4 June 2023, The Guardian
‘We tell them they can still laugh’ – the doctor treating the mental scars of Gaza’s children. Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/04/we-tell-them-they-can-still-laugh-the-doctor-treating-the-mental-scars-of-gazas-children
8 October 2023
A Massacre at a Music Festival in Israel. Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker.https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/when-massacre-came-to-a-music-festival-in-israel?utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_103023&bxid=5fabac0841977a5c5a727bdc&cndid=62701731&hasha=3b516c46d6178a230e1e9b86ba84cd73&hashb=e9a79074901bc286687bd4edf2cc8b348f0dd40e&hashc=ebcd1f4ac7b690a6ac51e9fc2a102d7719a669d92193c5efad53f091d418bd55&esrc=register-page&mbid=CRMNYR012019
10 October 2023
Terror and counter-terror. A reflection on Hamas and Israel. Timothy Snyder. https://snyder.substack.com/p/terror-and-counter-terror
11 October 2023
Why BBC doesn’t call Hamas militants ‘terrorists’. John Simpson, BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67083432
12 October 2023
Stop the civilian carnage now, aid worker Jan Egeland begs Israel and Hamas. Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/jan-egeland-israel-hamas-1.6994108
13 October, 2023, NY Times
Why Israel Must Reconsider Its Gaza Evacuation Order. António Guterres, NY Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/opinion/israel-gaza-united-nations.html
Call them beasts, cockroaches, microbes: then it no longer matters how many you kill. Alwine de Jong Berber van der Woude Aisha Hamed Edwin van ’t Pad, Financieel Dagblad.
https://fd.nl/opinie/1492461/noem-ze-beesten-honden-kakkerlakken-microben-dan-maakt-het-niet-meer-uit
Human Dignity. The editorial staff, Verfassungsblog, The imperative to protect human dignity only applies absolutely if it applies universally, and it only applies universally if it applies absolutely. https://verfassungsblog.de/human-dignity/
14 October, 2023
The Elephant in the Room Response to October 7. End the Violence, Release the Hostages. Petition. https://sites.google.com/view/israel-elephant-in-the-room/response-to-october-7
Death is commonplace for Gaza’s lost generation. Chris McGreal, The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/14/gaza-lost-generation-conditioned-to-worship-death-israel
17 October 2023
A Letter from Michael Moore Regarding the Killings of Palestinians and Israelis. Michael Moore. https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/a-letter-from-michael-moore-regarding?publication_id=320974&post_id=138030521&isFreemail=true&r=pxvta
Israel’s Negev Bedouins, forgotten victims of the Hamas attack, rally to provide aid. Assiya Hamza,FRANCE24. https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20231017-negev-bedouins-israel-s-forgotten-victims-of-the-hamas-attack-rally-to-provide-aid
21 October 2023
The Majority of Americans Agree: Ceasefire in Gaza. Michael Moore. https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/the-majority-of-americans-agree-ceasefire?publication_id=320974&post_id=138157798&isFreemail=true&r=pxvta
We Must Not Kill Gazan Children to Try to Protect Israel’s Children. Nicholas Kristof, Opinion Columnist, reporting from Tel Aviv, NY Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/opinion/israel-gaza-palestine-children.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
22 October 2023
Children in Gaza ‘developing severe trauma’ after 16 days of bombing. As well as risk of death and injury, psychiatrist says situation is leading to symptoms such as convulsions and bed-wetting. Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/22/children-in-gaza-developing-severe-trauma-after-16-days-of-bombing
23 October 2023
Israeli film director Amos Gitai calls for ‘peaceful solutions’ in Middle East. Stuart Norval, FRANCE24. The world-renowned Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai has told FRANCE 24 how Israel is now a “traumatised society” after the events of October 7. https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20231023-israeli-film-director-amos-gitai-calls-for-peaceful-solutions-in-middle-east.
24 October 2023
Birobidzhan: Israel-Hamas war sows discord in remote Jewish region of Russia. Sébastian Seibt, France 24. https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231024-discord-over-israel-hamas-war-erupts-in-the-remote-autonomous-jewish-region-of-birobidzhan
25 October 2023
Palestinian campuses head into abyss as Israeli retaliation grows. With mobility severely limited and no connection or contact from Gaza colleagues, West Bank academics describe atmosphere of anguish. Pola Lem, Times Higher Education. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/palestinian-campuses-head-abyss-israeli-retaliation-grows?spMailingID=27599853&spUserID=MTAxNzczMDgzMTgzNwS2&spJobID=2332215240&spReportId=MjMzMjIxNTI0MAS2
27 October 2023
Urgent Call for the Immediate Release of the Kidnapped Israeli Infants and Children. https://en.minervacenter.huji.ac.il/sites/default/files/minervacenteren/files/urgent_call_for_the_release_of_the_kidnapped_israeli_children_27.10.23_with_signatures.pdf Signed by more than 1000 academics and child care workers.
