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<h1 class="article-title">Report: "Israel Kidnapped 1,000 Children
In Less Than Two Months"</h1>
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<span class="article-detail"><img class="icon"
src="cid:part1.08030305.02030000@freedomarchives.org"
alt="author"> Thursday November 19, 2015 <br>
<b><small><small><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.imemc.org/article/73923">http://www.imemc.org/article/73923</a></small></small></b></span></span></div>
<p class="article-subtitle">Ferwana Calls For Protecting Palestinian
Children</p>
<blockquote class="article-intro">Translated By Saed Bannoura –
IMEMC News (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.imemc.org">www.imemc.org</a>): A statement issued by the head of the
Research and Documentation Department at the Palestinian
Detainees' Committee, and a member of its follow-up committee in
the Gaza Strip, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, called on the international
community to act in protecting Palestinian children facing ongoing
Israeli violations.</blockquote>
<p class="article">In his statement, Ferwana said the Palestinian
children are increasingly subject to escalating Israeli
violations, and called for ensuring the release of all imprisoned
children, in addition to guaranteeing their continued freedom. <br>
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His statements were marking the Universal Children’s Day (November
20) which was adopted by the United Nations Secretary-General on
the same date, in 1989, under the <a
href="http://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspx"
target="_blank">Convention of the Rights of the Child</a>,
Assembly Resolution 44/25, (entry into force September 2, 1990, in
accordance with article 49.) <br>
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"Since Israel invaded the Palestinian territories, it began
treating the children as 'delayed time bombs, that would detonate
when they grow up,' and this both confiscated their immunity and
assassinated their innocent childhood," Ferwana said. “Their young
age was ignored, and they were stripped of their rights; this led
to the death and arrest of thousands of children.” <br>
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He also said that such illegal policies, enforced by the state of
Israel, have caused developmental issues, physical and
psychological, and are meant to destroy the children's futures and
impact their natural growth. <br>
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"Since Israel occupied the rest of Palestine in 1967, the army has
kidnapped thousands of children, including more than 12.000 who
were kidnapped since the Al-Aqsa Intifada began on September 28,
2000," Ferwana stated. "A record high of child abductions was
reached since the Al-Quds Intifada began on October 1, 2015, as
the Israeli army has kidnapped more than 1,000 children. Many of
them are even under the age of 14, and at least 400 of them are
still imprisoned." <br>
<br>
"If some of those children faced threats of bodily harm, and were
illegally interrogated, subjected psychological torture, one of
those cases is Ahmad Manasra," Ferwana went on to say. "Every
detained child faced physical and psychological torture in one way
or another, others were not provided with much needed medical
attention. Examples of that are the cases of Issa al-'Aati, Jalal
Sharawna and Estabraq Ahmad Nour, along with many others." <br>
<br>
"We have seen many videos, on social media websites, of horrific
and shocking abuses to children at the hands of Israeli soldiers
and interrogators. Testimonies the children provided to their
lawyers showed real cruelty and criminal behaviors." <br>
<br>
"This is why we need to properly document all Israeli violations,
and present them to the International Criminal Court, to the
international community, to show them the real horror and
dehumanization Palestinians face under this cruel, illegal and
immoral occupation." <br>
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In addition, the Palestinian official and former political
prisoner said that Israel continues to conduct grave violations of
international law, upon the entire international community, and is
an issue which requires effective and serious intervention, in
order to ensure the protection of these children. <br>
<br>
"It is an international duty and responsibility to provide
protection to the children," he concluded, "to protect all
international agreements, and to hold Israel accountable for its
ongoing and escalating crimes." <br>
<br>
Abdul-Nasser Ferwana<br>
Former Political Prisoner, Researcher Specialized in Detainees'
Affairs<br>
The Head of the Census Department of the Palestinian Committee of
Detainees, and a member of its follow-up committee in the Gaza
Strip, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana Personal Website: <br>
<a href="http://www.palestinebehindbars.org" target="_blank">Palestine
Behind Bars</a> </p>
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