Israel furious at UN report detailing torture of Palestinian children

www.telegraph.co.uk ^ | 21 Jun 2013 | Phoebe Greenwood, Tel Aviv

[kimtom]

Israel’s security forces have been accused by a United Nations monitoring group of torturing and tormenting Palestinian children. The Committee on the Rights of Children, a body of independent legal experts charged by the UN with the task of monitoring the protection of children’s rights in signatory states, has urged Israel to honour its responsibility to prevent the torture and ill-treatment of children.

“The Committee expresses its deepest concern about the reported practice of torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian children arrested, prosecuted and detained by the military and the police, and about the State party’s failure to end these practices in spite of repeated concerns expressed by treaty bodies,” the investigative body stated in its periodic review of Israel’s child rights record, released on Thursday.

It continued: “[Palestinian children are] systematically subject to physical and verbal violence, humiliation, painful restraints, hooding of the head and face in a sack, threatened with death, physical ........

[kimtom]

" oh yes, Israelis are known for their brutality....sure, and Arabs are angels....or is that jinn...???" (sarc)

[Mmogamer]

I guess they missed Iran hanging those 16 year old boys.

[Slings and Arrows]

*shrug* Another day, another blood libel.

[By and By]

God Bless Israel! The UN has been disparaging Israel ever since the beginning. It's a miracle they voted in favor of Statehood. It seems the days are evolving as predicted. But just who is the Antichrist, Obama; It can't be anyone else can it?

[kimtom]

yes, Thank you.

Don’t forget the bomb strapped kiddo’s....

[realcleanguy]

No UN complaints about Assad, Nassralla, the Hizbolla, or the Hamas? Really?

[LucianOfSamasota]

http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Israel-slams-UN-report-claiming-Palestinian-minors-tortured-in-jail-317387

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Israel’s security forces have been accused by a United Nations monitoring group of torturing and tormenting Palestinian children.

Projection.

[MEGoody]

Palestinian children arrested, prosecuted and detained by the military and the police

The UN would have us believe the Israelis are arresting 6 year old little girls. In reality, these "children" are trained terrorists.