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THREAD This week is Palestinian Child Solider Week. It is a week to highlight the stolen childhood of Palestinian minors who are turned from innocents to militants. This thread will list key figures and end with an ask to write to UNICEF asking them to prevent this violence (1)
Children in the UK go to summer camps and enjoy arts and crafts, sports, arts and dance. Approximately 10,000 Palestinian children and teens are trained each year with terrorist “summer camps.” They should be #kidsnotsoldiers (2)
In organised riots in Gaza, Children are bribed with as little as $83 to rush security fences and try to sabotage them. They are used as human shields, protecting and turning into militants. They should be #KidsNotSoldiers (3)
[Thread] You might see the hashtag 'KidsNotSoldiers' over the next few days. It's from a new organisation called 'Coalition to Save Palestinian Child Soldiers' for their new campaign 'Palestinian Child Soldiers' (PCS) Week
Came across it here:
jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-C… 1/18
Came across it here:
jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-C… 1/18
I write & research about violence, activism, conflict resolution etc. in Israel-Palestine for my job at @ItmakesSNS, so I wanted to know more about this new organisation and event - it sounded interesting. 2/18
There is plenty to be said & written about the militarisation of youth in Israeli & Palestinian societies. This is something that is unfortunately part-and-parcel of most armed conflicts. This article from @snopes does a great job breaking it down: snopes.com/news/2018/06/0… 3/18
