The Palestine-Global Mental Health Network strongly condemns the dishonest and inflammatory petition circulated by an ad hoc group calling itself Psychologists Against Antisemitism. This group does not formally represent the American Psychological Association (APA), yet it falsely postures as an authoritative body, exploiting APA channels to push a politically motivated agenda aimed at suppressing legitimate criticism of Israeli state violence. Alarmingly, several signatories of the petition hold prominent positions within the APA, giving the false impression that this document speaks for the association as a whole.
… The APA must take a clear stance against this dangerous manipulation—one that weaponizes Jewish identity to silence criticism of Israeli policies while erasing the many Jewish voices who stand against Israel’s military occupation and ongoing genocide in Gaza. To allow such tactics of suppression to persist within its own institutional spaces is a dereliction of the APA’s stated commitment to truth, ethics, and justice.
Continue reading at https://www.pgmhn.org/statements/misinformation-mccarthyism-and-the-weaponization-of-antisemitism