"Every Palestinian child is seen as a potential terrorist." An important report published by a group of British lawyers, funded by
the Foreign Office has highlighted the inhumane treatment of Palestinian
child prisoners by Israel. In the report's damning conclusion, the
lawyers stated that the reluctance to treat Palestinian child prisoners
in accordance with international law may stem from the Israeli view that
every Palestinian child is a 'potential terrorist' which leads to a
'spiral of injustice'.
It shows how Israeli settlers and Palestinians are subject to different laws, so a Palestinian child can be held for up to 90 days without access to a lawyer
It shows how Israeli settlers and Palestinians are subject to different laws, so a Palestinian child can be held for up to 90 days without access to a lawyer
and for 188 days
without charge, whereas an Israeli child could only be held for two and
40 days respectively. When arrested, Palestinian children are not
informed of their right to silence or a lawyer and are routinely held in
solitary confinement. At present, 192 Palestinian children are
imprisoned in Israeli jails, 39 of these are under the age of 16.
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