Palestinian PM: 'Israel violates children's rights'

8/7/2016 7:10:39 AM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah gestures during an interview with AFP at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 7. 2014. AFP / Abbas Momani

Ramallah: Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah Thursday released a statement denouncing a new law passed by the Israeli Knesset that allows the imprisonment of children 14 years old and younger.

The law is aimed at children that commit acts of "terrorism" and as such, targets children from East Jerusalem.

"The new law shows a total disregard for children's rights, when the children in question are Palestinians," Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) quoted Hamdallah as saying. "We need more laws to protect Palestinian children, not laws to criminalize minors."

Last year, the Israeli Knesset passed a bill which legalizes the imprisonment of Palestinian children from East Jerusalem for up to 20 years for throwing stones.

It also allowed Israeli juvenile courts to impose fines of up to NIS 10,000 on the families of children convicted of "terrorist activities," as a form of collective punishment.

QNA

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