In printing the article about Israel and the Palestinians by Kemp and Pinto, you have published a piece of unashamed one-sided political propaganda thinly disguised as professional analysis.
In printing the article about Israel and the Palestinians by Kemp and Pinto, you have published a piece of unashamed one-sided political propaganda thinly disguised as professional analysis. It is therefore appropriate to publish a response which focuses on the political issues raised, rather than the therapy issues.
In speaking of the ‘power intoxication’ of Israelis, Dr Ruchama Martin does not even bother with the disguise. Her assertion that ‘no-one mentions the occupation’ is just fantasy as anyone who has ever read the English editions of Israeli newspapers will know.
If you are going to publish political polemics, you would carry far more credibility if you made a scintilla of effort to be balanced. Jeff Halper whose usual anti-Israel diatribe you quote (‘racial displacement’) is notorious as disagreeing with the DNA of Israel as a state grounded in Judaism.
Jonathan Hoffman
Co-Vice Chair. Zionist Federation
Trauma: the unreported casualty of war |
| "<p>In the March issue of this journal, two psychotherapists wrote about the psychological impact of military occupation on the Palestinian people. In response, David Bedein reports from Sderot on the effects of Palestinian rocket fire on the city's residents</p>" |
A response to ‘To resist is to exist’ by Martin Kemp and Eliana Pinto |
| "<p>The recent spate of correspondence over the publication in Therapy Today of ‘To resist is to exist’ by Martin Kemp and Eliana Pinto (March 2009) has raised the ire of many readers, despite the BACP statement that BACP ‘has no position or policy with regard to Middle East politics’</p>" |
Palestine: to resist is to exist |
| "We have received an unprecedented amount of correspondence, both negative and positive, in reponse to last month's article 'To resist is to exist'. More of this can be read here (see 'related articles, right)" |
To resist is to exist |
| "<p>Notes on the psychological impact of military occupation in Palestine</p>" |