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The Palestine Chronicle continues to follow the progress on the Israeli hijacking of al-Awda Boat which sailed a few days ago to Gaza as part of the Freedom Flotilla and the international solidarity efforts to break the siege on the blockaded Strip. 

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Ahed Tamimi is Free But Hundreds of Palestinian Children are Still in Israeli Prisons

An Israeli occupation soldier arresting a Palestinian child in the West Bank village of Beit Omar. (Photo: Anne Paq, ActiveStills.org)
The Palestine Chronicle congratulates the Palestinian people and the Tamimi family on the release of teenage protest icon, Ahed Tamimi. It also reminds its readers and supporters of Palestinian rights everywhere that hundreds of Palestinian children continue to be imprisoned and are often tortured by their Israeli jailers.
Also, we must all keep in mind that nearly 7,000 Palestinian prisoners are held in Israeli jails, many of whom are imprisoned without trial (the so-called 'administrative detention'), and almost all of them go through the customary weeks of torture.
According to a report by the Israeli rights group, B'tselem,
"At the end of May 2018, 291 Palestinian minors were held in Israeli prisons as security detainees and prisoners, including 3 administrative detainees. Another 6 Palestinian minors were held in Israel Prison Service facilities for being in Israel illegally. The IPS considers these minors - both detainees and prisoners - criminal offenders.  In addition, a small number of minors are held in IDF-run facilities for short periods of time. "

According to a joint  report  published by B'tselem and HaMoked, Israeli forces violate Palestinian children's rights as a matter of state policy.
The report states:
"Rather it is a case of a plain and clear policy followed by the various authorities: the police who carry out the arrests; the IPS (Israel Prison Service) which keeps the boys incarcerated in harsh conditions; and finally, the courts, where judges virtually automatically extend the boys' custodial remand."

Indeed, prosecution of Palestinian children in Israeli military courts is systematic.
According to a report released by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC),
"Israel is the only country in the world that systematically prosecutes children in military courts - between 500 and 700 each year. The Israel Prison Service revealed that an average of 204 Palestinian children have been held in custody every month since 2012."
Most of those children are accused of throwing stones as heavily-armed Israeli occupation soldiers.
Child detention in Palestine is a "system of control", violating the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) art. 37(c); the CRC General Comment No. 10, para 89; the UN Standard Minimum Rules, rules 33 and 34; Tokyo Rules, rule 64.

According to UNICEF, international law  stipulates  that,
"Children should be restrained only if they pose an imminent threat to themselves or to others, and all other means have been exhausted, or as a precaution against escape during transfer, but in all cases, only for as long as is strictly necessary."
60% of Palestinian children arrested by Israel were verbally, physically or psychologically tortured, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Club (PPC).
Many of the imprisoned children are also subjected to medical negligence, as in the case of teenage boy Hassan Tamimi, who lost his eyesight,  because Israel did not allow the youth access to his medication. Hassan suffers from  liver and kidney issues as a result of protein malabsorption since early childhood.
( PalestineChronicle.com)


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Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi Released from Jail (VIDEO)

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Israeli Officials Confirm Ahed Tamimi's Release Sunday (VIDEOS)

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New Mural of Palestinian Ahed Tamimi Painted on Apartheid Wall (VIDEOS)

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Birawi: 'All Countries Must Protect Their Nationals on Board the Freedom Flotilla'

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