How to hold Israel accountable for torturing Palestinians
Friday 29-March-2024
Torture remains a pervasive reality in Palestine, where countless individuals have endured unspeakable physical and psychological trauma at the hands of Israeli forces.
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Unmasking the false generosity of the US response to Gaza’s humanitarian catastrophe
Tuesday 19-March-2024
Amid dire warnings from the UN regarding the food insecurity crisis in Gaza, the US proclaimed loudly that it is delivering humanitarian aid to the enclave.
The ICJ hearing on genocide contributes to healing the Palestinian historical trauma
Saturday 20-January-2024
Israel’s appearance before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague is an important step on the road to justice and a necessary contribution to the healing of the historical trauma of the Palestinian people.
Gaza the Betrayed
Saturday 29-January-2022
Gaza is less than 100 kilometers from Jerusalem. It is deliberately placed out of reach separated by three visible borders.
Arab normalisation an attempt to defeat Palestinians psychologically
Thursday 24-September-2020
Last week Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and foreign ministers representing the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed the “Abraham Accords Peace Agreement” in Washington DC which normalises their relations at the expense of Palestinian national and human rights.
From Palestine to the US we must defend people’s right to breathe
Wednesday 17-June-2020
We have emerged from the global solidarity brought about by the Covid-19 crisis to return to our familiar state of disunity in the struggle against oppressive power domination and fascist politics.
COVID-19 gives Palestinians a chance to improve mental health services
Thursday 28-May-2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has the seeds for a mental health crisis around the world; in Palestine it highlights pre-existing challenges in mental health provision.
Transcending the Borders of the Occupation
Wednesday 13-September-2017
In a psychotic state a 16 year old young woman patient from the West Bank went beyond the confines of her own boundaries: “I saw the sky turned red in color and I perceived a calling… I looked into people’s eyes to see that they too were excited and understood the call of the sky.”
When Israel and UK Celebrate the Historical Trauma of Palestinians
Sunday 19-February-2017
After 100 years Britain seems to be at the same moral stage as it was when UK Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour wrote to a leader of the British Jewish community Baron Rothschild promising the establishment of a “national home” for the Jewish people in Palestine.
Unequally Worthy in Life and Death
Tuesday 8-July-2014
Clashes erupted in our neighborhood of Shufat East Jerusalem with Israeli security forces shooting at Palestinian youths who were protesting the killing of a 16 year old boy Mohammed Abu Khudair.