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<h1 class="article-title">Report: “37 Children Exiled From Their
Homes In Jerusalem, 253 Under House Arrest”</h1>
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<span class="article-detail"><img class="icon"
src="cid:part1.02080905.02060007@freedomarchives.org"
alt="author"> Tuesday January 27, 2015 12:24</span><span
class="article-detail"><img class="icon"
src="cid:part2.08020508.09020505@freedomarchives.org"
alt="author"> by Saed Bannoura<br>
<b><small><small><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.imemc.org/article/70384">http://www.imemc.org/article/70384</a></small></small></b></span></span></div>
<p class="article-subtitle">Jerusalem Families Forced To Be Jailers
of Their Own Children</p>
<blockquote class="article-intro">The Palestinian Committee of
Detainees and Ex-Detainees has reported that Israel’s ongoing
kidnappings of Palestinian children in occupied Jerusalem have led
to more than 1500 abductions, since the beginning of 2014, while
37 children are currently not allowed back home, and 253 children
are forced to live under house arrest.<br>
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<p class="article">The Head of the Census Department of the
Palestinian Prisoners Committee, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, told the
IMEMC that the abductions of the children all took place since the
beginning of 2014, but the number of abductions escalated starting
in July. <br>
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He said the latest abduction campaign carried out against
Palestinian children is the biggest in many years. <br>
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The Committee reported that kidnapped children are sent to Israeli
military courts, and are prosecuted as adults, while the courts
continuously impose high fines on their families. In addition, the
Israeli courts often force the children away from their homes for
a certain period, accompanied by a parent or an older family
member, while many are forced to remain under house arrest for
extended periods. <br>
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The Committee confirmed that 37 children are currently under
orders denying them access to their own neighborhoods and homes,
and 253 more are currently living as prisoners in their own homes,
under house arrest. <br>
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The courts force the families to sign affidavits to abide by the
rulings, and if the child violates those agreements, the parents
are themselves imprisoned or fined, and the child sent back to
prison.
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The Committee said this type of punishment turns the parents into
jailers of their own children, thus turning the verdicts into
compounded punishment against entire families. <br>
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Children who are forced to live under house arrest, or those
exiled from their homes and neighborhoods, have to wear ankle
monitors directly supervised by the Israeli Police, and the
security forces.
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The Prisoners’ Committee denounced the Israeli procedures and
rulings against the children, and said such measures are direct
violations of International Law and all related international
conventions on the protection of children, especially the
“Convention on the Rights of the Child.” <br>
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On Monday January 26th, the Palestinian TV published a report
about a child, identified as Ahmad Salhab, 15 years of age, who
was forced to endure house arrest for eight months, followed by
two months of exile from his family home in Jerusalem. <br>
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Salhab is allowed to go to school as long as a parent accompanies
him there, and back home, in the morning and after school ends for
the day.
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He spent the two months of exile from his home at his aunt’s place
in Jabal al-Mokabber in occupied Jerusalem.
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“I cannot go to school on my own; I can’t be in the street without
a parent; usually, my mother takes me to school, and my father
brings me home,” Salhab told the Palestinian TV, “I am not allowed
to leave home for any other reason, I can’t even go on a trip with
my parents..."
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Amjad Abu ‘Asab, head of the Detainees Parents Committee in
Jerusalem, said the Israeli rulings and restrictions are impacting
the children’s relations with their parents, who have to act like
jailers at home, in order to avoid having their children
imprisoned by Israel. <br>
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“These violations are causing various psychological issues to the
children; many suffer from bladder incontinence due to
psychological trauma,” he said, “The children become more
isolated, more distanced from their families and friends. What
Israel is doing is a well calculated policy to destroy the social
fabric of our society.”
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Related: <br>
<br>
<a
href="http://www.imemc.org/article/%E2%80%9Dhttp://www.imemc.org/article/70369%E2%80%9D">Clashes
in East Jerusalem Following Assault of 10-year-old Palestinian</a>
<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://www.imemc.org/article/%E2%80%9Dhttp://www.imemc.org/article/70143%E2%80%9D">3755
Children Kidnapped In Past Four Years, 1266 in 2014 Alone</a>
<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/69473">Palestinian Children
Assaulted While in Israeli Custody</a>
<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/68362">Tariq Abu Khdeir
Sentenced to House Arrest</a> </p>
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