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Stolen Youth: The Politics of Israel´s Detention of Palestinian Children
Catherine Cook
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Description for Stolen Youth: The Politics of Israel´s Detention of Palestinian Children
Paperback. First in-depth account of how Israel imprisons Palestinian children, which is part of an overall strategy of political domination. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSP1; JKVP1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Stolen Youth is the first book to explore Israel's incarceration of Palestinian children. Based on first-hand information from international human rights groups and NGO workers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, it also features interviews with children who have been imprisoned. The result is a disturbing and often shocking account of the abuses that are being carried out by Israel.
The book presents a critical analysis of the international legal framework and the UN system, arguing that a major failure of these instuitutions is their appeal to neutrality while ignoring the reality of power. The book ... Read more
Stolen Youth is the first book to explore Israel's incarceration of Palestinian children. Based on first-hand information from international human rights groups and NGO workers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, it also features interviews with children who have been imprisoned. The result is a disturbing and often shocking account of the abuses that are being carried out by Israel.
The book presents a critical analysis of the international legal framework and the UN system, arguing that a major failure of these instuitutions is their appeal to neutrality while ignoring the reality of power. The book ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745321615
SKU
V9780745321615
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About Catherine Cook
Catherine Cook is Senior Analyst and Media Coordinator for the Middle East Research and Information Project. She is the former DCI/PS International Advocacy Coordinator (1999-2002). Adam Hanieh is Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He is editor of Transit States (Pluto, 2014), author of Capitalism and ... Read more
Reviews for Stolen Youth: The Politics of Israel´s Detention of Palestinian Children
'A remarkable testament of how evil can become routinised, and of the impact of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on one of the most vulnerable segments of Palestinian society'
Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies, Middle East Institute, Columbia University 'No other book has concentrated so clearly on the issue of Palestinian children in this context and it provides ... Read more
Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies, Middle East Institute, Columbia University 'No other book has concentrated so clearly on the issue of Palestinian children in this context and it provides ... Read more