[ [link removed] ]Photo of Palestinian children behind a gate with Israeli soldiers
standing guard
John,
Thirteen-year-old Muhammad Shadi Sa'adi was leaving a friend’s funeral
when undercover police kidnapped, blindfolded, beat him, then threw him in
prison.
Right now 85 Palestinian children and youth, just like Muhammad, are being
held for crimes they didn't commit.
It’s all part of a deliberate Israeli campaign to terrorize Palestinian
families. These children’s parents know the only way to bring their
children home is to hire legal counsel to fight these bogus charges in
court, but they don't have the funds to cover the costs. So they've asked
for our help.
If enough of us chip in, we can work alongside Palestinian youth
organization Baladna to urgently hire lawyers to free kids like Muhammad
who’ve been locked up. Can you donate just a small amount to help set
these kids free, and continue the fight for justice for Palestine?
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The trauma is unimaginable. First, Muhammad watched his friend be murdered
by police. Then, he was attacked on the street, blindfolded, and pushed
into a car. For three hours they kept him blindfolded, shouting death
threats and holding him at gunpoint.
The 85 other children in jail are all citizens of Israel, but are
subjected to an entirely different legal system because they are
Palestinian. This is what Apartheid Israel means: over 60 laws that
discriminate against Palestinian citizens alone.
Sadly, this is nothing new. Israel has been putting Palestinian children
and youth in jail for 70 years, but since mass protests erupted across
Palestine months ago, more and more children are paying a brutal price.
But now there’s a way we can fight back against this unjust system.
Israel knows that legal costs are expensive and that these families can’t
afford the lawyers needed to get their children out of jail. That’s why
these terrified families desperately need our help. Can you chip in?
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Behind bars is no place for a child. But if we raise enough, we can give
these children a fighting chance, even in an apartheid system. And every
extra penny we raise will go to fighting for the rights of all
Palestinians.
Thanks for all that you do,
Alys and the SumOfUs team
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More information:
[ [link removed] ]Video shows Israeli troops detaining Palestinian children. Associated
Press. 11 March 2021.
[ [link removed] ]‘Terrorising a generation’: Israel arresting Palestinian children. Al
Jazeera. 28 May 2021.
[ [link removed] ]Baladna - homepage (in Arabic)
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