trauma

Friends and family take cover during sirens at the funeral of Ronit Elmalich and her mother Sara Elmalich, who were killed in an Iranian ballistic missile strike in Beit Shemesh, at the cemetery in Beit Shemesh, March 2, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
‘Compulsive repetition’: How permanent war shapes the Israeli psyche
From October 7 to Iran, the Israeli government has used successive states of emergency to render individual thinking redundant, explains Dr. Dana Amir.
By Dana Mills March 4, 2026
Palestinians take part in the “March of Return” to the destroyed village of Al Lajjun, April 26, 2023. (Oren Ziv)
How the Nakba’s second generation absorbed their parents’ trauma
From the food we ate to the work we chose, the Nakba permeated everything in the lives of the children of Palestinian refugees displaced in their homeland.
By Samah Salaime May 17, 2023
Palestinian psychologist Asrar Kayyal, whose family were displaced from the village of Al-Birwa, near Akka, during the Nakba. (Faiz Abu Rmeleh)
‘Palestinians handle trauma better when we struggle together to survive’
During the May 2021 uprising, Asrar Kayyal was part of a network of psychologists supporting Palestinian victims of Israeli violence and their families. She talks with +972 about the myriad traumas Palestinians endure.
By Vera Sajrawi August 25, 2022
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Palestinians check the damage caused after a 15-floor building was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, on May 13, 2021. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)
Living the Nakba, over and over
The latest assaults on Palestinians are resurfacing the intergenerational trauma we all carry. But our resistance is only growing stronger.
By Dima Srouji May 14, 2021
A Palestinian laborer works amongst the rubble of destroyed Palestinian houses damaged during the Israeli-Hamas conflict of 2014, in the Al-Shejaeiya neighbourhood in the east of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, 09 September 2015. According to UN reports, there were 2,251 Palestinians killed between June and August of 2014, about half of them civilians. It also counted six civilians in Israel and 67 Israeli soldiers among the victims of the conflict. Photo by Emad Nassar/Flash90
In Gaza, fears of a new war stir old traumas
Still recovering from the last war, some still living in its rubble, Gazans mull the uncertainty of what comes next — ceasefire or more devastation. In recent months, Israel has almost completely blocked any construction materials entering into Gaza.
By +972 Magazine August 8, 2018
Abdullah Mubarak, who was recently released from administrative detention. In the background, Raed Andoni is pictured sitting with his head covered. From the film, “Ghost Hunting.”
The eternal jail: Palestinians bring trauma of Israeli prisons to the screen
A new documentary shows how the degradation and physical abuse suffered by Palestinians in Israeli jails means that even after their release, they haven’t escaped prison. By Anat Matar A month ago, on January 29, Abdallah Moubarak was released from a year-long administrative detention. Three weeks later, the film he acted in a short time…
By +972 Magazine March 17, 2017
Mohammed, age 11, stands in the remains of his home in the Al Nada Towers of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip after they were destroyed by Israeli strikes. The towers had 90 apartments, home to many families. (photo: Activestills.org)
PHOTOS: Gaza’s children face an uncertain future
Israel’s latest offensive on the Gaza Strip killed more than 500 children. Those who survive must endure ongoing trauma and displacement. Photos by Anne Paq and Basel Yazouri/Activestills.org Text by Anne Paq I visited Al Nada towers in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip after they were destroyed by Israeli strikes. The towers had…
By Activestills September 30, 2014
Illustrative photo: A judge ruling in court (Shutterstock.com)
The ‘reasonable person’ standard and murdering one’s rapist
Yonatan Hailu was convicted of murdering his rapist, Yaron Eileen, and sentenced to 20 years in prison because his actions did not meet the “reasonable person” standard. Did the judges not only hear but really listen to his testimony? Did they take his trauma into account? Did they understand that his soul was murdered, over…
By Haokets February 9, 2014
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