Anti-Israel bid to cancel Israeli therapist’s webinar fails after UKLFI intervention
An attempt to have an Israeli psychotherapist removed from a professional webinar failed after UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) intervened. David Amias, a British-Israeli family therapist, had been invited by the Association for Family and Systemic Psychotherapy (AFSP) to present a webinar on “Working in the context of international conflict,
Psychotherapists cancel Islamophobia training session after speakers cross antisemitism threshold
The British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (“BABCP”) has cancelled a training session on Islamophobia and Mental Health after finding that proposed facilitators for the session had posted antisemitic social media. Following a complaint from UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), BABCP commissioned an independent investigator to assist with its
Research network confirms 2021 conference in Israel after Boycott Decision Reversed
The venue of the 2021 conference of the European Network for Mental Health Service Evaluation (ENMESH) has been confirmed as Tel Aviv, Israel, after a decision to boycott Israel was reversed. The 2021 conference was originally going to be held in Israel, but a decision was taken to move it to
Boycott Decision Reversed as Research Network Conference to go ahead in Israel
ENMESH, a European research network, has confirmed that it will hold its 2021 Conference in Israel. The decision to move it to another country due to threats from BDS supporters has been reversed following representations from UKLFI and our contacts in 8 other countries. Prof Zvi Ziegler, chair of the
Research Network Reviews Decision to Cancel Jerusalem Conference
A European medical research network, that had decided to move a conference from Jerusalem to Lisbon for fear of pressure from supporters of boycotting Israel, is reviewing the decision. This follows representations by top scientists and correspondence from UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), an association of lawyers who seek to