Jewish and Israeli psychologists say they are afraid to attend the 2026 American Psychological Association (APA) Convention after a coordinated political campaign was circulated through official APA channels urging attendees to wear keffiyehs, recite a scripted "Land and Genocide Acknowledgment" before professional presentations, and attend sessions promoting "Palestinian liberation."
The APA is the largest professional organization of psychologists in the United States, representing over 146,000 members. The "Land and Genocide Acknowledgment" presents deeply contested claims as established fact, denies the Jewish people's ancestral connection to Israel, and makes no mention of the October 7, 2023 Hamas massacre, the hostages, or the ongoing trauma experienced by Jews worldwide. Jewish psychologists report feeling pressured to hide their identities, stay silent about October 7, 2023, or distance themselves from Israel simply to be accepted by their professional peers. A professional association dedicated to mental health must not become a space where Jewish members fear for their safety.
Sign the open letter and make your voice heard: The APA must act immediately to ensure that Jewish and Israeli psychologists can participate safely and fully in the 2026 Annual Convention!
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I serve in Congress. Abdul El-Sayed’s victory this week is only the latest evidence that my party is being overrun by antisemitism. We know where this leads, writes Rep. Josh Gottheimer. https://t.co/2X4ZfAHr6O
Of course Abdul Al-Sayed hates something that embodies classic and wholesome America.
What DOES he love?
Hasan Piker who states America deserved 9/11.
Come this November, Michigan MUST keep Abdul Al-Sayed as far away from the U.S. Senate as possible.
Ro Khanna has repeatedly called for and voted for ending all U.S. aid to Israel, including defensive systems such as Iron Dome, while supporting continued assistance to many other recipients.
No comparable public record exists of him calling for, writing about, or voting to end all aid to other recipients that face ongoing conflicts, human-rights concerns, or governance challenges, including Jordan, Egypt, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, Lebanon, and the West Bank/Gaza/Palestinian territories.
This absolute position applies only to our ally Israel.
What a terrible thing to say @AOC. Look, criticize @AIPAC all you want, they deserve their share of criticism. But understand what AIPAC is - it’s millions & millions of Jewish Americans & other American citizens of all faiths who believe in a strong America/Israel relationship. It’s an organization 💯 funded by millions & millions of American citizens. So when you say “AIPAC doesn’t belong in the Democratic Party,” you’re literally saying that millions & millions of Jewish Americans & American citizens of all faiths “don’t belong in the Democratic Party.” What a terrible thing to say. And politically, what a stupid thing to say.
Note that he's not attacking Netanyahu or the war in Gaza. He's attacking *Israel* -- its very existence. He's saying, without saying so explicitly, that Jews must relinquish their commitments to the Jewish state if they want to belong. They must forget this place where Jews have lived for more than 3,000 years, this land that figures so prominently in the Hebrew scriptures, that is central to Jewish identity. They have to pretend that the Marxist mythology about Israel is correct, that it is a "settler-colonial state" and not, in fact, an act of decolonization -- a pushing back against the Islamic colonization of the Levant.
He says all this while going on and on about how much he loves his Jewish brothers and sisters.
My question for his Jewish brothers and sisters is: Why doesn't El-Sayed or his radical compatriots make similar demands of other groups? Why is the Jewish state the only litmus test? Why are we led to believe that there is something singularly evil about this particular state -- not this or that policy or government, but the state itself, and the idea, the aspiration, behind that state -- when we know that that is not true, when we know, if anything, that the opposite is true?
NEW: GOP Michigan Senate nominee Mike Rogers releases statement after Abdul El-Sayed wins the Dem primary:
"I spent years hunting terrorists and bringing Osama bin Laden to justice. Never in a million years did I think that I would be running against someone who believes America deserved 9/11. Abdul doesn't represent a vision for the future. He's leading a movement grounded in ideological fanaticism. His agenda would make our communities less safe and our state less affordable. He wants to empty prisons and put murderers and sex offenders back on our streets. He pledged his support to the Muslim Brotherhood and campaigns with people who refuse to condemn terrorism. And, he advocated for the largest tax hike in American history — costing families already struggling to make ends meet over $3000 more per year. This election isn't just about choosing a Senator. It's about deciding whether Michigan has a future built on common sense — or whether we hand the keys to the most fringe extremists in the nation."
We have a state to save, Michigan. Let's Get to Work.”
The Jewish people and their homeland, Israel, are one.
The Iranian people and our homeland, Iran, are one.
The American people and their homeland, the USA, are one.
There is separation between people and their governments, but there is no separation between a people and their homeland. Our existence is intimately intertwined with the land.
If Israel is attacked, Jews are killed.
If Iran is overtaken by theocracy, Iranians are killed.
If America is obliterated, Americans are killed.
End this political lie.
You cannot separate people from their earth, no matter how profitable it is to political campaigns that aim to dismantle a people’s homeland for the applause of the global unconscious.
If you love Judaism and the Jewish people then you would understand that for over 2000 yrs we have been praying for the day we could return to Judea and fulfill Gods promise. Anti Zionism is Antisemitism. AIPAC is funded by Americans who want a strong US Israel relationship. Here
are some of the key scriptural foundations of Judaism you claim to love. The Covenant with Abraham is the promise of the land Genesis 12
“Go from your country… to the land that I will show you. Genesis 12:7
“To your offspring I will give this land.”
Moses Foretells Exile and Return in one of the clearest prophecies
Deuteronomy 30:1–5
“Then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you… He will bring you into the land that your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it.”
This passage has been understood in Judaism for thousands of years, we as Jews are connected to Israel. The fact of the matter Abdul, is that Israel's neighbors have been trying to run the Jews out of this land for a long time and we are finally strong enough to stop them. There are two sides of this story and if you want to live in peace tell the Muslim Brotherhood and the terrorists to stop trying to kill us, again and again, Oct 7th style. @AIPAC
In 2008, Obama had to renounce his association with an anti-American preacher to win his party’s nomination. In 2026, El-Sayed embraced an anti-American streaming star—and the Democrats didn’t care.
The Palestinian Authority is trying to have Sebastia recognized by UNESCO as a Palestinian heritage site.
Because when you don't have your own ancient heritage, you steal someone else's.
The city was founded as Shomron (Samaria), the capital of the Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BCE, and was renamed Sebastia by Herod, King of Judea, in the 1st century BCE.