Palestinian Children Under Attack

International Political Prisoner Day

Palestinian Child Prisoners

Documentation of the physical abuse, torture and false confessions have caught the attention of many organizations. The dichotomy between the illusion Israel presents to the world as a democratic and law-abiding nation has been shattered with the investigative reports of on how Israel treats Palestinian by dehumanizing them to a point they are not seen as humans but as tools to suppress Palestinian resistance. Putting children in prison for 20 years on the grounds of throwing stones at Israeli military and settlers.

As a signatory to the Article of 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention Israel is obliged to follow rules of engaging prisoners. It is not allowed to detain prisoners outside the territory of occupation. Prisoners are not to be tortured or coerced to indulge any information. Prisoners are to be provided with a lawyer and given an opportunity to provide evidence of their innocence to a jury.

The Defense of Children International Statics on the Abuse of Child Prisoners listed these types of interrogation methods used by Israeli officials from January 2008 to January 2012. For a more detailed report see: http://www.palestinecampaign.org/campaign/child-prisoners/

Hand ties	95%	Blindfolds	90%
Physical violence	75%	Detention inside Israel	63%
Solitary confinement	60%	Confession during interrogation	58%
Threats	57%	Verbal abuse/humiliation	54%
Strip searched	33%	Transferred on floor of vehicle	32%
Signed/shown documents in Hebrew	29%	Arrested between midnight and 0500	12%

The Israeli culture of impunity reinforces the systematic and institutionalized system of abuse towards Palestinian children prisoners as documented in the testimonies of thirty-three children located in this document. http://www.palestinecampaign.org/campaign/child-prisoners/

After a three-month investigation the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Child puts it in a more realistic perspective by calling attention to the trend that one out of every fifty Palestinian families have a least one family member imprisoned in the last ten year. It is a horrible situation to learn that child detentions have become a central issue in the lives of the Palestinian people. The link to the entire United Nations report http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/06/25/pale-j25.html

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Act Now! Sign this petition to Secretary of State John Kerry to stop the detention and arrest of Palestinian children by Israel: https://www.change.org/p/take-action-now-stop-the-arrest-and-detention-of-palestinian-children recruiter=32878192&utm_source=share_petition&utm_

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Three videos of Israeli Offense Forces arresting Palestinians children:
1. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=599613566824335&set=vb.118863654899331&type=2&theater

2. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=397568880394404&set=vb.100004238864042&type=2&theater

3. http://972mag.com/detained-testimonies-from-palestinian-children-imprisoned-by-israel/69526/

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Othman was fourteen years-old when he was arrested by Israeli forces, here is his story. http://www.dci-palestine.org/documents/child-house-arrests-rise-jerusalem-clampdown

Additional sources

Palestinian children tortured, used as shields by Israel: U.N by Stephanie Nebehay (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/us-palestinian-israel-children-idUSBRE95J0FR20130620?irpc=932
Israeli Abuse of Palestinian Children Systematic says U.N. Rport by Hazel Ward (The WorldPost) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/israeli-abuse-of-palestinian-children-systematic_n_2817231.html

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Photograph from Wikicommons

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