Watch: Palestinian children talk about their own arrests and detention
In 2013 MECA's partner Madaa Silwan Creative Center produced a video to raise awareness on arrest and detention of Palestinian children in East Jerusalem. Listen to the children from Silwan talking about their experiences of arrest and detention, the fear they live with, the rights and hope they continue to hold on to.
MECA’s 25th Anniversary Video
Learn about 25 years of resistance and humanitarian work conducted by the Middle East Children's Alliance. A video by S. Smith Patrick.
“We used to bring things from our home to make the food for the children. We feed them from our hearts.”
"We used to bring things from our home to make the food for the children. We feed them from our hearts." - Um Hassan in Masara Village. Check out our new video about an important project providing healthy, local food to kids in Masara Village!
One Palestinian child killed every 3 days by Israel for 13 years: statistics
"The International Day for the Protection of Children is on June 1," said a spokesman, "but Palestinian children are still subject to attacks by the Israelis and Jewish settlers on an almost daily basis."
Palestinian Children Killed By Israeli Forces Since 2000: 1,397
An Israeli government report released on May 19 claims Israeli occupation forces did not kill 12-year-old Muhammad Al-Durra and that he may not be dead at all. Credible human rights organizations disagree. Jamal Al-Durra, Muhammad's father, responded: "Israel says my son isn't dead. Can you imagine how this feels for a father who has lost his child? They have all the technology tools in the world. He's not dead? Then bring him to me."
View Photos from MECA’s 25th Anniversary
Click on the image below to view the slideshow. Most photos taken by Smith Patrick
Children’s Festival of Stories & Strange Creatures
As part of the sixth annual Palestine Festival of Literature, the Palestine Writing Workshop will run a “FESTIVAL OF STORIES AND STRANGE CREATURES”—with storytelling, crafts, activities and performances for families with children in Palestine.
Infographic Marks 65 Years of Nakba
May 15th marks the 65th anniversary of the Nakba - when 750,000 Palestinians were displaced from the territory that became Israel. In 1948, more than 50% of the entire Palestinian population was ethnically cleansed. In commemoration of the Nakba, and the displacement that continues today, Visualizing Palestine released 'An Ongoing Displacement'. The new visual quantitatively catalogues the multiple dimensions of Palestinian displacement and loss of land.
Click the image below for a larger image to print and share!
25 Years of MECA, 65 Years of Nakba
By Ziad Abbas and Nadia Barhoum
