13 February 2026
The Palestine Mental Health Networks explains why resignation is the appropriate response.
Psychoanalysis of Conscience A Call to Resign from the IPAThe Palestine Mental Health Networks, representing mental health professionals from 23 nations, are calling on psychoanalysts to resign from the International Psychoanalytic Association.The IPA has refused to name the genocide in Gaza, even as the ICJ, ICC, and International Association of Genocide Scholars have done so. It has invoked “legal constraints” to justify its silence — constraints it found no difficulty overcoming when condemning Russia’s war on Ukraine. Meanwhile, it has platformed voices that pathologize Palestinian resistance and hosted normalization programming that creates false symmetry between colonizer and colonized.An institution that cannot distinguish genocide from political controversy has forfeited its claim to ethical authority.We are asking you to:- Resign your IPA membership and tell them why – Make your resignation public – Add your name to our callHistory will record who spoke and who was silent. Join us.Add Your NameRead Our StatementWith clarity and conviction The Palestine Mental Health Networks |
