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In West Bank Palestinian Childhood Is Cut Short – It’s the Law

In West Bank Palestinian Childhood Is Cut Short – It’s the Law

Palestinian Child Being Arrested In the West Bank, there is a two-tiered system of justice, including for minors.  For settler children, justice is administered according to Israeli domestic law, with all the due process protections that affords.  They  cannot be  charged as adults until they reach 18, in accordance with the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Israel is a signatory.  For Palestinian children, military law applies, and that  pretty much means due … Read entire article »

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