To all the Lebanese Gandhis out there: September 29, 2000 - 2014 (present) - At least 9,100 Palestinians have been killed by Israel - 2,053 Palestinian children have been killed by Israel One Palestinian child has been killed by Israel every 3 days for the past 13\14 years - Some 10,000 children have been arrested, interrogated and held captive. (at least 300 children are still detained in Israeli jails) *Defense for Children International (DCI) report published in May 2014: Israel jails 20% of Palestinian children it detains in solitary confinement. *PLO says 95 percent of detained children are subjected to beatings and torture by Israeli security personnel while in detention *UNICEF says an average of 500-700 Palestinian children are imprisoned yearly - Since the occupation began in 1967, more than 850,000 Palestinians (civilians) have been held in Israeli prisons and detention facilities. {at least 6,500 Palestinians are now imprisoned of whom more than 1,500 are suffering from various serious illnesses} [Some of the arrests: *November 2014: Israeli soldiers try to detain 2-year-old for stone-throwing. *October 2014: Israeli soldiers blindfold and detain 11 year old disabled child *July 2013: Israeli soldiers detain 5-year-old Palestinian for allegedly throwing a stone.] - GAZA, summer of 2014: In 51 days: 2,200 Palestinians dead over 11,000 injured Palestinian children: 527 dead 3,000 + injured of whom 1,000 will be disabled for life 1,500 orphaned more than 373,000 traumatized/ require psychosocial support *9 unborn children killed - Only in the month of October, 2014 in West Bank\ Jerusalem (last month) : 10 Palestinians killed 147 injured - The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said 380 Palestinians have been arrested in November (2014) so far Since June 2014 - present: - Israeli forces have detained at least 3,000 Palestinians, 30 percent of whom are children.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 18:02:02 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015