Israeli Military Court – Conviction Rate, Treatment and Prosecution of Non-Jewish Children
Palestinian children are subjected to beatings, torture and rape on a regular basis in this . Conviction rates in court reach 99.7%. This applies only to non-Jewish children. Israel‘s own military court data shows this, that Israel is the only country systematically prosecuting 500 to 700 Palestinian children per year, ages 12 plus in military courts and facilities. Jewish Israeli minors use civilian juvenile courts different system there is a 99.7 percent conviction rate and there’s extensive documented ill-treatment routine beatings threats solitary during arrest interrogation sexual abuse assault threats reported widely
Palestinian Children are Brought to Israeli Military Prison Near Jerusalem
The Israeli military army would not let ABC Four Corners Documentary film inside. I’ve been behind these Israeli prison walls three times. I saw Palestinian children shuffling across the courtyard, handcuffed and shackled. Some hearings lasted 60 seconds. I saw one boy shout the name of his prison so his mother would know where he was being held. I saw the judge convict some Palestinian children without even once looking at them. Through it all, what I saw was a conveyor belt of convicted Palestinian children.
Israel Military Records Conviction Rate
I have to give you some indication of how efficient, from a military perspective, the system is. According to the Israeli military court’s own records, their annual report, the courts have a conviction rate of around 99.74%. Typically, a Palestinian boy convicted of throwing stones will be sentenced to about three months’ imprisonment.
The United Nations Children’s Agency, UNICEF, Released a Ccathing Report on Israeli’s Military Prison System
It found that Palestinian children had been threatened with death, physical violence, solitary confinement and sexual assault against themselves or a family member. The report found that that ill treatment was widespread, systematic and institutionalized throughout the Israeli military prison system from the moment that the child was arrested right up until the sentencing process. Last month, under pressure from human rights groups, Israel stopped the long-standing practice of keeping Palestinian children overnight in outdoor cages. Palestinian children had been kept freezing in the cages during snow storms.
TIME – What Palestinian Children Face in Israeli Prisons
The Jerusalem Post – Livni halts practice of placing detained Palestinian children in outdoor cages
UNICEF – Children in Israeli Military Detention
