“No respite” from Israeli violence against Palestinian children, says human rights group An attorney and international advocacy officer for Defence for Children International-Palestine (DCI-Palestine) says that 2014 was “devastating” for Palestinian children. Whether they were killed, injured or left homeless and traumatized in the Gaza Strip during Israel’s summer attack, or whether they faced “increasing levels of violence [by Israeli forces] … at demonstrations [or] as part of military operations throughout the West Bank” including occupied East Jerusalem — especially during frequent arrest raids — Palestinian children were regular targets of Israel’s systematic violence throughout 2014, says Brad Parker of DCI-Palestine. Parker told The Electronic Intifada in a recent interview that Palestinian children face routine physical abuse, violence and torture during arrest raids and detention. “In about twenty percent of cases, kids are brought and held in solitary confinement solely for interrogation purposes,” a practice that has been condemned by international law, which equates it to torture, Parker explained. Electric Intifada, 19 January 2015 electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/no-respite-israeli-violence-against-palestinian-children-says-human?utm_source=EI+readers&utm_campaign=b645034f48-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e802a7602d-b645034f48-298037717
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