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CHILD ARRESTS BY ISRAEL ▶ OVERVIEW & RESOURCES

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Israel’s mayhem against children is getting beyond every imagination. On Jan 3, three young children were arrested. The youngest was only 6 years old: Mohammed Ali Dirbas who was kidnapped from the street while going to the grocery store. After that Israel detained and interrogated little Mohammed for 4 hours.

Jan 4, 2012: We decide to go blog all child arrests and campaign this information. To create awareness for these zionist atrocities of the worst kind.

The arrest and violations of law regarding interrogation of a 6 year old  really are the limit.

At the moment over 160 children already are illegally detained, arbitrary and in violation with literally all International Laws, arrested, kidnapped, interrogated while  military orders, higher laws or regulations are being ignored, children are tortured, and neglected – when ill- even to death and traumatized for life while the International community lacks condemnation but above all: actions.

This page will be daily and continuously updated with arrests of children if they occur and we want to ask all to help raise the awareness by sharing (and keep sharing this post), reblog it on your own weblog, website or refer or link to it. Feel free to copy any content necessary.

In 2011 the youngest child arrested was only 5 years old
The youngest child ever summoned to a court was a baby of 40 days old. (This is no typing/reading mistake!)


Update April 2012

Israel attempted to arrest a 2 year old child for alleged participation in illegal riots. I kid you not.


Urgent Request ▶ Support Legal Defense of Children by @PalestinePSP

Palestine PSP issued an urgent request to enable continuation of legal defense of children illegally detained or arrested by Israel.  Palestine Solidarity Project has, since its inception, taken on the cost for the legal defense of as many residents of Beit Ommar as possible, as well as anyone arrested during non-violent demonstrations in the area. We work with amazing Israeli lawyers at the offices of Gaby Lasky, who are tireless in their defense of Palestinians arrested by Israeli Occupation Forces. Because of the marked increase in detentions of youth in Beit Ommar, PSP is in critical need of financial support for its legal defense fund.
In the last year, PSP has accrued 103,000 ILS (Approx. $28,000 USD) in the defense of Palestinians, the vast majority of which is for children. Palestinians can often spend months in jail if they do not get bail; excellent representation for them at initial bail hearings is essential to maximizing their chances of returning home quickly.

A Donation can be made here

Below the list of arrests, resource, related information, reports of human rights organisations, legal context or documents will be continuously updated.


Children Arrested as from Jan 1, 2012


Name of the arrested Child Age Location Date
 Source | En Source | Ar Updates
206 children detained – Increase 53% REPORT April 2012 Source
17 children kidnapped in Al-Khalil Al-Khalil only March 2012 Source
11 children kidnapped in Nablus Nablus only March 2012 Source
105  Feb 2012 54 children kidnapped REPORT (*) Mar 1, 2012 Source
55  Hamza Yousif Mohammed Awad 17 Beit Ummar Feb 1, 2012 Source
54  Muayad Jawad Suleiman Bahar 17 Beit Ummar Feb 1, 2012 Source
53 Jan 2012 53 children kidnapped REPORT (*) Source
37 Omar Obeid 16 Issawiya Jan 26, 2012 Source
36 Name unknown yet, 3 children arrested Al-Minya Jan 26, 2012 Source
35 Name unknown yet, 3 children arrested Al-Minya Jan 26, 2012 Source
34 Name unknown yet, 3 children arrested Al-Minya Jan 26, 2012 Source
33 Name unknown yet, 4 children arrested Beit Eina Jan 25, 2012 Source
32 Name unknown yet, 4 children arrested Beit Eina Jan 25, 2012 Source
31 Name unknown yet, 4 children arrested Beit Eina Jan 25, 2012 Source
30 Name unknown yet, 4 children arrested Beit Eina Jan 25, 2012 Source
29 Jaber Annajar 17 Yatta / Al-Khalil Jan 24, 2012 Source
28 Muaz Annajar 15 Yatta / Al-Khalil Jan 24, 2012 Source
27 Majds Sharha 16 Silwan Jan 20, 2012 Source
26 Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Alami 17 Beit Ummar Jan 20, 2012 Source
25 Jihad Jamal Salam Jundiya, 17 Al-’Arroub Hebron Jan 19, 2012 Source
24 Yousef Ahmad al Abbasi 17 Silwan Jan 19, 2012 Source
23 2 children kidnapped Aiswayia Jan 19, 2012 Source
21 Anan Tamimi 16 Nabi Saleh Jan 13, 2012 Source
20 Name not confirmed yet 16 Bethlehem Jan 12, 2012 Source
19 Mousa Sleibi 17 Beit Ummar Jan 11, 2012 Source
18 Hussein Sleibi 17 Beit Ummar Jan 11, 2012 Source
17 awaiting name 16 Bethlehem Jan 10, 2012 Source
16 awaiting name 17 Al-Khalil Jan 10, 2012 Source
15 awaiting name 17 Al-Khalil Jan 10, 2012 Source
14 Ahmed Azem 14 Nablus Jan 10, 2012 Source
13 Talib Ibrahim Abu Bakir Ya’bad 10 Ya’bad – South Jenin Jan 08, 2012 Source
12 Laoy Al Razim 14 Jerusalem Jan 05, 2012 Source
11 Mohammad Omar Abu Salah 13 Jenin Jan 05, 2012 Source
10 Mousa Abu Baker 17 Jenin Jan 05, 2012 Source
9 Sa’ad Taysir Abed al Fattah Mansour 15 Al ‘Isawiyya Jan 04, 2012
8 Mahmmoud Ahmad Othman Radwan 14 Al ‘Isawiyya Jan 04, 2012 source
7 Mahmmoud Abdallah Ahmad Radwan 15 Al ‘Isawiyya Jan 04, 2012 source
6 Muhammad Mahmmoud Abdel Qadir 14 Al ‘Isawiyya Jan 04, 2012 source
5 Awaiting Name Confirmation 12 Silwan Jan 03, 2012
4 Muath Al A’araj 12 Silwan Jan 03, 2012
3 Muhammad Ali Moussa Daoud Derbas 6 Al ‘Isawiyya Jan 03, 2012 source source source
2 Awaiting Name Confirmation 16 Azun east of Qalqilia Jan 02, 2012 source
1 Awaiting Name Confirmation 14 Azun east of Qalqilia Jan 02, 2012 source

