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Of particular concern are the number of Palestinian minors in Israeli jails – 209 as of January 2011, 29 under the age of 16. In March 2011, the Palestinian Ministry of Detainee Affairs published a new report documenting the torture of children as young as seven in Israeli prisons. Between January and March of 2011, Israeli soldiers abducted 150 children and all of them were interrogated during the course of their imprisonment – with many subjected to hitting, psychological abuse and other violence or threat of violence without a parent or adult representative present.

Children are often taken suddenly from their homes, often in the middle of the night, with soldiers surrounding the house and then raiding it. Soldiers usually do not have a warrant for arrest or searches. For example, in July of 2010, an unusually heavy number of Israeli soldiers (in 12 jeeps) entered the outskirts of the village to arrest a local youth, 17 year old Ahmad Abed Al-Fatah Burnat, without giving any reason. Ahmad was taken by jeep to Ofer military prison located outside Ramallah. Prisoners in Ofer, especially young boys, are kept in harsh conditions with the intention of pressuring them to give information about other Palestinians. Many are denied food and water for extended periods of time and exposed to extreme cold or heat.

Inhumane treatment of children is a violation of UN rules for the protection of juveniles and the treatment of prisoners in general, of which Israel is a signatory.

Over the years, Israel has administratively detained thousands of Palestinian for prolonged periods of time, without prosecuting them, without informing them of the charges against them, and without allowing them or their attorneys to study the evidence, making a mockery of the protections specified in Israeli and international law to protect the right to liberty and due process, the right of defendants to state their case, and the presumption of innocence.

Flying Dutchman wrote:BB, you haven't given a refetence for your OP article.

Bethsmum wrote:

Flying Dutchman wrote:BB, you haven't given a refetence for your OP article.

That will never do!

-- Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:13 pm --

I did read it Bora. An army would not go and round up young kids just for the sake of it. It just wouldn't happen. These men are trained soldiers not just some bandits roaming around in Toyotas.

Bethsmum wrote:

Flying Dutchman wrote:BB, you haven't given a refetence for your OP article.

That will never do!

-- Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:13 pm --

I did read it Bora. An army would not go and round up young kids just for the sake of it. It just wouldn't happen. These men are trained soldiers not just some bandits roaming around in Toyotas.

Bethsmum wrote:

Flying Dutchman wrote:BB, you haven't given a refetence for your OP article.

That will never do!

-- Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:13 pm --

I did read it Bora. An army would not go and round up young kids just for the sake of it. It just wouldn't happen. These men are trained soldiers not just some bandits roaming around in Toyotas.

The video posted by DJ shows

shafique wrote:

desertdudeshj wrote:I sense the fanboi is not happy ? Wonder why.

shafique wrote:You've evidently caught FD and eh's disease. When faced with facts, ignore and deflect.

The fact that you're still in conspiracy mode, makes you quite sad and funny. Aren't you annoyed that herve hasn't come through with the promised evidence?

Anyway, this thread is about Israelis holding children in jail - and exposing the truth about the 'most moral army' not . Try and keep on topic.

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique wrote:I presume the 'we' refers to loons. We know that loons aren't ok when facts are presented. It's a shame that sometimes the same facts need repeating.

Cheers,
Shafique