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by Itamar Marcus and Maurice
Hirsch, “Palestinian Media Watch”
For almost a decade, the Palestinian NGO Defence for Children
International - Palestine (DCI-P) has unjustifiably been accusing Israel of
breaching the rights of Palestinian minors who are arrested on suspicion of
committing terror attacks. Most recently, DCI-P launched a campaign in the US
and in Canada under the title "No Way to Treat a Child", whose goal
is "to challenge and end Israel's prolonged military occupation of
Palestinians by exposing widespread and systematic ill-treatment of Palestinian
children in the Israeli military detention system."
Among other baseless claims, DCI-P argues that the Palestinian
minors are arrested, interrogated in breach of all of their rights, prosecuted
and sentenced to prison terms.
A recent interview with DCI-P's Accountability Program Director
Ayed Abu Qteish on official PA TV, shows that the claims made by his own
organization are false. Abu Qteish explained that Palestinian minors do in fact
commit terror attacks, and they do it, not necessarily because they want to
attack Israelis, but in order to enhance or maintain their status in
Palestinian society.
Ayed Abu Qteish: "There are children who, when they were
in prison, told the lawyer: 'I want to be imprisoned.' The first time [the
child] was imprisoned, he didn't confess, and they released him because there
was no evidence to convict him in the Israeli military court. The second time,
there was no evidence either. The third time, he wanted to be imprisoned
so that his image won't be hurt in the eyes of his friends, even though he is
actually innocent... In several cases [Palestinian children] carried out
stabbing operations because of the way the public looks at them. They realized
'the best way to clear myself of this image [of helping Israel] is to participate
in resistance operations.'"
[Official
PA TV, Personal Encounter, Oct. 11, 2017]
This statement by the DCI-P official is important for a number of
reasons.
Firstly, in stark contrast to the claims of DCI-P in
its campaign, it demonstrates that when Palestinian minors are arrested but the
investigation ends without finding sufficient evidence, the suspect is
released.
Secondly, it demonstrates that, in
several cases, the motivation for Palestinian children to carry out terrorist
attacks is their own perception of how their own society views them and has
nothing to do with Israel.
Significantly, when discussing the motivations of Palestinian
children to carry out terrorist attacks, the DCI-P representative completely
ignores other real and equally relevant factors that explain their
participation in terror attacks, such as:
1) the incessant Palestinian incitement to
hatred and violence that is promoted in the PA media;
2) the incitement to hatred and violence
that is taught to children in PA schools;
3) the PA glorification of terrorists that
is an integral part of Palestinian society and even in sporting events for
youth.
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