(*)  Media nor IOF does not release or reveal all names/ages of detainees. For this reason some resources to individual arrests with names and description of the kidnap/arrest may not be covered by media itself at all. The report includes all known cases by Palestinian Researchers into prisoner affairs.


In a special topic about Israeli violence against children you can get an impression of the violence, abuse, torture and even death to which Palestinian children are expose due to Israeli violations and disrespect of International Laws and every moral sense possible.

Due to immense increase of the violence, the post only mentions incidents til May 2011, the following confirmed and documented cases can be found Category Children

Violence during interrogation of children


Violence against Children

Obstruction of medical aid kills children

Children of Palestine are not only threatened by arrests, just a few days ago a 7 month old baby died because Israel obstructed the permit for live saving surgery and the child died. Seven-month-old Adham Baroud died at the Al Rantissi Children’s Hospital’s in Gaza City at around 1am on 26 December. He had been referred to Israel for emergency treatment by his doctors in Gaza on 1 December.

  • Aside from 173 other children who died due to the same obstruction of medical care. - Report
  • 35 babies died, due to obstruction of medical care or access restriction at checkpoints -  Report
  • The chance of being born for Palestinians in Israel knows a deathratio of 14/1000 against 3/1000 life births due to racist policies of Israel. Many services to which israel according to International Law, Art.55 & 56 of the Fourth Geneva convention is obliged are neglected causing shocking healthrisks for people, children and thus an unacceptable deathrate – Report


Child Prisoners

206 children (April 1, 2012 updated) are still detained illegally and in violation with law, arbitrary or trailed by military courts. They are not exempted from torture

  • NEW REPORT: Bound, Blindfolded and Convicted: Children held in military detention (2012) – DCI PALESTINE
  • Palestinian Children Detained Oppressively in Isolation  – Report by Stephen Lendman – Jan 5, 2012
  • Stone Cold Justice – Israel’s Detention & Torture of Children – Report
  • Israel Torture Palestinian Children by Electric-Shocking - Report
  • Abusing Palestinian Children – Report
  • B’Tselem: Jerusalemite children tortured by Israeli interrogators – B’Tselem – Report
  • More about Israeli Torture


Attacks on Children

Aside from daily arrests of children in the West Bank, many children in Gaza encounter targeting by snipers and get shot or wounded, handicapped and in many cases killed. Even while sleeping in their beds in the middle at the night, attacks by arrests are mainly undertaken by night, and aggressive violent attacks like bombings on Gaza also. Children do get killed while asleep while you turn side in your bed being unaware.


Kidnapping & Arrests of Children

Especially in Jerusalem many children are kidnapped. By the police, army, settlers and as is showed in a hidden camera captured video you can witness a child abduction of a soccer playing child at broad daylight in Jerusalem by undercover Israeli forces.

7,000 is the estimated number of Palestinian children detained and prosecuted in Israeli military courts since 2000, shows a report by Defence for Children International Palestine (DCIP)

87% – Children subjected to some form of physical violence while in custody.
91% -  Believed to be blindfolded at some point during their detention.
12 % – The minimum age of criminal responsibility, as stipulated in the Military Order 1651.
62% - The percentage of children arrested between 12am and 5am.

  • Undercover forces captured on film kidnapping a child in – video
  • Silwan Targeted – video
  • Children in Silwan - video
  • Stolen Children, Stolen Lives ~ Israel’s arrest & abuse of Palestinian Children – video
  • 383 Palestinian children arrested in 2011, 15 in the last week alone – Mondoweiss
  • Detaining children is big business for zionism: 900.000$ cashed in 9 months


Reports


Video



Kidnap of Palestinian Child by undercover Israeli forces



Illegal Child Detention



Israel Arrests Children – Video – Jan 25, 2012


Follow for information & Demand Intervention


Follow Defense for Children
Defence for Children Palestine Website

Follow UNICEF
UNICEF Palestine Website

Contact information UNICEF

For News Organizations:

Catherine Weibel
Chief, Communication
UNICEF Jerusalem
Tel: +972-2-5840404
Mobile: +972-54 778 7604
E-mail: cweibel@unicef.org

Monica Awad
Communication Specialist
UNICEF Jerusalem
Tel: +972-2-584-0400 (ext 405)
Mobile: +972-547787605, +972-599-118848
Email: mawad@unicef.org

Sajy Elmughanni
Communication Officer
UNICEF Gaza
Tel: +972-054-7787602
Mobile: +972-059-8921836, +972-059-8921836
Email: selmughanni@unicef.org

Hanan Michael
Communication Assistant
UNICEF Jerusalem
Tel: +972-2-584-0400 (ext 406)
Mobile: +972-547787607
Email: mailto:hmicheal@unicef.org


Action Alert

This post will be updated in the coming hours as more information comes available. In the meanwhile we want to urge anyone to contact your representatives and share this information as wide as possible to create awareness about the violations against children.

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