Palestinian children tortured, used as shields by Israel: U.N

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[QUOTE](Reuters) - A United Nations human rights body accused Israeli forces on Thursday of mistreating Palestinian children, including by torturing those in custody and using others as human shields.

Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, captured by Israel in the 1967 war, are routinely denied registration of their birth and access to health care, decent schools and clean water, the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child said.

"Palestinian children arrested by (Israeli) military and police are systematically subject to degrading treatment, and often to acts of torture, are interrogated in Hebrew, a language they did not understand, and sign confessions in Hebrew in order to be released," it said in a report.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry said it had responded to a report by the U.N. children's agency UNICEF in March on ill-treatment of Palestinian minors and questioned whether the U.N. committee's investigation covered new ground.

"If someone simply wants to magnify their political bias and political bashing of Israel not based on a new report, on work on the ground, but simply recycling old stuff, there is no importance in that," spokesman Yigal Palmor said.

Kirsten Sandberg, a Norwegian expert who chairs the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child, said the report was based on facts, not on the political opinions of its members.

"We look at what violations of children's rights are going on within Israeli jurisdiction," she told Reuters.

She said Israel did not acknowledge that it had jurisdiction in the occupied territories, but the committee believed it does, meaning it has a responsibility to comply with the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The report by its 18 independent experts acknowledged Israel's national security concerns and noted that children on both sides of the conflict continue to be killed and wounded, but that more casualties are Palestinian.

Most Palestinian children arrested are accused of throwing stones, which can carry a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, the committee said.

The watchdog examined Israel's record of compliance with the children's rights convention as part of its regular review of the pact from 1990 signed by 193 countries, including Israel. An Israeli delegation attended the session.

The U.N. committee regretted what it called Israel's persistent refusal to respond to requests for information on children in the Palestinian territories and occupied Syrian Golan Heights since the last review in 2002.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/us-palestinian-israel-children-idUSBRE95J0UJ20130620[/url]

[Sprockethead]

Well. I didnt think i could harbor much more contempt for israel.

[Complifused]

Not surprised

[Irkalla]

Predicting Glorbo coming in here talking about "Oh it's not really THAT bad guys! Israel's not a terrible shithole that doesn't deserve to exist as its own country or anything!"

[Zenreon]

What was that you were saying about Syria, Israel?

[violetblood]

You're all antisemites....

[Tayley]

dude, what the fuck. they're fucking [i]children[/i] you savages. why the fuck would your torture innocent children?

[aydin690]

[QUOTE=violetblood;41117887]You're all antisemites....[/QUOTE]

You do realize that arabs are semites too, right?

[laserguided]

[QUOTE=aydin690;41117990]You do realize that arabs are semites too, right?[/QUOTE]
God damn A-rabs.

[Leo Leonardo]

[QUOTE=aydin690;41117990]You do realize that arabs are semites too, right?[/QUOTE]

Antisemitism is almost exclusively about Jews

[Ban Evasion Alt]

[QUOTE=violetblood;41117887]You're all antisemites....[/QUOTE]

I don't hate jews, just bigoted, militaristic apartheid states.

[Ogopogo]

[quote]Most Palestinian children arrested are accused of throwing stones, which can carry a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, the committee said.[/quote]

I'm sorry, but what the hell?

[Rangergxi]

Wasn't this already common knowledge? I'm pretty sure this was news years ago.

[Starpluck]

[QUOTE=Irkalla;41117861]Predicting Glorbo coming in here talking about "Oh it's not really THAT bad guys! Israel's not a terrible shithole that doesn't deserve to exist as its own country or anything!"[/QUOTE]
Glorbro recognizes Israel's faults so it's unfair to accuse him. The most ardent Israel supporters on this forum are actually American.

[turing]

[QUOTE=Starpluck;41118229]Glorbro recognizes Israel's faults so it's unfair to accuse him. The most ardent Israel supporters on this forum are actually American.[/QUOTE]

so it tends to be, really you its a bit like in the Syrian conflict there aren't any sides that are "good" or "bad", they're both horrible.

