When Children Become the Target

The genocide of Palestinian children is being perpetrated by those who say they are the progeny of Holocaust victims

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When Children Become the Target

The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory has concluded that children themselves have become deliberate targets of Israeli military policy.

When the Children Become the Target

On June 23, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel released one of the most devastating reports ever produced by a UN investigative body on the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Its title is almost unbearable to read: The Essence of Childhood Has Been Destroyed. Behind the [...]

Vijay Prashad - Gaza: When the Children Become the Target

History remembers those who committed atrocities. It also remembers those who looked away. Vijay Prashad is the Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. His most recent book (with Grieve Chelwa) is How the International Monetary Fund Suffocates Africa (from Inkani Books). Cross-posted from Counterpunch A 6 ⁄ 16 More details A wounded Palestinian infant at Al-Shifa Hospital, October 2023. Photo: Palestinian News & Information Ag…

The Ceasefire in Gaza: A Deadly Illusion

By Somar Wijayadasa* NEW YORK | 30 June 2026 (IDN) — The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has described the ongoing ceasefire in Gaza as a “cruel and deadly illusion” as Israel continues to attack the besieged enclave. “During a period supposedly defined by restraint and protection, a child has been killed, on average, every single day for more than eight months,” said UNICEF’s Children’s spokesperson James Elder. “That is an absurd and d…