National Demonstration – Stop Arming Israel / Ceasefire NowSaturday 27 April – Assemble at 12:00 in Parliament Square (marching to Hyde Park)https://palestinecampaign.org/events/national-march-for-palestine-27-april/UKPALMHN Action Half-HourMonday 29 April at 13:00 UK timeAn 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 to attend … Continue reading Starvation in Gaza but no “snap” decision over funding for the UN Palestinian relief agency

UKPALMHN Action Half-HourMonday 22 April at 13:00 UK timeAn 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.comAll 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 … Continue reading Chronic traumatic stress disorder and Psychoanalytic Voices for Palestine

National Day of Action – Full Ceasefire Now – Stop the Genocide in GazaSaturday 13 AprilFull 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 Squarehttps://palestinecampaign.org/events/london-march-for-palestine/UKPALMHN Action Half-HourMonday 15 April at 13:00 UK timeAn informal space to share thoughts … Continue reading “A Sea of Misery”: Gaza is unlike anything I’ve ever seen, says NGO Head/ex-CNN journalist

UKPALMHN Action Half-HourMonday 8 April at 1 pm UK timeAn 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 … Continue reading Ecocide in Gaza plus Prof Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian reinstated

National Demonstration: Ceasefire Now – Stop the Genocide in Gaza!Saturday 30 March – Assemble 12:00 at Russell Square – Marching to Trafalgar Squarehttps://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 2PJThe next UKPALMHN … Continue reading As brutal war rages and famine looms, look at pictures of Gaza and keep saying: ‘this is not normal’

Day of Action for Palestine – Ceasefire NOW – Stop the Genocide in GazaSaturday 23 MarchDetails 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 occupationThursday 21 March 2024 at 3 pm UK timeBalfour Project webinar with Rula Salameh from Palestine for Just Visionhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LNc6mlnXSOC_aiWvKgdfIw#/registrationUKPALMHN Action Half-HourMonday 25 March at 1 pm UK timeAn informal space … Continue reading The weaponisation of humanitarian measures and the truth about Israeli civilian harm mitigation

Visit Palestine/Israel on an extended study tour – May 2024The 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 … Continue reading Study Tour, Boycott Apartheid week, and What has Zionism done to psychoanalysis?

National March – Ceasefire Now in GazaSaturday 9 MarchAssemble 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 … Continue reading Edward Said memorial lecture and news from Gaza Community Mental Health Programme

Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians according to UN rights expertUN special rapporteur on the right to food Michael Fakhri says denial of food is war crime and constitutes ‘a situation of genocide’.We have never seen a civilian population made to go so hungry so quickly and so completely, that is the consensus among starvation experts. … Continue reading Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians according to UN rights expert

EVENTSCafe Palestine 38 – Honouring the work of our colleagues in Gaza, part twoSaturday 24 February from 16:00-18:00 (UK) / 18:00-20:00 (Pal)Zoom:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89486111693?pwd=L3hkZGhpVkFDVi85TmFwN0NuZm5uZz09orFacebook Live:https://www.facebook.com/UKPMHN/live_videos/This second event will feature more of the work of some of the mental health teams that work in Gaza and highlight their professionalism, dedication and creativity. Since most colleagues in Gaza are … Continue reading We must stand by our Mental Health Colleagues in Gaza – Cafe Palestine 38 on Sat 24 Feb at 4pm (UK)