'The clear message here is that Israel may target Palestinian children as it pleases, as there will be no legal, political, or moral accountability for its actions.'
and torture by Israeli forces, Manasra is now 20 years old. His case is a representation of Israel's overall inhumane treatment of Palestinian children.
The experts' statement was forceful and heartfelt. It accused Israel of depriving young Manasra"of his childhood, family environment, protection and all the rights he should have been guaranteed as a child." It referred to the case as 'haunting', considering Manasra's"deteriorating mental conditions". The statement went further, declaring that"this case ... is a stain on all of us as part of the international human rights community.
Though the deliberate harming of a single child is regrettable regardless of the circumstances or the perpetrator, it is mind-boggling that the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres found it appropriate to equate the systematic violations carried out by the Israeli military as a matter of course and the 9 Israeli minors harmed by Palestinian armed groups, whether intentionally or not.
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