OBAIDA, a short film by Matthew Cassel, explores a Palestinian child’s experience of Israeli military detention.
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Young Palestinian boys detained by Israeli forces: “We were terrified”
Ramallah, March 4, 2021—Israeli forces detained two young Palestinian boys in late February, both under the age of criminal responsibility, as they played in the front of their... -
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”... -
Israeli authorities imprison Palestinian child with rare autoimmune disease without charge
Ramallah, January 28, 2021—Israeli authorities issued a six-month administrative detention order on Monday against a 17-year-old Palestinian boy with a rare autoimmune disease, extending his detention without charge.... -
Israel’s isolation of Palestinian child prisoners amounts to torture
Ramallah, December 2, 2020—Israeli authorities routinely detain Palestinian children in isolation solely for interrogation purposes, a practice that amounts to torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or...
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April 08, 2021
Palestinian children displaced again and again
March 23, 2021
"We are still living in fear."
How the blockade hurts children
A decade of collective punishment has stripped children of their human rights
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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April 08, 2021 Right to a Childhood
Israeli authorities repeatedly demolish Palestinian community in the northern Jordan Valley
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March 23, 2021 Right to a Childhood
Israeli settlers target Palestinian children with violent attacks
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March 05, 2021 Military DetentionYoung Palestinian boys detained by Israeli forces: “We were terrified”
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February 11, 2021 Fatalities and Injuries18 Palestinian children injured in Gaza Strip munitions explosion
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February 10, 2021 Military DetentionIsraeli interrogator sexually assaults Palestinian child detainee
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January 28, 2021 Military DetentionIsraeli authorities imprison Palestinian child with rare autoimmune disease without charge
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January 26, 2021 Fatalities and InjuriesIsraeli forces kill 17-year-old Palestinian boy, allege attempted stabbing
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January 23, 2021 Fatalities and InjuriesIsraeli airstrikes damage children’s hospital and school in the Gaza Strip
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December 22, 2020 Fatalities and InjuriesIsraeli paramilitary border police kill Palestinian teen after alleged attack
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December 08, 2020 Military DetentionIsraeli forces break Palestinian boy’s jaw during arrest
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December 04, 2020 Fatalities and InjuriesIsraeli forces shoot and kill 15-year-old Palestinian boy
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December 02, 2020 Military DetentionIsrael’s isolation of Palestinian child prisoners amounts to torture
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November 11, 2020 Right to a ChildhoodGaza’s electricity crisis claims another three Palestinian children
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October 27, 2020 Fatalities and InjuriesIsraeli forces kill 16-year-old Palestinian boy with excessive force
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October 21, 2020 Right to a Childhood“There’s nowhere else to go”
