Irwin J. Mansdorf

Irwin J. Mansdorf, Ph.D., is a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Examiners, a licensed psychologist in Israel and the U.S.A., and coordinator of the Israel Citizens Information Council in Raanana, Israel. As a member of the Medical and Public Health Issues Task Force for Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, Dr. Mansdorf is involved in efforts to combat academic bias and misinformation that appears in scientific and research journals.

Publications by Irwin J. Mansdorf

Is Israel a Colonial State? The Political Psychology of Palestinian Nomenclature

March 7, 2010

Israel’s creation, far from being a foreign colonial transplant, can actually be seen as the vanguard of and impetus for decolonialization of the entire Middle East, including a significant part of the Arab world, following the fall of the Ottoman Empire.  Read More »

From Gaza to Harvard: The Politicization of Mental Health and the Education of Palestinian Children

September 1, 2004

Academic and professional reports implicating Israeli policy and actions in the deterioration of the mental health and education of Palestinian children are characterized by questionable scientific methodology and a reliance on distortions, omissions, and misrepresentations. Mental health consequences are discussed without reference to terror activities and incitement to violence in Palestinian media, schools, and universities.
  Read More »

The Psychological Framework of Suicide Terrorism

April 15, 2003

Since 1993, attempts have been made to portray Palestinian-Arab perpetrators of suicide bombings as desperate individuals understandably coping with a difficult situation, in effect, transforming the attackers into victims, and thus diminishing the impact of one’s revulsion at such attacks. The use of the "bomber as victim" model has led others to similarly view, and incorrectly justify, the motivations behind Palestinian-Arab suicide bombers.  Read More »