OBAIDA, a short film by Matthew Cassel, explores a Palestinian child’s experience of Israeli military detention.
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Palestinian child detainee tests positive for COVID-19 in Israeli prison
Ramallah, August 6, 2020—A Palestinian child prisoner detained by Israeli forces in late July has tested positive for COVID-19, the first known case involving a Palestinian child detainee... -
UK Lawyers for Israel recants allegations of DCIP material support to designated...
Ramallah, March 10, 2020—UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) recanted allegations that Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCIP) “provides any financial or material support to any terrorist organisation”... -
Six years on, Palestinian youth in Gaza reflect on surviving Operation Protective...
Ramallah, August 26, 2020—“Almost everyone in our neighborhood fled, except us. My father insisted that we remain in our home.” Zahra Shaikha, now 23 years old, still recalls...
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August 28, 2020 Military DetentionIsraeli military detention from a child's perspective
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August 26, 2020 Fatalities and InjuriesSix years on, Palestinian youth in Gaza reflect on surviving Operation Protective Edge
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August 21, 2020 Fatalities and Injuries16-year-old Palestinian boy dead after shot and detained by Israeli forces
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August 19, 2020 Fatalities and Injuries11-year-old girl beaten to death by father in the Gaza Strip
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August 06, 2020 Military DetentionPalestinian child detainee tests positive for COVID-19 in Israeli prison
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July 24, 2020 Military DetentionIsrael must release all Palestinian child detainees amid coronavirus resurgence
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June 17, 2020 Military DetentionIsraeli military detention disrupts Palestinian students’ secondary school final exams
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May 25, 2020 Fatalities and InjuriesIsraeli settler guilty of murder in 2015 arson attack on Palestinian family
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May 15, 2020 Fatalities and InjuriesIsraeli forces shoot and kill 17-year-old boy on rooftop near Hebron
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May 13, 2020 Military DetentionUNICEF joins call to release Palestinian children in Israeli military detention
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May 07, 2020 Fatalities and InjuriesPalestinian teen recruit dies from gunshot wound in Gaza
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April 21, 2020 Military DetentionPalestinian children detained by Israel increases amid COVID-19 pandemic
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March 25, 2020 Fatalities and InjuriesDCIP urges ICC to hold Israeli forces accountable for war crimes
No Way to Treat a Child
Each year the Israeli military detains and prosecutes around 700 Palestinian children.
Three out of four experience physical violence during arrest or interrogation.
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