ENCAMPMENT SU DAY 20: Today we had a visit from licensed psychologist Mikaela Lindström of @psykologer.for.palestina who bore witness of the brutal reality on the West Bank from her recent experiences there, and how only two weeks of impressions, from a very privileged position, still requires some deep emotional unpacking. One interesting aspect is how the Israeli society is so hostile, even between one Israeli and the next. There is no consideration, no good faith, no love. Mikaela saw with her own eyes how settlers on the West Bank had abducted vulnerable and homeless Israeli minors, and kept them in horrible conditions carrying out gruesome work for them, without any Israeli authorities giving a damn. As you dehumanise the other, you also dehumanise yourself, and then no life really matters to you, not even the life of your own kind. In all this darkness Mikaela had a message for us from some Palestinians she met during her stay: The student protests around the world have instilled hope for real change.
Let’s honour and fulfill that hope!