This morning, clinical psychologist Lior Biran, a member of the “Silence is a Crime” forum, was interviewed on GLZ (Army Radio) in response to the growing discourse attempting to normalize the impossible reality in which we live. In response to statements made in the media calling the public “prima donnas” due to the difficulty of … Read more
The interview with psychiatrist Prof. Yoram Yovell on Channel 12 News, in which he presented the war as a “deluxe war” and called on the public to stop being “spoiled prima donnas,” has caused us deep concern. The current reality poses immense psychological challenges, yet the dominant discourse on “resilience” in the Israeli mental health … Read more
The month of Ramadan, a month of introspection, compassion, and fasting, arrives this year amidst a bleeding and unbearable reality. It is difficult to wish “Ramadan Kareem” when the heart is so heavy. The sanctity of life is trampled under a deliberate policy of violence and criminal neglect—whether facing the destruction and devastation in the … Read more
A CALL TO ACTION! Mental Health and Welfare Professionals against the Escalating Violence and Neglect of Palestinian Safety When the environment fails continuously, man is forced to organize himself through survival rather than through life (inspired by Donald Winnicott). We, professionals in the field of Mental Health and Welfare, members of the “Silence is a … Read more
This week, the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs announced that the operating licenses of 37 international aid organizations working in Gaza and the West Bank will be revoked as of January 1, and that these organizations must cease their activities in Gaza and the West Bank by early March. In recent months, Israel has introduced regulatory … Read more
The online journal – ‘Hutzot – A Cultural-Political Journal’, has published a panel discussion featuring several members of the ‘Silence is a Crime’ forum. You are invited to read it by clicking the link.
“There are no innocents in Gaza” “There are no innocents in Gaza” is a statement heard from all sides these days, aiming to justify the annihilation of Gaza’s population. To our horror, this annihilation currently includes 19,424 children murdered in Gaza, 5,000 of them under the age of 5, alongside 10,138 women and 4,695 elderly … Read more
From the silence comes the cry. The cry of those among us for whom the gap between professional ethical codes and their personal conscience—their moral compass—and institutional indifference is a bleeding wound. It is from this place that the “Silence is a Crime” forum was born. Who are we? A group of concerned mental health … Read more
