Counting the kids. From 2000 until today.


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Why does this matter?

If the international community wants to help end the violence in Israel and Palestine, it needs to understand it better. This is not an equal conflict of two sides. It is most accuractely characterised as an ongoing Israeli military occupation which Human Rights Watch, Amnesty and B'tselem describe as apartheid. International boycotts helped end apartheid in South Africa, they will be essential to helping end apartheid here too.

Sources

Addameer: Prisoner’s Rights and Support Group, B’Tselem: the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem Media and Communications Center, LAW: the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment, Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Palestinian State Information Service. Early tears data compiled and collated by the 'Remember these Children' project, later years using UN OCHA data. All the data is availalble here on a public spreadsheet. Any feedback I'm at @halfiranian on Twitter. Last update 3 July 2023.