Human Rights
Children
Palestinian children suffer violations of their rights on a daily basis, violations that impact their lives, health, education, their standard of living, freedom of movement and education. Violations that impact their dreams, opportunities and future. (Added 7 December 2003)

Recent killings
  • "Don't worry - it's just another Palestinian child's death", Leigh Brady (31 March 2006)
  • Palestinian children killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza, PCHR (7 March 2006)
  • UNICEF: "Sad day for children of Gaza", Unicef (7 March 2006)
  • Human Rights Watch: "Israeli military must account for killings of two children", HRW (8 February 2006)
  • Teenager killed at Israeli checkpoint, Laila El-Haddad (21 July 2005)
  • Second child from Balata refugee camp dies, ISM Nablus (12 July 2005)
  • One child dead, two critically injured as Israeli army attacks Balata, ISM Nablus (7 July 2005)


  • Israeli military murders school children at anti-Wall protest, ISM (4 May 2005)
  • Killing of Palestinian girl shatters family, Laila El-Haddad (3 February 2005)
  • Israeli forces kill another Palestinian girl inside school, PCHR (31 January 2005)
  • Israeli troops kill Palestinian girl in the Gaza Strip, Khalid Amayreh (26 January 2005)
  • Parents petition Israeli High Court over daughter killed by Israeli army, PCATI (23 January 2005)


    General
  • Israel's Violations of the Right to Life: Palestinian Child Fatalities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory during 2006, Defence for Children International/Palestine Section (1 May 2007) [PDF]
  • The ongoing betrayal of Palestinian children, Adri Nieuwhof and Jeff Handmaker (29 January 2006)
  • The Wall and the psychological impact on children, Adri Nieuwhof (24 October 2005)
  • Five years of child rights abuses in Palestine, DCI-PS (29 September 2005)
  • Palestinian Children: Surviving the Present, Facing the Future, DCI-PS (26 July 2005)
  • Israel recruits Palestinian children to collaborate, DCI-PS (13 June 2005)
  • Children, PTSD, and the future of Palestine, GCMP (6 April 2005)
  • Victims of Violence, Ahmad Sub Laban (17 March 2005)
  • Lost childhood, DCI/PHR/GMHP (16 March 2004)
  • Rights of Palestinian children "compromised", Save the Children (9 March 2004)
  • Stolen Youth: The Politics of Israel’s Detention of Palestinian Children, Adam Hanieh, Adah Kay and Catherine Cook, Pluto Press (March 2004)


  • UN factsheet on children in the occupied Palestinian territories (PDF) United Nations (1 June 2004)
  • Children under siege, Amnesty International (27 November 2003)
  • The effects of Israel's Operation Defensive Shield on Palestinian children living in the West Bank, Samia Halileh (29 June 2002)
  • Through the Eyes of a Child: The lacking of psychological support for children of the Arab community, Arab Association for Human Rights (8 December 2000)


    Violations of Palestinian children's rights
  • Gaza and the children who did not visit the sea for 5 years, Mona El-Farra (15 September 2005)
  • Children of Gaza happy for "Bigger Prison", Sami Abu Salem (12 September 2005)
  • Israeli rights group: "Trigger-happy attitude among Israeli soldiers", B'Tselem (24 November 2004)
  • Iman: Executing another child in Rafah, Omar Barghouti (29 October 2004)
  • Girl shot in UNRWA school dies, UNRWA (13 October 2004)
  • Double standards that kill, Hasan Abu Nimah (13 October 2004)
  • Israeli gunfire hits 11-year old girl sitting at her desk in an UNRWA school, UNRWA (12 October 2004)
  • Youth in Gaza bear the brunt of Israeli war crimes, 20 children killed in current invasion, DCI/PS (5 October 2004)
  • Girl's life ended by Israeli bullets, Sami Abu Salem (25 September 2004)
  • Israeli forces kill Palestinian child in Khan Yunis, PCHR (2 May 2004)
  • Seven children killed and one boy used as human shield by Israeli forces, OMCT (30 April 2004)
  • Palestinian Children's Day 2004, DCI-PS (5 April 2004)
  • Commission starts general debate on violation of human rights in the occupied territories, UNHCHR (24 March 2004)
  • Special Rapporteur on the situation in occupied Palestine submits report, UN News (19 March 2004)
  • Israeli policies hurting Palestinian children, UN expert on right to food says, UN (12 November 2003)
  • Israel expelled Palestinian father of five from Jerusalem, JCSER (27 September 2003)
  • Israel destroys apartment building in Nablus, 50 Palestinians, mostly children homeless, PCHR (5 September 2003)
  • Police raid Palestinian cultural summer camp after accusations of incitement, Ittijah (1 August 2003)
  • Israeli closures spur phenomenon of Palestinian "one-shekel-kids", DCI/PS (12 June 2003)
  • Gaza: Israeli forces kill 9 Palestinians, including three children, PCHR (17 March 2003)


