Australian lawmakers urge end to Israeli abuses of Palestinian children

‘One in five members of Australia’s parliament is calling on Israel to end its systematic abuses of Palestinian children.
“Israel is the only country in the world that automatically prosecutes children in military courts. And only Palestinian children,” dozens of members of the Australian house of representatives and senate say in a letter released by the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network on Monday.
“Up to 700 Palestinian children are arrested each year by the Israeli military, and this number is increasing,” the 49 lawmakers add, citing United Nations reports that ill-treatment of Palestinian children is “widespread, systematic and institutionalized.”’
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