UNICEF Archives - The Jerusalem Fund

The Plight of Child Prisoners: Israel’s Glaring Human Rights Violations

July 27, 2021July 14, 2016 by Palestine Center Interns

By Palestine Center Interns — Sarah Dickshinski and Mirvat Salameh

In February 2016 there were 438 Palestinian minors being held in Israeli prisons and since this time the number of Palestinian child detainees in Israel has barely decreased. Victims of abuse and subject to harsh Israeli military laws that deprive them of their basic rights, Palestinian children find themselves part of larger system of inequality and oppression imposed by Israel in Palestine. Although Israel has been called out time and time again for violating international conventions protecting minors, its military forces continue to wage war against a defenseless portion of the Palestinian population.

Pernille Ironside on Life in Gaza Eight Months After the 2014 Conflict

July 27, 2021April 29, 2015 by Lucian Dieterman

By Zeina Azzam

The wars and humanitarian disasters unfolding in Syria, Yemen, Nepal, the Mediterranean basin, and so many other parts of the world have eclipsed the dire situation in Gaza. Israel’s 51-day bombardment of the 140-square-mile strip of land in the summer of 2014 left a devastated population living in poverty, instability, and the ruins of their homes and neighborhoods. To make matters worse, the economic blockade and closure of Gaza since 2007—as well as wars in 2008-9 and 2012—have made any steps forward a near impossibility.