Try to hold a serious discussion about the interconnection between the “political” and the “psychic” – such as the corrupting consequences of the occupation and the oppression of the Palestinians on the psyche and sexuality of the country’s citizens; or on the connection between state-sponsored violence and the violence on Israeli streets, in the schools and in the family – and you will have a hard time finding even one therapist who will agree to voice his thoughts on the subject. But give Israeli psychologists and psychiatrists an opportunity to flay the primitive religious population and declare war on the “conversion therapies” they offer ultra-Orthodox individuals with homosexual tendencies, and you’ll get a committee of experts with operative recommendations, warnings to the public and “a great day for the community.”