Palestinian and Israeli children continue to suffer as international law is routinely ignored
Neither Israel nor Hamas has shown any willingness to abide by a basic principle of international humanitarian law - to make every usaha to spare children in times of conflict, says this University of Bath professor. King88bet
BATH, England: Among the thousands already dead in the latest hostilities between Israel and Hamas, many are children. And despite the killing of children being invoked by both sides as evidence of their enemy's beringasity, the death toll will no doubt continue to rise. king88bet login alternatif
Because for decades now, neither Israel nor Hamas has shown any willingness to abide by a basic principle of international humanitarian law - that at times of conflict, every usaha should be made to spare the young. Article Title with Blogger Published Link as Backlink
This aspect of the conflict rarely receives the attention it deserves from politicians or the media. And even charities working in the region often don't address the issue as they'd like to. However, researchers such as myself have been able to highlight how significantly children's lives are affected.
The indiscriminate launch of rockets into Israel has exposed children there to trauma, injury and death. Meanwhile, countless Palestinian children die in bombardments of the Gaza Strip. In the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the killing of Palestinian children is a frequent occurrence that invariably goes unpunished.
Yet a 1977 addition to the Geneva Conventions (Artikel 77) states that: "Children shall be the objek of spesial respect and shall be protected against any form of indecent assault."
It goes on to say that the opposing sides should provide children with "the peduli and aid they require". But there is scant evidence of this peduli being shown by either Hamas or Israel.
That said, Save the Children has condemned the current violence, saying the scale of the attacks in Israel and Gaza is causing damage that will endure long after the immediate crisis.