On the year anniversary of the October 7th Hamas attacks and the start of the devastating war on Gaza that’s killed more than 15,000 Palestinian children, there appears no end in sight. If anything, this month it’s escalated further with violence spreading to Iran, Lebanon and Jordan. All-out war in the Middle East with US involvement looks ever more likely.
But long before October 7th, the Israel-Palestine conflict has been one of the most polarising of modern times. openDemocracy decided to speak with Gabrielle Rifkind, who uniquely uses her background in psychotherapy as an international conflict mediator to help find peace and stop war.
openDemocracy: It seems that there is an endless amount of historical trauma on both sides of this war. Can you tell us a bit about your work with Oxford Process and the relationship between psychology and conflict?
