   
Defending Palestinian children: An interview with the president of the executive council of Defence for Children International (DCI)
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 9 June 2010
Almost 700 children are detained each year under the Israeli military court system. Some children are as young as 12 years old. These school-aged children, the majority of whom were charged with stone throwing, are severely abused in the Israeli prison system. 
Shin Bet recruiters enticing Palestinian medical students with Jerusalem entry permits
Amira Hass, Haaretz, 12 March 2010
The Shin Bet security service is trying to force Palestinian students to spy and report on other students' activities as a condition for renewing their Jerusalem entry permits. Two Al-Quds University students who refused were effectively prevented from continuing their medical training.
Detention of young children up 74%
Report, DCI-PS, 7 October 2009
According to the latest figures compiled by DCI-Palestine from sources including the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) and temporary Israeli army detention facilities, the number of Palestinian children detained in Israeli prisons and detention centres inside Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory at the end of September, was 326.
Palestinian child detainee figures remain high
DCI-PS, Report, 26 September 2009
According to the latest figures compiled by DCI-Palestine from sources including the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) and temporary Israeli army detention, the number of Palestinian children detained in Israeli prisons and detention centres inside Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory at the end of August, was 339.
New military order on juveniles issued in the West Bank
Report, DCI-PS, 25 August 2009
For the past 42 years, Palestinian children have been tried in the same military courts as adults, even though Israel is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child which promotes the establishment of specialised juvenile courts (see Article 40(3)). After years of criticism, most recently by the UN Committee Against Torture, the Israeli military commander has now acknowledged the requirement for a child specific jurisdiction with the issuance of Military Order 1644.
DCI-Palestine is of the view that children should not be tried in military courts with minimal fair trial guarantees and has a number of particular concerns regarding Military Order 1644 and the treatment of Palestinian children in the Israeli military legal system.
Arrest of Palestinian Students in Jayyus
Lara El-Jazairi, Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), 17 July 2009
Israeli forces entered the village of Jayyus (Qalqilya district) in the early hours of Wednesday morning and arrested three university students from their homes.
Israeli forces detain student from Nablus
Nablus, Ma'an , 28 June 2009
Israeli forces detained an An-Najah National University student on Sunday morning, after stopping his car for inspection.
Israeli troops take high school student from home in dawn raid
Tulkarem, Ma'an , 19 June 2009
Israeli troops detained a high school student taking his final exams from his home in Tulkarem and took him to unknown destination early Friday morning.
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