{"id":7007,"date":"2020-07-11T10:50:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T07:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcdcr.org\/?p=7007"},"modified":"2026-09-22T17:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T14:08:32","slug":"%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%b1-%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%b2-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%b7%d9%8a%d9%86%d9%8a-%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcdcr.org\/en\/%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%b1-%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%b2-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%b7%d9%8a%d9%86%d9%8a-%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by the Palestinian Center: protecting children is everyone's responsibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kchcpo88-8beceb908073ff393ca011c7e1331c4e\">\n.avia-image-container.av-kchcpo88-8beceb908073ff393ca011c7e1331c4e img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-kchcpo88-8beceb908073ff393ca011c7e1331c4e .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-kchcpo88-8beceb908073ff393ca011c7e1331c4e av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-7008 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-7008 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/pcdcr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Z1.jpg\" alt='' title='Z1'  height=\"761\" width=\"775\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcdcr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Z1.jpg 775w, https:\/\/pcdcr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Z1-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pcdcr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Z1-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/pcdcr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Z1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/pcdcr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Z1-705x692.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kchcq6oe-77351c137db3fde2af7765a4342d2601'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>It was with deep sorrow and sadness that we received news of the brutal killing of the child Amal Al-Jamali after she was severely beaten by her father yesterday in Gaza, which led to her death without mercy or compassion.<\/p>\n<p>At the Palestinian Center, viewing with grave concern the recent increase in incidents of violence against children and women, we call on those responsible to:<\/p>\n<p>Review the laws regulating child custody and visitation and the family law in order to protect children, along with all policies and circulars issued by the Higher Sharia Judicial Council, in a way that guarantees the best interests of the child and genuine protection.<\/p>\n<p>Review the procedures of the judicial police and police stations when receiving complaints about violations against children, violence against them, and denying them access to one of their parents.<\/p>\n<p>The Legislative Council must enact deterrent laws against those who commit crimes against children, whatever their relationship to them, and increase the penalties against such offenders.<\/p>\n<p>We call on the Ministry of Social Development to expedite the provision of a safe house for child victims of violence, and we call on international and national organisations to cooperate and intensify efforts for genuine child protection, away from slogans and conventional, ineffective activities that have failed to provide a minimum of protection for children from any violence or abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we call on everyone to move beyond condemnation and denunciation of this painful incident towards practical action to adopt a comprehensive national plan in which all child-justice actors cooperate, foremost among them the Ministry of Social Development, the judiciary, the Public Prosecution, the police, international and national organisations and reconciliation committees, in order to reduce violations against children and women's rights and to ensure genuine protection for children and women from violence and abuse, away from formalities and appearances. At the Palestinian Center we express our full readiness to take the initiative and to cooperate with any party in order to press for the adoption of these policies and procedures, which would help reduce violence against children and women.<\/p>\n<p>Our children and our women deserve a better life, and they deserve our cooperation, solidarity and work for their rights and for justice and protection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Palestinian Center for Democracy and Conflict Resolution<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Gaza, 10 July 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was with deep sorrow and sadness that we received news of the brutal killing of the child Amal Al-Jamali after she was severely beaten by her father yesterday in Gaza, which led to her death without mercy or compassion. 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