#PalestinianLivesMatter
The USA-Palestine Mental Health Network stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine in their struggle for justice and human rights. The ongoing colonialist warfare against the indigenous Palestinian people, while escalated in the present moment, has been endured for over 70 years.
Israel’s bulldozing of Palestinian homes, displacement of Palestinian residents of Sheik Jarrah in East Jerusalem and the attack of Palestinian worshipers at Al Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan is in violation of International Law.
International law recognizes blockade as an act of war. Gaza has been under siege and blockade for 14 long years and struggles to manage the Covid pandemic while being denied access to the vaccine, and now faces air strikes by the fourth largest and most powerful army in the world. Israel’s bombing of the besieged and vulnerable population of Gaza is not only disproportionate, it is criminal.
Palestinians also have a right to defend themselves.
#PalestinianLivesMatter
We are proud to share other news and articles from our Advisory Council members:
In the battle for liberation Gaza is closer to Jerusalem than Ramallah,
by Dr. Samah Jabr
The Nakba Continues, by Dr. Alice Rothchild
Palestinian oppression and despair in stark relief to Netanyahu’s war, by Dr. Alice Rothchild
This Must End, by Dr. Yasser Abu Jamei
Statement of solidarity from our sibling organization The UK-Palestine Mental Health Network.
Statement on crisis from Palestine-Global Mental Health Network.
We urge all mental health workers to write Secretary of State Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) and their local representatives and to engage in ongoing political action supporting justice for the people of Palestine.
Photos above from Thursday, May 13, 2021 in Beit Hanoun, Northern Gaza.
