"Being involved in DCIP activities, attending training courses on child rights, and participating in other national advocacy events was empowering. I met children from different places and various social and cultural backgrounds, which gave me the opportunity to better understand life and the realities for children within Palestinian society." 

(Zeina, 15, member of DCIP Child Council in Nablus) 

"It is difficult to truly comprehend the everyday reality of life under Israel's military occupation - and all the more so to grasp the experience of Palestinian children who suffer the most from this daily oppression. This is why the work of DCI Palestine is so valuable and so essential. More than any other organization I know, DCI Palestine shines a bright and unflinching light into the darkest places of the occupation: the mistreatment, detention, imprisonment and killing of the most vulnerable members of this most vulnerable population." 

(Rabbi Brant Rosen, Midwest Regional Director, American Friends Service Committee)

"I want to express my warmest thanks to DCIP for your efforts in alleviating the pain of my son, my family, and of the other families I met in the Israeli military courts. I appreciate your contribution in both commuting my son’s sentence and in his eventual release. Thanks especially to Adnan and Abu Mahmoud, the two DCIP lawyers who worked on his case, for achieving better results than we could have expected, and for calling us constantly throughout my son’s detention to reassure us and visiting my son in prison to reassure him, too. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and best wishes for you all."

(Abdullah Ata Hindi Sultan, Father of child detained by Israeli forces)