Same applies here, Israel and Palestine aren't innocent lambs.

[Eudoxia]

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;41118185]Wasn't this already common knowledge? I'm pretty sure this was news years ago.[/QUOTE]

[URL=http://rt.com/news/israel-tortures-palestinian-children-report-002/]Yes, it was.[/URL]

[Glorbo]

[QUOTE=Irkalla;41117861]Predicting Glorbo coming in here talking about "Oh it's not really THAT bad guys! Israel's not a terrible shithole that doesn't deserve to exist as its own country or anything!"[/QUOTE]

no

[Jund]

[QUOTE=Starpluck;41118229]Glorbro recognizes Israel's faults so it's unfair to accuse him. The most ardent Israel supporters on this forum are actually American.[/QUOTE]

As far as I have seen, Israeli FPers have been pretty fed up with their government lately

[Starpluck]

[QUOTE=Turing;41118266]so it tends to be, really you its a bit like in the Syrian conflict there aren't any sides that are "good" or "bad", they're both horrible.

Same applies here, Israel and Palestine aren't innocent lambs.[/QUOTE]

Nah there actually is. Whether you like it or not, in a civil war both sides are prone to do atrocious shit especially the revolutionary side considering how inevitably unaccountable it's nature is (disorganized, lack of accountability etc.) The Assad government is a terrible brutal government and only forced the rebels to resort to desperate measures [URL="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/06/20116288467948423.html"]after constantly getting slaughtered during initially peaceful protests.[/URL]

Same is applicable to Israel/Palestine. You can't apply the same standards to the oppressed and the oppressors. They aren't equal sides.

[Irkalla]

[QUOTE=laserguided;41118018]God damn A-rabs.[/QUOTE]

God damn Akkadians.

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[Ele]

how can people still defend this shit, what the hell

[stabbytheghost]

In their defense, Palestinian children make some damn fine shields.

[tr00per7]

[QUOTE=stabbytheghost;41118788]In their defense, Palestinian children make some damn fine shields.[/QUOTE]

Just need to get a fat one, and you're ready.

[Tureis]

[QUOTE=tr00per7;41118870]Just need to get a fat one, and you're ready.[/QUOTE]

Good luck finding a fat one.

[Naaz]

[QUOTE=tr00per7;41118870]Just need to get a fat one, and you're ready.[/QUOTE]HAH! So [i]that's[/i] what we'll do with all those excess American children!

[turing]

[QUOTE=Starpluck;41118561]Nah there actually is. Whether you like it or not, in a civil war both sides are prone to do atrocious shit especially the revolutionary side considering how inevitably unaccountable it's nature is (disorganized, lack of accountability etc.) The Assad government is a terrible brutal government and only forced the rebels to resort to desperate measures [URL="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/06/20116288467948423.html"]after constantly getting slaughtered during initially peaceful protests.[/URL]

Same is applicable to Israel/Palestine. You can't apply the same standards to the oppressed and the oppressors. They aren't equal sides.[/QUOTE]

yeah of course the assad gov. is terrible and slaughters civilians mercilessly, but at this stage the rebels have become a completely seperate entity from the civilians and many of them are just islamists, both are terrible at this stage for various reasons

[Chubbles]

-snip wrong thread-

[Van-man]

[QUOTE=tr00per7;41118870]Just need to get a fat one, and you're ready.[/QUOTE]

Too bad they're all thin from being starved due to Israel's trade blockades :v:

[Conely]

[QUOTE=Naaz;41119033]HAH! So [i]that's[/i] what we'll do with all those excess American children![/QUOTE]

this is the only reason North Korea has not yet invaded

[Zeke129]

[QUOTE=MrBunneh;41117978]dude, what the fuck. they're fucking [i]children[/i] you savages. why the fuck would your torture innocent children?[/QUOTE]

People who were taught their entire lives that these children were, in fact, not innocent

This is the middle east, both sides are taught from birth that the other side is full of baby murdering subhuman terrorists