Palestinians have been documenting an 'Alarming' rise in attacks on Palestinian children by both Israeli settlers and by Israeli police and military forces.
Israeli soldiers and settlers have killed nine children so far in 2011, and almost 200 children have been injured by settler violence and the Israeli military, a statement by the Government Media Center said.
"Hundreds of children are being illegally rounded up monthly by Israeli forces and detained, abused, and imprisoned without due process of law and in direct violation of international, Israeli, and Palestinian laws," the PA added.
In general, settler attacks are portrayed as outside of governmental control, though the settlers operate openly from settlements protected by Israeli troops, and the Israeli government has acknowledged it knows who is organizing the attacks:
The orders were served in the wake of intelligence gathered by the Shin Bet, according to which a group of extremists have been involved in leading, planning and carrying out widespread secret, violent attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank over the last two years.
Israel's response? File a restraining order.
Regarding the assaults by Israeli police and military on Palestinian children Unspeakable detailed the separate legal structures Israel uses to harass Palestinian children in his diary Separate Law, Separate Justice.
However, often Israeli troops do not even bother with the cover of law. As the short (1.5 minute) video shows, Palestinian youths are mobbed by heavily armed police and soldiers in the streets simply for being there.
This is the kind of thing the US government is tacitly supporting to blocking all Palestinian moves toward independence and the end of the Occupation. In September, if the US votes against recognizing a Palestinian state, the US is in fact voting to continue assaulting children in the streets.
One of the children in the video, 13-year-old Islam Jaber, was taken to a graveyard and beaten up, the PA said, adding that he suffered severe anxiety attacks since the incident.
The PA said Israel attempted to bypass humanitarian law by applying "military orders" against Palestinians. The government urged the UN to implement resolution 1998 which protects the right of children in conflict.