sheislaurence🧵1/3: If you work in #psychotherapy #psychoanalytic #psychology #psychodynamics #mentalhealth, please heed the call of the #Palestine Mental Health Networks of the UK/US/FR/IE not to attend the Recalculating Conference in #Israel https://ofekgrouprelations.org/en/intgrc2024/. The UK network is calling on the #TavistockInstitute https://www.tavinstitute.org/ to withdraw https://ukpalmhn.com/resources/dont-go-to-the-recalculating-conference/. The conference has ZERO #Palestinian representation & states it " will be conducted according to the guidelines of the #IDF"
🧵2/3: Full statement from the #Palestine #MentalHealth Network on the Recalculating Conference in #Israel: "“The “Recalculating” event clearly supports Israeli policy. Its bold invitation, ironically issued now in the midst of Israel’s heinous #genocide in #Gaza, promises to ponder subtle issues of cultural and national identity in a neutral, self-searching, and transparent manner. Alas, however, the list of conference planners excludes #Palestinian voices those human beings currently being...
🧵3/3: "...uprooted through #genocide and violent upheaval. What’s more, the invitation states with proud defiance that the ‘conference will be conducted according to the guidelines of the #Israeli Defense Forces (#IDF) Home Front Command to ensure the continued safety of residents’. With this framework, how can the perspectives of #Palestinians or their international supporters conceivably be heard?” Boycott Recalculating & lobby #Tavistock Institute! https://ukpalmhn.com/resources/dont-go-to-the-recalculating-conference/
ShhalahrA 'neutral' manner? Neutrality always favors the side with the greater power. So it’s never actually neutral.