HRW Erases the Evidence of Palestinian Minors Involved in Terror
HRW's new reports bases its claims on four selected cases of Palestinian minors killed during operations, blatantly omitting their affiliations to terror organizations.
Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC)
[Opinion] Children are used in propaganda to demonize Israel
Liora Henig Cohen discusses the Office of the UN Secretary-General report on “Children and Armed Conflict” (CAAC),
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Terror-linked and anti-Israel NGOs Exploit Children in Campaign to Blacklist the IDF
Israel is the target of an on-going multi-year campaign, led by terror-linked and pro-BDS NGOs, that exploit children in advocating for the IDF’s inclusion on the UN Children and Armed Conflict annex.
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UN Adopts Invented NGO Claims on Palestinian Minors to Threaten Israel with Blacklist
On July 11, the UN Secretary-General released his annual report on Children in Armed Conflict (CAAC), dealing with the violation of children's rights in conflict zones in 2021. This year, the UN again presents misleading statistics and adopts invented standards in order to advance a narrative that the IDF violates the rights of Palestinian minors
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Save the Children
Save the Children runs a number of projects in Gaza and the West Bank, implementing “programs in the areas of education, economic opportunities and psychosocial health… humanitarian assistance, child protection and youth development.” Despite a humanitarian mandate, some of these programs include major political and partisan advocacy that fuels the conflict, echoing the Palestinian narrative of victimization.
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UN Report on “Children and Armed Conflict”: Moving the Goalposts on Israel
The United Nations Secretary-General published the annual report on “grave violations” in the context of children and armed conflict for 2020 .
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Europe Funds Fraudulent Child Rights Campaign to Sanction Israel
Palestinian and international NGOs – funded by European governments and working in tandem with UNICEF’s West Bank and Gaza branch – have built an extensive campaign, using false charges of abuse of Palestinian children in the effort to trigger sanctions against Israel.
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Norwegian Refugee Council Report on Children – Political Attacks Funded by the EU
On November 12, 2020, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) published a 44-page report alleging “296 attacks against education by Israeli forces or settlers and settlement private security guards” in January 2008 – June 2020.
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Advocacy Instead of Research: NGO Propaganda Campaigns to Blacklist the IDF at the UN
Save the Children and Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict again published reports as part of the ongoing political campaigns to demonize Israel and have Israel included on a UN blacklist of “grave” violators of children’s rights. In the process, neither NGO applies the accepted UN definitions of what constitutes such violations, and the reports reflect major methodological shortcomings.
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Belgium Reverses Invitation of DCI-P Official for UN Security Council Briefing – Background on Speaker and DCI-P’s PFLP Ties
In February 2020, Belgium invited invited Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCI-P) Senior Advisor for Policy and Advocacy Brad Parker to brief the Council on February 24. DCI-P has ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), designated as a terrorist organization in the US, EU, Israel, and Canada.
