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US Officials Silent On Israeli Abuse Of Palestinian Children

February 16, 2015 By Matt Peppe 2 Comments

Six weeks after being abducted on her way home from school in the occupied West Bank, 14-year-old Malak al-Khatib was released on Friday from the jail where she was being imprisoned by Israeli occupation forces. The youngest Palestinian girl ever to be incarcerated, Malak is one of hundreds of children to be prosecuted through the Israeli military court system each year.

As of December 2014, there were 156 Palestinian child prisoners, 17 of which were under 16 years old, according to the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association. As the benefactor of the illegal Israeli occupation, the United States government is complicit in Israel’s disgraceful persecution and abuse of Palestinian children. While American officials refrain from criticizing such abuses, they forcefully condemn any resistance to the violent Israeli occupation that is responsible for innumerable human rights violations against Palestinian children.

During Israel’s Operation Protective Edge in Gaza last August, the Obama administration expressed its strongest indignation regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict throughout President Obama’s six years in office. After the apparent capture of Israeli Occupation soldier Hadar Goldin by the Palestinian resistance, administration officials said the action was “barbaric” and “outrageous.”

Filed Under: Civil Liberties, Foreign Affairs Tagged With: Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Ahed Atef, American imperialism, Amira Hass, Barack Obama, Defence for Children International Palestine, Easy Jerusalem, Electronic Intifada, Faris Juma al-Mahmoum, Gaza, Haaretz, Hadar Goldin, Hannibal Directive, Human Rights, icc4Israel, imperialism, International Criminal Court, IOF, Ismail Mahmoud, Israel, Israeli occupation, Israeli Occupation Forces, Israeli settlers, Jerusalem, Malak al-Khatib, Max Blumenthal, Mohammad Ramiz, Palestine, Palestinian resistance, prison, Protective Edge, Qassam Brigades, resistance, Sahir Abu Namous, Shayma Sheikh Khalil, stone-throwing, Tarek Abu Khdeir, United Nations, United Nations General Assembly, war crimes, Zakariya Ahed

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