Defense for Children International-Palestine

Listen: Resisting youth incarceration from US to Palestine

Nora Barrows-Friedman 27 January 2017

Activists highlight strengthening solidarity between Black and Palestinian struggles. Read more about Listen: Resisting youth incarceration from US to Palestine

Nora Barrows-Friedman 21 June 2016

20 members of Congress urge Obama to appoint special envoy to protect Palestinian children’s rights. Read more about US lawmakers urge Obama to act on abuse of Palestinian children

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 11 February 2016

Jerusalem teen Muhammad al-Hashlamoun, 17, has been ordered held without charge by Israel’s defense minister. Read more about Palestinian teen faces indefinite Israeli detention

Charlotte Silver 29 January 2016

Rania Khalek 20 November 2015

Community service for Israeli officer who savagely beat Tariq Abukhdeir is “a shameful slap on the wrist.” Read more about US rebukes Israel over light sentence for officer who attacked Tampa teen

Ali Abunimah 27 July 2015

Israeli soldiers shot hundreds of Palestinian children with live ammunition. Here are two stories of the devastating impact of life after an injury. Read more about Video: Gaza teen will never have children after shooting by Israel

Charlotte Silver 22 July 2015

Reforms introduced following criticism by UNICEF have brought few, if any, improvements to Israel’s treatment of children. Read more about Palestinian child faces 10 years in Israeli jail

Rania Khalek 30 June 2015

Gaza was the third most dangerous place to be a civilian in 2014 due to Israel’s summertime bombing campaign. Read more about Israel tops explosive killers' list