{"id":2616100,"date":"2026-06-19T09:22:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-launches-investigation-as-american-psychological-assoc-accused-of-treating-zionism-as-pathological-mental-illness\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T09:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:23:15","slug":"rfk-jr-launches-investigation-as-american-psychological-assoc-accused-of-treating-zionism-as-pathological-mental-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-launches-investigation-as-american-psychological-assoc-accused-of-treating-zionism-as-pathological-mental-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. Launches Investigation as American Psychological Assoc. Accused of Treating Zionism as Pathological Mental Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frfk-jr-launches-investigation-as-american-psychological-assoc-accused-of-treating-zionism-as-pathological-mental-illness%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2616100&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh article discusses an examination by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., into the American Psychological Association (APA). The complaint, filed by the Louis D. Brandeis Centre for Human Rights Under Law, accuses the APA of promoting antisemitism and extremist ideology, especially through conferences and messaging that depict attacks on Israel as targeting military objectives, and through communications that glorify Hamas, advocate for boycotting Israel, and liken Gaza to the Warsaw Ghetto. The complaint also alleges the organization\u2019s promotion of discriminatory practices, such as &#8220;Decolonial Therapy,&#8221; which frames Zionism as a mental illness, and notes marginalization of Jewish and Israeli psychologists. The HHS has found sufficient cause to investigate potential violations of civil rights laws.<\/p>\n<p>The Brandeis center&#8217;s leaders express support for the investigation, criticizing the APA for permitting anti-semitic discrimination and marginalization of Jewish professionals. The article also touches on the broader context of Middle East perceptions,citing Gallup polls showing that American opinions have shifted,with more Americans sympathizing with Palestinians than Israelis-a notable change from previous years. Public opinion varies substantially by political party,with Democrats tending to support Palestinians more,while Republicans show more support for Israel,though even among Republicans,support for Israel has decreased as 2024. the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kirks-very-direct-impact-on-youth-will-carry-forward-his-work-zito\/\" title=\"Kirk&#039;s &#039;very direct impact&#039; on youth will carry forward his work: Zito\">article underscores ongoing debates<\/a> about bias, civil rights, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >geo-political sympathies related<\/a> to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is investigating the American Psychological Association in response to a complaint filed by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/17\/us-news\/hhs-to-investigate-american-psychological-association-over-alleged-jew-hatred-anti-israel-bias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jewish News Syndicate<\/a> reported, \u201cThe Brandeis Center filed a complaint with HHS on Aug. 8, 2025, alleging that the APA has \u2018become one of the worst purveyors of antisemitism and extremist ideology in healthcare.\u2019 The complaint states that the association, which has more than 172,000 members, receives millions of dollars in federal funding annually.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The complaint also alleged that the association\u2019s conferences have featured sessions \u201cportraying the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel as attacks on military targets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt further cites messages sent by association members through listservs that \u2018glorify Hamas, call for boycotts of Israel, compare Gaza to the Warsaw ghetto and pray for Israel\u2019s destruction.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Brandeis Center said in a Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/brandeiscenter.com\/federal-civil-rights-investigation-opened-into-american-psychological-association-over-alleged-anti-semitic-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> that its complaint \u201curges HHS to review the APA\u2019s conduct as a recipient of federal funding, citing evidence that the organization promoted discriminatory and anti-Semitic practices, including \u2018Decolonial Therapy,\u2019 a treatment model increasingly used to frame Zionism as a mental illness and encourage patients to reject it; anti-Israel and anti-Semitic messaging disseminated through official channels; anti-Semitic continuing education and conference programming; and the marginalization of Jewish and Israeli psychologists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a June 2 letter to the Brandeis Center, OCR [HHS Office for Civil Rights] stated that it had determined there was sufficient authority and cause to investigate whether the APA engaged in discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act,\u201d the news release noted.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Marcus, chairman and CEO of the Brandeis Center, said in response, \u201cWhen one of the nation\u2019s most influential psychological organizations permits anti-Semitic discrimination and marginalizes Jewish professionals, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-urges-doj-to-investigate-shapiro-arson-attack-as-federal-hate-crime-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Schumer urges DOJ to investigate Shapiro arson attack as federal hate crime - Washington Examiner\">federal civil rights scrutiny<\/a> is entirely appropriate. We commend HHS for taking these allegations seriously and investigating whether federal law has been violated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Harris, an attorney at the Brandeis Center, told Jewish News Syndicate, \u201cYou have anti-Israel activist psychologists teaching courses about \u2018psychic militancy\u2019 and teaching about how to incorporate the \u2018resistance\u2019 or the \u2018Palestinian liberation struggle\u2019 into the clinical practice of mental health care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris stated, \u201cOur hope is that HHS will ensure that if APA is going to continue to be a recipient of federal funds, that it comes into compliance with its obligations under the federal civil rights law, that it\u2019s not discriminating against its Jewish members, that it\u2019s not promoting discrimination of Jews within the broader mental health profession.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zionism is defined as a political movement that supports the Jewish people\u2019s right to have a nation-state in their ancestral homeland, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Zionism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Britannica<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Brandeis Center\u2019s complaint against the APA comes as Gallup<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/poll-americas-support-israel-plunges-independents-democrats-sympathize-palestinians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> reported<\/a> in February that more Americans now sympathize with Palestinians than Israelis.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinians want a nation-state separate from Israel. Terrorist groups like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/israel-kills-new-hamas-leader-days-took-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas<\/a> and its supporters want the Jewish state eliminated entirely \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vulnerable-squad-democrat-says-anti-israel-chant-river-sea-isnt-hate-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from the river to the sea<\/a>\u201d \u2014 in other words, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Gallup found that in terms of the actual geographic lands, 46 percent view Israel favorably, while 37 percent view the Palestinian Territories that way. Some 57 percent of Americans support a separate Palestinian state, which nearly matches the high-water mark set in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForty-one percent of Americans now say they sympathize more with the Palestinians in the Middle East situation, while 36% sympathize more with the Israelis. The five-percentage-point difference is not statistically significant, but it contrasts with a clear lead for the Israelis only a year ago (46% vs. 33%) and larger leads over the prior 24 years,\u201d the polling firm said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">By party, more of Americans\u2019 sympathy is with:<\/p>\n<p>Republicans<br \/> \u2022 Palestinians: 13%<br \/> \u2022 Israelis: 70%<\/p>\n<p>Democrats<br \/> \u2022 Palestinians: 65%<br \/> \u2022 Israelis: 17%<\/p>\n<p>Independents<br \/> \u2022 Palestinians: 41%<br \/> \u2022 Israelis: 30%<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/046ucHZwId\">https:\/\/t.co\/046ucHZwId<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/95VxviOZ5q\">https:\/\/t.co\/95VxviOZ5q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrankLuntz\/status\/2027415511802507467?\">February 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Gallup added, \u201cFrom 2001 to 2025, Israelis consistently held double-digit leads in Americans\u2019 Middle East sympathies, with the gap averaging 43 points between 2001 and 2018. However, public opinion began narrowing in 2019, several years before the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Drilling deeper into the sympathy question shows a wide partisan divide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeven in 10 Republicans (70%) say they sympathize more with the Israelis, compared with 13% who sympathize more with the Palestinians. Although this remains a substantial gap, sympathy for the Israelis among Republicans has declined by 10 points since 2024 to its lowest level since 2004,\u201d Gallup said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 65 percent of Democrats said their sympathies lie more with the Palestinians, while 17 percent are with the Israelis.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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