Today, November 20th, marks World Children's Day, an annual occasion to emphasize the rights of children worldwide. This day comes at a time when Palestinian childhood is living through tragic circumstances, with the ongoing Israeli occupation systematically destroying childhood in the occupied Palestinian territories. Palestinian children suffer from continuous crimes committed by the occupation, facing killing, arrest, and abuse, under a repressive policy that targets Palestinians in various locations and across different groups, especially children.

Ramallah – Addameer: Amid an unprecedented escalation in Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and an ongoing campaign of genocide persisting for over a year, Israeli occupation authorities continue to enforce systematic repressive policies against Palestinians wherever they are. The occupation forces have been conducting the largest and most extensive arrest campaigns in decades, detaining tens of thousands of Palestinian citizens. In addition to this intense crackdown, prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons face brutal treatment,

November 2 marks the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. On this occasion, Addameer sheds light on the suffering of journalists in the occupied Palestinian territories. For decades, Palestinian journalists have faced various forms of violations, including arrest, mistreatment, beatings, and ongoing harassment, even to the extent of being targeted with deadly force. 

While Israel continues its relentless genocidal campaign in Gaza for the 385th day—marked by mass killings, forced displacement, widespread destruction, enforced disappearance, torture, and starvation— it, with backing from Western allies, has escalated its targeted attacks and smear campaign against Francesca Albanese, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Huma