#Israel - #Gaza - #Lebanon war
To all #Psychologists and #Neuroscientists :

If you haven't seen it yet, our colleagues Mehdi Khamassi and Yael Niv have been working on a sign-on letter for psychologists and neuroscientists around the world calling for international pressure towards an immediate ceasefire and peace in the Middle-East.

The letter: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Their explanation:

"We take a humanist approach, condemning all violence targeting civilians, using psychology to try to explain why things have escalated so badly (e.g., talking about in-group/out-group, extremism, dehumanization, revenge, etc.), and why international pressure is needed to stop this spiral of death now.
Please feel free to co-sign this letter with us and to circulate it among your colleagues and students that you think could be interested to sign"

I haven't followed the events so well and thought that a ceasefire had just been implemented, but it can't hurt to sign the letter and share it! Better late than never..

Open letter of psychologists and neuroscientists for peace in the Middle East

We, psychologists and neuroscientists from around the world, call the international community to urgently put pressure towards an immediate ceasefire in Israel, Palestine and Lebanon, to demand that the Israeli government respect international humani…

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‘Huge influx’ of #neuroscientists migrates to Bluesky - up 400%

The Transmitter: #Neuroscience News and Perspectives

thetransmitter.org/community/h…

‘Huge influx’ of neuroscientists migrates to Bluesky

Daily neuroscience-related posts on the social-media platform this week have increased more than 400 percent, on average, compared with October.

^{Calli McMurray (The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives)}