For me, the most spectacular thing about Zionist hasbara has been how they’ve managed to convince most Americans that Palestinian parents “don’t care about their children,” “send them out to blow themselves up,” and “celebrate the martyrdom of their children.” They’ve even created a word for any expression of emotion that Palestinians express: “Pallywood Production.” This hatred that Palestinian parents supposedly have for their children is quite effective propaganda actually. It plays a large role in most Americans justifying or ignoring the slaughter of Palestinians with their tax dollars. You see, if Palestinian parents hate their children, then they aren’t really human and if they aren’t really human, then it’s OK to kill them.
When the media began covering the Gaza zoo, which is the only to boast of a zebra which is actually a donkey with stripes painted on, everyone thought it was such a funny story. I didn’t, it was a very emotional one for me. To see the parents banding together to bring some happiness to their children’s lives, an attempt to normalize something amid the inhumane siege on Gaza.
In fact nothing that Palestinian parents are accused of doing can compare with the systematic abuse of Palestinian children by Israelis. Tens of thousands of Palestinian children are deprived of an education in Gaza because of Israeli policies. In the West Bank countless roadblocks, literally, prevent children from normal access to education. Soldiers routinely invade Palestinian schools in the West Bank and drag children out of their classes and into a horrific web of administrative detention that can drag on for months and years. And when idle minds turn to militancy and rocks, Palestinian parents are accused of not loving their children.
According to the Defense of Children International (DCI), the Israelis are accelerating the rate at which they arrest young children. Young Palestinian children, held by an illegal military regime. The report also says:
The [DCI] said, based on the testimonies of some children who were released from detention, Israeli police treated minors poorly and physically and morally tortured them to force out confessions. The use of violence when arresting children in front of their families with the use of beatings and intimidation with dogs could be a blatant expression to perpetuate the use of violence against children, the [DCI] noted.
The [DCI] also highlighted recent decisions issued by Israeli courts sentencing children to be expelled from their homes.
That wasn’t the only news I came across today which highlights the systematic abuse of Palestinian children by Israelis.
A 12 year old boy was taken into custody this morning after he was identified in a video in which he was struck down by a settler’s car. The settler has not been arrested.