    Arrest and detention
  • 'Annan's Story: Freedom stolen at thirteen, Maureen Clare Murphy and Zachary Wales (9 March 2006)
  • Over 200 Palestinian children arrested in two months, DCI-PS (3 March 2006)
  • Child Prisoners Briefing, DCI-PS (15 December 2003)
  • More Palestinian children taken into custody, DCI-PS (23 September 2003)
  • Israeli government leaves Palestinian child detainees out of prisoner release, DCI-PS (6 August 2003)
  • Israeli government fails to release child detainees - 330 still in custody, DCI/PS (7 June 2003)
  • Arrest and detention: A measure of first resort for Palestinian children, DCI-PS (31 May 2003)


    Curfews and Closures
  • UNICEF brings critical supplies to the isolated children of Al-Mawasi, UNICEF (30 March 2005)
  • Children in Bethlehem under siege, Rifat Odeh Kassis (23 December 2003)
  • Growing up under curfew, Save the Children (30 April 2003)
  • 80 percent of Palestinians killed by IDF while enforcing curfew are children, B'Tselem (16 October 2002)
  • Thousands of Palestinian Children Denied Access to Schools, UNICEF (2 October 2002)


    Education
  • Safe-play havens for Palestinian children living in conflict zones, Sabine Dolan, UNRWA (3 January 2006)
  • More than just school, UNRWA (27 December 2005)
  • Palestinian children's right to quality education, Monica Awad (23 November 2005)
  • The Wall - an obstacle to educating Palestinian youth, Adri Nieuwhof and Jeff Handmaker (8 November 2005)
  • UNICEF starts distrubution of 40,000 school bags in Gaza Strip, UNICEF (19 October 2004)
  • More than 1 million Palestinian children return to school, UNICEF (3 September 2005)
  • Palestinian Education in Disarray, Elia Zureik, CAUT (May 2002)
  • The under-reporting of Israel's repression of Palestinian education, Arjan El Fassed (24 March 2001)



  • BY TOPIC: Education


    Coverage Trends
  • Study Reveals TV News Vastly Underreports Palestinian Children's Deaths, If Americans Knew (10 May 2005)
  • Examiner ad demonizes Palestinian children, Ali Abunimah (25 January 2005)
  • Child rights groups appeal against biased reporting on Palestinian children, DCI/NPA (25 March 2004)
  • Palestinian parents blamed for their children's deaths during street clashes, Nigel Parry and Laurie King-Irani (12 April 2001)
  • The under-reporting of Israel's repression of Palestinian education, Arjan El Fassed (24 March 2001)


    Diaries from Palestine
  • Guava in Jabalia: First Bite, Last Breath, Sami Abu Salem (20 October 2004)
  • Coping with Conflict, Hler Gudjonsonn (2 April 2004)
  • Nablus: 'Open our schools, we want to learn', Ghadeer Shaka'a (20 September 2002)
  • 'Get the soldiers out of my town, I want to live too', Ghadeer Shaka'a (14 September 2002)
  • Nablus: 'I want to go to school', Arjan El Fassed (12 September 2002)
  • Don't cheat, Arjan El Fassed (17 June 2002)
  • Faculty, staff and students of Birzeit University, Dalia Habash (3 April 2002)


    Websites
  • Defense for Children International - Palestine Section
  • UNICEF
  • UN Documents on Palestinian children
  • Ansar Center


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