1/ Thread: For years, we've been exposing Israeli violations of Palestinian children's rights at the international level. That's why the Israeli government decided to criminalize our work.
Let's start in 2014. #StandWithThe6
Let's start in 2014. #StandWithThe6
2/ On Nakba Day in 2014, Israeli forces shot and killed 16-year-old Mohammad Abu Daher and 17-year-old Nadeem Nawara. We shared our documentation with @ForensicArchi and exposed that Israeli forces knowingly used live ammunition to kill the two boys. forensic-architecture.org/investigation/…
3/ In the summer of 2014, Israeli forces launched a 50-day military assault on Gaza, resulting in the deaths of at least 535 Palestinian children. Our detailed report documented killings, injuries, and other rights violations of Palestinian children. dci-palestine.org/operation_prot…
4/ Now, we're representing Palestinian child victims at the International Criminal Court, submitting evidence on their behalf for investigations into Israeli war crimes. dci-palestine.org/dcip_urges_icc…
5/ We have also submitted evidence to UN investigators detailing war crimes committed by Israeli forces during Operation Cast Lead (2008-9), 2014’s Operation Protective Edge, and the 2018 March of Return Protests. dci-palestine.org/dcip_submits_e…
6/ In 2018, we filed a petition to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of Laith, 17, who was being held by Israeli authorities in administrative detention w/o charge. The WG said Laith's treatment was "wholly unacceptable." dci-palestine.org/israel_s_army_…
7/ This year, we've advocated for several more Palestinian children in administrative detention, including 17-year-old Amal Nakhleh, who is being held without charge while suffering from a rare autoimmune disease—during a pandemic. dci-palestine.org/israeli_milita…
8/ In early 2020, @baparkr was invited by Belgium to speak to the UN Security Council about Palestinian children's rights. Then his invitation was revoked because Belgium caved to intense Israeli government pressure. 972mag.com/palestinian-ch…
9/ In the US, DCIP has advised and provided documentation for several bills in Congress, most recently H.R. 2590, which would prohibit Israeli authorities from using US funds to demolish houses, detain Palestinian children, and further annex the West Bank. nwttac.dci-palestine.org/resources_on_h…
10/ In June, as President Biden rushed to send Israel more weapons after assaulting Gaza for 11 days, we called for weapons sales to halt immediately and supported joint resolutions of disapproval from both @RepAOC and @SenSanders. dci-palestine.org/president_bide…
11/ The weapons sale was after Operation Guardian of the Walls, Israel's 11-day military assault on the Gaza Strip which killed dozens of Palestinian children. We posted daily updates during the siege, documenting child deaths and the assault's impact. dci-palestine.org/palestinian_fa…
12/ DCIP co-leads the @nwttac campaign, advocating to end Israeli military detention of Palestinian children. In Dec. 2020, we published a report on how solitary confinement is used for interrogation purposes on children, which often amounts to torture. dci-palestine.org/israels_isolat…
13/ We share the stories of many Palestinian children ensnared in the Israeli military detention system. Obaida, the subject of a short film we produced who had been detained twice, captured the world's heart with his clear call for liberation.
14/ After the film was produced, Obaida was detained a third time without charge. In May 2021, Israeli forces shot and killed him at a demonstration, just weeks before his 18th birthday. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…
15/ Whenever a Palestinian child is killed, our field researchers are among the first on the scene. They're trained to objectively determine what happened and respectfully work with the child's family to get accurate information. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…
16/ Long after the cameras leave, DCIP's team continues to document violations against Palestinian children through long-form reporting. For example: Last year, Israeli forces detained at least 8 children in Yabad during a weeks-long military campaign. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…
17/ In April, we documented stories from Palestinian children living in a Bedouin village that had been demolished by Israeli authorities at least 7 times since 2014. Their families were repeatedly targeted. dci-palestine.org/israeli_author…
18/ The Israeli government criminalized our work in hopes of distracting us so we won't have time to continue documenting and exposing human rights violations against Palestinian children. That's not going to happen. END
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