29 October 2023
Childhood researchers call for an end to the Western-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza. There is no moral justification whatsoever for continuing this brutality which will result in the debilitation, wounding and death of thousands more children. Rachel Rosen, Fikile Nxumalo, Sarada Balagopalan. https://mondoweiss.net/2023/10/childhood-researchers-call-for-an-end-to-the-western-backed-israeli-genocide-in-gaza/?ml_recipient=103480707653829811&ml_link=103480702323918477&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2023-10-30&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines+-+Oct+30+-+Manual
31 October 2023
Everybody Wants Gaza’s Gas The $500 billion windfall shoring up EU supplies. Rachel Donald. https://www.planetcritical.com/p/everybody-wants-gazas-gas?utm_medium=email
In pictures: the heavy impact of Israeli strikes on Gaza’s children. FRANCE24. https://www.france24.com/en/slideshow/20231031-in-pictures-the-brutal-impact-of-israeli-strikes-on-gaza-s-children
1 November 2023
Open Society Foundations statement on Israel and Palestine. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/newsroom/open-society-foundations-statement-on-israel-and-palestine
2 November 2023, WHO
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO. https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing—2-november-2023
9 November 2023
I Have Never Been to This Israel Before. Thomas L. Friedman, NY Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/09/opinion/israel-hamas-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Gaza war drives new wave of academic emigration. Pola Lem, Times Higher Education. Palestinian universities in West Bank face losing scholars, while Netanyahu opponents also predicted to leave Israel. Adam Shapiro, director of advocacy for Israel and Palestine for the non-profit organisation Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn). https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/gaza-war-drives-new-wave-academic-emigration?emci=fd2af25b-337f-ee11-8925-00224832e811&emdi=d410a4c5-427f-ee11-8925-00224832e811&ceid=1383567
10 November 2023
What I Believe as a Historian of Genocide. Omer Bartov, Professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University, NY Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/opinion/israel-gaza-genocide-war.html
November 16, 2023
Prestigious Amsterdam documentary festival faces boycott and protests following anti-Palestinian statements. Niloufar Nematollahi, MONDOWEISS News & Opinion About Palestine, Israel, & the United States. https://mondoweiss.net/2023/11/prestigious-amsterdam-documentary-festival-faces-boycott-and-protests-following-anti-palestinian-statements/?ml_recipient=105102382561494028&ml_link=105102163314738443&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2023-11-17&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines+RSS+Automation
19 November 2023
„Damit ich die Bilder nicht sehe, die kommen“. Livia Gerster, Tel Aviv, Frankfurter Allgemeine. In einer grünen Oase in Israel treffen sich junge Menschen, die das Massaker der Hamas auf dem Nova-Festival überlebt haben. Die Traumatisierten sollen dort lernen, wieder an das Gute zu glauben. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/israel-krieg/hilfe-fuer-ueberlebende-des-nova-massakers-in-israel-19321416.html
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Childhood researchers and students call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza.https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6Y8T7YLQrQ32Nl_7JXrRKjJKw_JYxQKpAV4KGubNgEca3Ww/viewform
The Parents Circle – Families Forum (PCFF) is a joint Israeli-Palestinian organization of over 600 families. https://www.theparentscircle.org/en/about_eng-2/
Background information on the Palestinian Counseling Center. The Palestinian Counseling Center was established in 1983 by a group of psychologists, educators and community activists to provide professional and quality mental health care to Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank. https://www.pcc-jer.org/en/about/about-us
Edward Said and Palestine (1988). YouTube, 10 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g1ooTNkMQ4
UN’s Navi Pillay: Israel has ‘no intention of ending occupation’. Talk to Al Jazeera. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz1th-a_2M4
Sam Vaknin, I am Sam Vaknin, author of Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited, a pioneering work of reference, now in its 10th, DSM-5 compatible revision, about Narcissistic Personality Disorder and of other books about personality disorders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CekIfKX70iU and https://vaknin-talks.com/about
Gaza Mental health Foundation. See regular updates. Dr. Yasser Abu-Jamei MD, MSc, a psychiatrist, is Director General of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme. https://www.gazamentalhealth.org/
Psychology Associations’ Statements: https://icpweb.org/psychology-organizations-statements-on-the-israel-palestine-conflict-and-on-gaza/