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Just another arbitrary detention of a Palestinian child
Soldiers detain a child in his pajamas and slippers, harshly interrogate him without a parent or attorney present, and then release him 12 hours later as if nothing ever happened. We can already tell you what the military’s investigation will look like. By Yossi Gurvitz, written for Yesh Din J., a 13-year-old Palestinian boy, lives…
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February 13, 2016
WATCH: Israeli forces detain 7-year-old Palestinian boy in Hebron
Israeli Border Police detained two Palestinian boys aged seven and 12 in the West Bank city of Hebron Monday morning on suspicion of throwing stones. Before school on Monday, a group of Palestinian youths allegedly threw stones at an Israeli Border Police checkpoint in Hebron. According to International Solidarity Movement (ISM) activists who witnessed and…
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+972 Magazine
September 8, 2014
Tariq Abu Khdeir wasn’t the first and he won’t be the last
Israel has detained over 7,000 Palestinian children over the past 12 years. Many of them report beatings, abuse and a denial of rights by security forces. It’s time to put things in the wider context. The detention and abuse of Palestinian children by Israeli security forces has, for a change, been all over the international news…
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Noa Yachot
July 7, 2014
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Young Palestinian girls detained on suspicion of – eating cherries
Four Palestinian girls, at least one of whom is under the age of criminal culpability, are detained and brought for interrogation — without their parents being present — based on a complaint made by a local settler. Israeli soldiers and police detained four Palestinian girls between the ages of 11 and 15 on suspicion of…
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Haggai Matar
May 27, 2014
WATCH: IDF detains 5 to 9-year-old Palestinian children in Qaddum
Hours before the weekly protest against the occupation in the West Bank village of Qaddum last Friday, Israeli soldiers detained four Palestinian children aged five to nine for allegedly rolling burning tires. Under Israeli military law, the age of criminal culpability is 12. The soldiers reportedly threw stun grenades at and handcuffed the small children,…
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Social TV
November 20, 2013
‘Settlements ignite a chain reaction of human rights violations’
+972 speaks with Jessica Montell, of B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, about the settlements and occupation staring the Israeli public in the face, and communicating the human rights message effectively, at home and abroad. From her fourth floor office window in Jerusalem, Jessica Montell can see the red-tiled…
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Matt Surrusco
July 21, 2013
One child’s detention in Hebron embodies the sickness of an entire regime
It takes a racist regime to produce images like this. Nothing less. I urge readers to look closely at the pictures and videos posted today by Mairav Zonszein, which show the detention of a five-year-old in Hebron. As Mairav correctly points out, the whole process is very calm. Very routine. I’d add one more adjective:…
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Ami Kaufman
July 11, 2013
UNICEF reportedly tones down report on child detainees in wake of Israeli pressure
A story in ‘The Australian’ newspaper offers a glimpse into the makings of a UN report on Palestinian children detained by Israel, including a look into how Israeli pressure reportedly muffled the report’s criticism. The issue of Israel’s treatment of detained minors has been gaining more and more attention in recent weeks. Aside from ongoing…
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Haggai Matar
April 20, 2013
Chronic uncertainty: Trauma of childhood under occupation
Fear of night raids and imprisonment loom large in the imagination of almost every Palestinian child. Reports on specific cases of violence and abuse fail to capture the epidemic of instability Palestinian children face daily. By Vicky Hosker Days after a team of British jurists published a report on the experiences of Palestinian child detainees entitled Children…
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+972 Magazine
July 22, 2012
11-years-old child arrested in Nabi Saleh
The 11 year old brother of Isalm Tamimi- a 14 year old child who was arrested in Nabi Saleh during a night raid on the village- has been arrested this morning by the army in Nabi Saleh. Isalm Tamimi was interrogated for eight hours after his arrest early Sunday morning. Yesterday, the state asked for…
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Joseph Dana
January 25, 2011
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