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On June 18, a 14-year-old Palestinian succumbed to wounds he sustained from Israeli live fire, after he was unable to exit the Gaza Strip for medical treatment, according to initial reports by Defense for Children International - Palestine.
» Read the news alert: https://bit.ly/2ttIZmI
Next Monday, we are hosting a congressional briefing in Washington with speakers from Human Rights Watch, American Friends Service Committee, and Arab American Institute examining how persistent human rights violations and recent U.S. policy decisions impact the lives of Palestinian children.
» Tell your lawmaker to attend: http://bit.ly/HR4391briefing
Defense for Children International - Palestine שיתף/שיתפה את הפוסט של The Other Jerusalem.
Under international law, access to education is a human right for children. #Israel, as the Occupying Power in East #Jerusalem, must ensure this right for #Palestinians there. So why are classrooms still so hard to come by for Palestinian children? #OtherJerusalem
Defense for Children International - Palestine research shows that #Israel’s discriminatory development plans and budgeting toward the #Palestinian education se...ctor in #Jerusalem has effectively barred proper growth. As a result, Palestinian children end up in some mix of sub-optimal scenarios: packed into overflowing schools, studying in inadequate facilities, pushed into private, semi-private schools, or out of education all together. #OtherJerusalem
Read the feature: https://bit.ly/2yljEAP
Defense for Children International - Palestine שיתף/שיתפה את הפוסט של The Other Jerusalem.
Palestinians' ability to live in Jerusalem should not be revocable. But between 1967 and the end of 2016, Israel revoked the legal status of 14,595 Palestinians in East Jerusalem, according to HaMoked. #OtherJerusalem
Most Palestinians in Jerusalem have permanent residency status in Jerusalem. Israel has continuously expanded the grounds on which this residency status can be revoked. #OtherJerusalem
Haitham al-Jamal, 14, died Friday evening in a hospital in the southern part of the Gaza Strip a few hours after Israeli forces shot him.
» Read the news alert: https://bit.ly/2JNguKH
Defense for Children International - Palestine שיתף/שיתפה את הפוסט של The Other Jerusalem.
Mohammad Abu Rmeileh, 17, told Defense for Children International - Palestine how the walls of his family's home started to crack while Israeli archeological activities were taking pace below the foundation.
#OtherJerusalem
“We used to hear drilling sounds,” said Mohammad Abu Rmeileh, 17. “The situation was very worrying and frightening.” #OtherJerusalem
Read the feature: https://bit.ly/2sJfJYy
Defense for Children International - Palestine שיתף/שיתפה את הפוסט של The Other Jerusalem.
Archaeological projects are only one of a bevy of Israeli activities, laws, and policies that are creating unequal access to land and shelter for Palestinians in East Jerusalem. #OtherJerusalem
Archaeological projects are only one of a bevy of Israeli activities, laws, and policies that are creating unequal access to land and shelter for Palestinians in East Jerusalem. #OtherJerusalem
Read the feature: https://bit.ly/2sJfJYy
Defense for Children International - Palestine שיתף/שיתפה את הפוסט של The Other Jerusalem.
Palestinian children who are detained from East Jerusalem fall under an Israeli civil law framework. However, in practice, they are not experiencing the protections set out by the law. #OtherJerusalem
Mahdi Q., 14, was born and raised in East Jerusalem. In theory, his rights should be protected by Israel’s Youth Law. But in practice, Palestinian children in E...ast Jerusalem are routinely being deprived of protections set out by Israel’s own law for minors.
#OtherJerusalem
Read the feature: https://bit.ly/2slAjPh
Israeli forces shot and seriously injured 15-year-old Palestinian Odai Abu Khalil with live ammunition during Nakba Day protests in Ramallah. He later succumbed to his wounds on May 23.
» Read the news alert: https://bit.ly/2IRcVzK
Defense for Children International - Palestine שיתף/שיתפה את הפוסט של The Other Jerusalem.
Israel is taking aim at Palestinians in Jerusalem with discriminatory laws and practices. Now, more than ever, Palestinians in East Jerusalem are “certain targets.”
Read more about residency revocation and other discriminatory mechanisms pushing Palestinians out of Jerusalem. #OtherJerusalem
#Israel is taking aim at #Palestinians in Jerusalem with discriminatory laws and practices. Now, more than ever, Palestinians in East Jerusalem are “certain targets.” #OtherJerusalem
Read the feature: https://bit.ly/2s4VeFn
Israeli forces killed two more Palestinian children between May 14 and 15, bringing the number of Palestinian children to be killed during "March of Return" protests up to 14.
#GazaReturnMarch #Nakba70
» Read the news alert: https://bit.ly/2wSOhgs
Defense for Children International - Palestine שיתף/שיתפה את הפוסט של The Other Jerusalem.
What is the status of Jerusalem under international law and who lives there? For these answers and much more, read: https://bit.ly/2rQzxci
#OtherJerusalem #EmbassyMove
Want to learn more about the rights profile of Palestinians in the #OtherJerusalem?
Here are the answers to some Frequently Asked Questions: https://bit.ly/2rQzxci
Palestinians in Jerusalem fear that Israel’s disregard for their rights will only increase, as the U.S. opens its embassy in Jerusalem after President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
#EmbassyMove
» Read about the #OtherJerusalem campaign https://bit.ly/2KpB1BZ
“Israeli forces must abide by international law and not use lethal force against Palestinian children who pose no direct, mortal threat,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, Accountability Program director at Defense for Children International - Palestine.
"Israel’s complete disregard for international norms requires that the international community take urgent action to hold accountable all perpetrators that are killing and maiming Palestinian children in direct contravention of inter...national law.”
#GazaReturnMarch
» Read the news alert: https://bit.ly/2rIeLfE
Defense for Children International - Palestine שיתף/שיתפה את הפוסט של The Other Jerusalem.
The #OtherJerusalem campaign seeks to challenge Israel’s prolonged occupation of East Jerusalem and the false notion of an “undivided Jerusalem." #EmbassyMove
Follow @otherjerusalem for updates and actions.
Today marks the launch of the #OtherJerusalem, a campaign to challenge Israel’s prolonged occupation of East Jerusalem and the false notion of an “undivided Jerusalem.”
Visit our website to learn more: www.theotherjerusalem.org
Defense for Children International - Palestine has confirmed that Israeli forces killed three Palestinian children and seriously injured three others with live fire between March 30 and April 6 near Gaza's border with Israel. Anyone below the age of 18 is a child under international law.
» Read the news alert: https://bit.ly/2IEzAP9
