Avigail Abarbanel

Psychotherapist & political activist with a fine-tuned bullshit detector. I have been a psychotherapist in independent practice since 1999. I am also a former Israeli citizen, anti-Zionist and activist for Palestinian human rights.

Recent articles by Avigail Abarbanel

Grief & guilt by association

Grief & guilt by association

I have been grieving deeply not just since last October, but ever since I woke up to the reality of what Israel is, and what it stands for. First came my human empathy for the Palestinian people and what they have been suffering. Empathy was what gave me the initial push to start to speak out, twenty-three years ago. However, at the time I did not understand that I was a Zionist. My heart ached for the Palestinians. Israel’s behaviour seemed brutal, and unfair, but I was still just a typical ‘liberal’ Zionist.

You cannot reason with an abuser

You cannot reason with an abuser

You must take away their power, and protect their victims.

You reap what you sow in Israel

You reap what you sow in Israel

Freedom is never given. It must be taken. (Ursula Le Guin) . You cannot be well in a home you stole.

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