The Palestine-Global Mental Health Network calls on global leaders to protect Palestinian children by cutting off the military, political, financial, and diplomatic support that sustains Israel’s systematic human rights abuses.
A so-called “ceasefire” has done nothing to halt the ongoing genocide of Palestinians. Israel’s government is escalating policies that jeopardize the very lives of Palestinian children, and powerful nations are complicit through their silence or direct endorsement. Even now, terror and bloodshed continue in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, while the U.S. administration signals tacit support for what amounts to ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
Under the Biden administration, sanctions were imposed on extremist Israeli settlers—17 individuals and 16 entities over 11 months—to curb violence against Palestinians. However, President Trump rescinded these measures, effectively granting extremists renewed impunity to unleash violence on Palestinians.
This unbroken chain of oppression against Palestinian children is not an isolated tragedy; it is a deliberate, institutionalized atrocity.
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For decades, Palestinian children have been subjected to the brutality of military courts—an outrage found nowhere else on Earth. The Israeli Knesset has intensified this horror by passing legislation allowing life sentences for children as young as 12. (See Adalah report)
This flagrantly violates international law and tramples the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
We demand that world leaders enforce accountability. Every child, without exception, deserves a life of safety, free from fear and systematic persecution. (more...)
The Genocide is not over: Hold Israel accountable under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
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