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Showing Original Post only (View all)REPORT ON PALESTINIAN CHILD TERRORISTS: CHILDREN WHO KILL AND THEIR ADULT ENABLERS [View all]
The most recent wave of Palestinian terrorism that began in September 2015 a wave of stabbings and knifings now being emulated in European cities has a particularly grotesque feature: child terrorists.
Palestinian children who directly perpetrate acts of terrorism, including murder, violate the most fundamental of human rights: the right to life. The Palestinian adults who encourage Palestinian child terrorism violate one of the most fundamental rights of the child: the right not to take part in armed conflict or hostilities.
The Palestinian Authority has supported its claim that "Palestine" is ready for statehood, and responded to the UN General Assembly's formal recognition of "non-member observer state" status of the "State of Palestine," by formally acceding to international legal prohibitions on children in armed conflict.
In violation of those legal obligations there have been at least 36 separate terrorist attacks by Palestinian children...
Palestinian children who directly perpetrate acts of terrorism, including murder, violate the most fundamental of human rights: the right to life. The Palestinian adults who encourage Palestinian child terrorism violate one of the most fundamental rights of the child: the right not to take part in armed conflict or hostilities.
The Palestinian Authority has supported its claim that "Palestine" is ready for statehood, and responded to the UN General Assembly's formal recognition of "non-member observer state" status of the "State of Palestine," by formally acceding to international legal prohibitions on children in armed conflict.
In violation of those legal obligations there have been at least 36 separate terrorist attacks by Palestinian children...
http://www.humanrightsvoices.org/site/documents/?d=15368
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REPORT ON PALESTINIAN CHILD TERRORISTS: CHILDREN WHO KILL AND THEIR ADULT ENABLERS [View all]
shira
Aug 2016
OP
What do you think of the conditions that make desperate children so vulnerable to exploitation?
procon
Aug 2016
#8
You cannot even allow yourself to be wrong, and that's at the very heart if the problem.
procon
Aug 2016
#17
Provided with evidence that you are mistaken, you hurl a few insults and run away.
Nitram
Aug 2016
#22
So let me get this straight. Adults exploiting children & making them child soldiers....
shira
Aug 2016
#5
What do you think about the video from this week that HRW & Amnesty are ignoring?
shira
Aug 2016
#21
I think the guy in the clip is an idiot, and I wouldn't vote for him if I ever got the chance, but
Little Tich
Aug 2016
#25
Apparently, the PLO has posted a clip where the father justifies his actions.
Little Tich
Aug 2016
#28
I think it's really difficult to link the clip to child militants and human shields.
Little Tich
Aug 2016
#32