Tell your representative that taxpayer dollars should not be spent jailing and abusing Palestinian children.

Dear Friend,

I’m reaching out to you to see if you will ask your Congressional representative to cosponsor the Promoting Human Rights for Palestinian Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act (HR2407).

An estimated 10,000 Palestinian children have been detained by Israeli security forces and prosecuted in the Israeli court system since 2000. Independent human rights organizations have documented the abuse and, in some cases, torture these children have endured – including chokeholds, beatings and coercive interrogation techniques. Palestinian children are also held for extended periods of time without access to their parents or lawyers in military prisons, which lack fundamental fair trial rights. 

This important bill is needed to ensure that US taxpayer money is not used by Israel to commit human rights abuses against Palestinian children living under Israeli military occupation. It amends an existing human rights law known as the “Leahy Law” to specifically prohibit US funds from being used for the “military detention, interrogation, abuse, or ill-treatment” of children.

Join me in demanding that our government defend the rights of children, here and abroad, and protect them from systematic abuse and violence. Please encourage your member of Congress today to cosponsor HR2407!

In solidarity, Chung-Wha Hong Executive Director

P.S. US tax dollars should not fund torture and abuse of children. Speak out now to protect Palestinian children from ongoing abuse and inhumane treatment.