Sir/Madam: “Beacon of Hope” by Sarah Irving and Marc Hudson (3 December 2004) presents an inspiring description of a health program run by and for Palestinians. However, the article’s depiction of the conditions in which the Bethlehem Arab Society Rehabilitation…
read moreSend response to journal:Re: Re: Read the verbatim “Breaking the Silence” testimony for yourself Derek Summerfield suggests that his critics read “Breaking the Silence,” posted on the internet. I have done so and suggest that his supporters also read it.…
read morePsychologists For Social Responsibility Launch Campaign AgainstIsrael For Engaging in Psychological Warfare Against Palestinians-Protest to White House:SPME Responds Read the statement of PsySR online at: http://www.psysr.org/palestinian-israeli%20conflict%20statement.htm November 16, 2005 Below is a statement approved by the PsySR Steering Committee that…
read moreIrwin Mansdorf Response to PsySR Raanana, ISRAEL Once again, a group of politically driven academics have blindly demonstrated why rational science and political activism do not always mesh well with each other. This time, its the turn of “Psychologists for…
read moreYesterday, November 17, the self-declared “social justice” group Psychologists for Social Responsibility (PsySR) hand-delivered an anti-Israel statement to the White House, the leadership of the House of Representatives, and the Senate. In it, they “condemn the Israeli Army’s use of…
read moreBy now the world has gotten used to the fact that following every heinous terrorist attack, be it in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt or London, public officials first issue a rash of condemnations. Next come the adoption of some new…
read moreTo: David Miller <[email protected] >From: Ami Isseroffwww.mideastweb.org——————————————————-Dear David,I appreciate your concern. Unfortunately it is impossible – and we certainly do not have the resources – to refute or confirm every claim made by particles of one side or another. The…
read moreMarch 15, 2005 Letter to the Editor The Lancet Samer Jabbour’s letter (“Healing and peace making in the middle east: challenges for doctors, January 25, 2005 http://image.thelancet.com/extras/04cmt309web.pdf 1), in response to Skinner et al notes the difficult questions on the…
read morePublic HealthPromoting Arab and Israeli cooperation: peacebuilding through health initiatives Published online January 25, 2005 http://image.thelancet.com/extras/04art3217web.pdf Harvey Skinner, Ziad Abdeen, Hani Abdeen, Phil Aber, Mohammad Al-Masri, Joseph Attias, Karen B Avraham, Rivka Carmi, Catherine Chalin, Ziad El Nasser, Manaf Hijazi,…
read moreComment Healing and peace making in the middle east: challenges for doctors The efforts noted by Harvey Skinner and colleagues in today’s Lancet would not have been possible 10 years ago, and the subject was taboo 15 years ago. The…
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