Hundreds Of Palestinian Children In Israeli Jails Just For Stoning

According to Defence for Children International (DCI), around 700 West Bank children are arrested every year, most accused of stoning Israeli soldiers and military vehicles. Other charges include making petrol bombs and involvement in “terrorist groups”.

At the end of June, DCI figures showed that 221 Palestinian children were in detention. Of that number, 35 were aged between 12 and 15.

Stone throwing, a symbol of Palestinian resistance to the Israeli occupation, began among the youth of Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip during the first Palestinian uprising (1987-1993).

And 25 years on, with those children now adults, their own children continue do the same.