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December 29, 2020

UNICEF ignores Palestinian Authority recruitment of kids to violence

Pro-Hamas rally (File photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons)
"A UNICEF report addressing the mistreatment of Palestinian children heavily criticized Israel and somewhat criticized Hamas, but ignored evidence against the Palestinian Authority.

The report issued this past weekend covering the year 2019, did not address evidence from a February report by an NGO claiming that the PA uses school textbooks, television broadcasts, active recruitment and payment to terrorists after-the-crime serves to systematically incite and weaponize its child population into soldiers...

The UNICEF report issued this past weekend makes no reference to PA mistreatment of their own child population.

Rather, the overwhelming majority of the report alleges Israeli violations of Palestinian children's rights, with one short section about problematic indoctrination of Palestinian children by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)..."
Date
December 29, 2020
Title
UNICEF ignores PA recruitment of kids to violence, The Jerusalem Post
Author(s)
Yonah Jeremy Bob
Original Source
https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/unicef-ignores-pa-recruitment-of-kids-to-violence-653643
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December 2020 Bulletin 2019 Situation of Concern: Israel and the State of Palestine
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