been set up where all psychotherapists, psychologists and counsellors can register their support for this initiative. 230 clinicians have signed so far. We encourage all therapists and counsellors to sign here: https://sites.google.com/view/pc4gaza/home New Vision Statement of The Palestine-Global Mental Health Network The Palestine-Global Mental Health Network is made up of Palestinian mental health professionals dispersed throughout the globe. The Network was created in 2019 with the aim of promoting the ideals of mental wellbeing, liberation, dignity, and social justice for peoples and societies throughout the planet and for Palestinians in particular. There are international counterparts to the Palestine-Global Network in Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The Palestine-Global Network has recently issued an important, new Vision Statement https://www.pgmhn.org/about-us Edward Said Lecture “Radiance in Pain and Resilience: The Global Reverberation of Palestinian Historical Trauma” by Dr Samah Jabr What is the role of cultural identity in preserving wellbeing and navigating the wounds of history? This lecture explores the profound historical trauma ingrained in the Palestinian experience and its global repercussions. Grounded in the wisdom of Edward Said, the lecture delves into the psychological dimensions of displacement, dispossession, and cultural distortion. It analyzes the lasting impact of trauma on representation and psychical wellbeing, especially in the face of the continuous distressing military attacks on Gaza. https://mediacentral.princeton.edu/media/Edward+Said+Lecture+%22Radiance+in+Pain+and+ResilienceA+The+Global+Reverberation+of+Palestinian+Historical+Trauma%22+by+Dr+Samah+Jar/1_6199t49t Social Workers for a Free Palestine – public online launch event Tuesday 19 March at 19:00 (UK time) On World Social Work Day, the inaugural event of Social Workers for a Free Palestine will take place. Social workers from Gaza have recently sent messages to their social worker colleagues around the world calling on us to act. Please join the meeting when we will unveil the Social Workers’ Pledge for Palestine, and at which you can hear directly from social workers from Palestine, including Munther Amira, who has recently been released from the administrative detention he has been held in by the Israelis since 18 December. Renowned film director and long standing supporter of the Palestinian struggle, Ken Loach, will also be speaking. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-workers-for-a-free-palestine-uk-world-social-work-day-online-event-tickets-846912527167 Munther Amira released from prison Munther Amira has finally been released after more than 2.5 months in prison without charge. Amira is the director of the Board of the Aida Youth Center, a grass roots community organization that serves the children and youth of the Aida Refugee Camp. He is also a leading activist at the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee (PSCC), a community-based resistance movement that believes in the power of popular struggle, through various forms, such as civil disobedience, peaceful protests and legal campaigns. His detention was the subject of an Amnesty International Urgent Action: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15/7601/2024/en/ Upon his release, Munther spoke about the horrendous situation in prison. ‘It was hell’, Munther commented on prison conditions, ‘not even animals can live like this’. […] One young man tried to commit suicide due to the hopelessness of the situation. ‘They oppressed and humiliated us, and buried any hope for life’. https://www.change.org/p/free-munther-amira/u/32393543# Israel defying ICJ ruling to prevent genocide by failing to allow adequate humanitarian aid to reach Gaza Detailed, harrowing account of how Israel is carrying out – in the words of Mazin Qumsiyeh – “genocide by hunger”. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/02/israel-defying-icj-ruling-to-prevent-genocide-by-failing-to-allow-adequate-humanitarian-aid-to-reach-gaza/ Toddler Anhar from north Gaza had puffy cheeks & bright eyes. 4.5 months of Israel assault turned her into skin & bones. She died of starvation on Tuesday 27 February. Posted by Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur occupied Palestinian territories https://twitter.com/FranceskAlbs/status/1763466551968035006 We’ve been calling for peace in Palestine – these sinister Tory proposals would silence us By Ben Jamal is director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Instead of seeking to demonise protesters for justice, the government should be putting pressure on Israel https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/05/palestine-peace-protest-tory-government-israel Rishi Sunak’s chilling speech denouncing Gaza protesters exposes sinister plan As an incandescent counter-part to Ben Jamal’s measured opinion piece, here is a passionate and insightful deconstruction from Owen Jones of Sunak’s recent speech on the steps of Downing Street about “extremism”. “For the right to protest and to put pressure on our rulers to be construed a violence – this is what dictatorships do. And if you care about democracy, you should be very worried indeed”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bwgp0qqAY8 Israel/Gaza: impacts, human rights and routes to peace Thursday 21 March, 19:00 – 20:30 (UK time) Panel discussion with Q&A organised by Amnesty International Central England Network Speakers include: Dr Marwan Darweish – Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University Dr Samah Jabr – Head of Mental Health Unit, Palestinian Ministry of Health Prof Lynne Segal – activist, author and Professor Emerita of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck, University of London Key themes will include the policy and practical context of the current Israel-Gaza conflict, the mental health crisis affecting Palestinians, and consideration of possible routes to peace. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpce6vqTIsG9N8C_M1lxUc6W01CCnm7ak8#/registration Meeting flyer: https://twitter.com/AlanKessedjian/status/1763325835820531782/photo/1 Finally … I’ll do to language what they did to my people I’ll blow it apart & make it run I’ll sear its rough & tender forms to burning […] UKPALMHN Steering Group member and Palestinian poet, Mira Mattar, has published a powerful new piece called 10 November 2023 https://mizna.org/literary/mira-matar/ |
الشبكة البريطانية الفلسطينية للصحة النفسية 