We have received an unprecedented amount of correspondence, both negative and positive, in reponse to last month's article 'To resist is to exist'. More of this can be read here (see 'related articles', right). This was not a journalistic report but an account of a personal experience and one that we realise represents only one aspect of a very complex situation. We would like to stress that this article in no way represents the views of Therapy Today or BACP, which has no position or policy with regard to Middle East politics. The purpose of this journal is to provide a forum for debate between therapists and we will give equal space to alternative perspectives on this issue which relate to mental health, with the aim of giving balance over time. As requested by several readers, we will be publishing another article from an Israeli perspective in the near future. (See Trauma: the unreported casualty of war, June Therapy Today).