Report: Israeli police and army brutality against Palestinian children in Jerusalem

IMEMC- Caution: Children Ahead - The Illegal Behavior of the Police toward Minors in Silwan Suspected of Stone Throwing... This is a report by the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B'Tselem).

An investigation conducted by B'Tselem shows that, during the past year (November 2009 to October 2010), at least 81 minors from Silwan have been arrested or detained for questioning, the vast majority on suspicion of stone throwing. The arrests and detentions followed confrontations between Palestinians and settlers in the neighborhood, where there is great tension resulting from the taking of control of houses and archeological sites by settlers. Read more