ComradeChe
3rd November 2012, 22:10
This illustration is the eighth in a series of infographics on Palestinian civilian life under occupation.
http://972mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/twokidsweb.jpg
The different legal systems under which Israelis and Palestinians are tried apply to children as well. As +972 has consistently documented, Palestinian children arrested by the army are treated by the military court system as “potential terrorists (http://972mag.com/report-by-british-jurists-reminds-of-the-horrors-of-israeli-child-detention/49643/).” The visual below demonstrates what would happen should two 12-year-old boys, one Israeli and one Palestinian, get arrested for fighting. One would swiftly be brought before a judge, given access to a lawyer, tried and spared jail time. The other could face two years in jail without trial.
http://972mag.com/visualizing-occupation-children-under-israels-legal-regime/58973/
http://972mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/twokidsweb.jpg
The different legal systems under which Israelis and Palestinians are tried apply to children as well. As +972 has consistently documented, Palestinian children arrested by the army are treated by the military court system as “potential terrorists (http://972mag.com/report-by-british-jurists-reminds-of-the-horrors-of-israeli-child-detention/49643/).” The visual below demonstrates what would happen should two 12-year-old boys, one Israeli and one Palestinian, get arrested for fighting. One would swiftly be brought before a judge, given access to a lawyer, tried and spared jail time. The other could face two years in jail without trial.
http://972mag.com/visualizing-occupation-children-under-israels-legal-regime/58973/