Initiated by: Linda Taffs from Victoria, British Columbia
Whereas:
UNICEF on May 12, 2026, described as “intolerable” the price being paid by West Bank/East Jerusalem children for escalating Israeli militarised operations and settler attacks, noting: the number of Palestinian children killed (on average at least one every week from January 2025 to May 2026), the number of Palestinian West Bank children held in military detention for alleged security offences is the highest in 8 years (more than half – 180 – under administrative detention without procedural safeguards), that West Bank/East Jerusalem children are routinely cut off from schools, hospitals and other essential services
Israel is blocking agencies that work to protect Palestinian children, including by designating Defense for Children International – Palestine terrorists on October 19, 2021, banning UNRWA from operating in Israel and East Jerusalem on October 28, 2024, and preventing the International Committee of the Red Cross from visiting Palestinian security detainees in Israeli prisons since October 7, 2023
The 2024 International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion stated Israel’s continued occupation is illegal.
History:
Open for signature: July 13, 2026
Closed for signature: October 11, 2026
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