VIDEO: Palestinian children sing about their rights
"Oh This World" is a song produced together by World Vision and Al Kamandjati Association. It talks about violence against Palestinian children inside and outside the schools, especially the violence of the occupation.
Palestinian Families in Gaza Receive Locally-produced Food Packages
MECA and our partners reached families in remote areas from Jabalia in the north to Rafah in the south. Credit: MECA
The silent deaths of refugees in Ersal: 18 perished in 45 days
Syrian refugee children sit outside their tent near the hills of Ersal. Al-Akhbar/Marwan Tahtah
NOTE: Ersal (also spelled Arsal) is in northeast Lebanon close to the border with Syria.
By Eva Shoufi, Al-Akhbar
Child house arrests rise in Jerusalem
The interrogators were physically violent, and threatened to rape Othman, his father told DCI-Palestine.
Aid Under Blockade: Palestinian Families in Gaza to Receive Locally-produced Food Packages
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Palestinian Families in Gaza to Receive Locally-produced Food Packages
Gaza City, 8 December 2014 -- 400 Palestinian families in Gaza are receiving food packages made up of agricultural products produced in Gaza, thanks to the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) and Gaza’s Ark international solidarity network.
Give Palestinian Children a Voice
I am Rama. I wish I could have my old classroom back. I am 10 years old and in fifth grade. My classroom in Gaza has been destroyed. I hope that it is rebuilt one day soon so I can study with my friends inside it once more. I have so many fond memories in this place. Photo by UNRWA.
by Margot Ellis
Israel: 240 Palestinian Children ‘Sexually Abused’ in Jerusalem Detention Centres, Group Claims
Israeli police detain a Palestinian child in Jerusalem following clashes in the holy city in late October 2014(Reuters)
By Tabatha Kinder
A justice group for Palestinians arrested in Israel has released an explosive report claiming that 40% of children detained by Israeli authorities in Jerusalem have been subjected to sexual abuse at the hands of Israeli police.
Poets and Others Raise Funds for Gaza
Immediately after the Israeli air strikes began at the end of December a group of remarkable Bay Area poets came together to do a benefit reading to raise money for MECA to send aid to [...]
A West Bank water crisis for Palestinians only
By Stephanie Westbrook
Qarawat Bani Zeid is a small Palestinian town of 3,500 north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. There are no Israeli settlements in the immediate vicinity. The route of Israel’s separation wall does not run through the area and Qarawat is in Area A — under the full control of the Palestinian Authority. And yet, Israel’s military occupation and discriminatory policies manage to cut into everyday life.
Israel has detained 10,000 Palestinian children since 2000
More than 10,000 Palestinian minors in the occupied West Bank and annexed Jerusalem have been held by the Israeli army for varying periods since 2000, a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official said Wednesday, adding that 20 percent of those detained since June of this year are minors.