critical Israelis in the Netherlands
During a solidarity gathering for Israel in Amsterdam, organized by the Dutch pro-Israel lobby organization CIDI, members of gate48 were present protesting the gathering and showing the human price of the attacks. …read more ›
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We, members of gate48, a platform for critical Israelis living in the Netherlands, follow the escalating violence and unnecessary loss of life in Israel/Palestine with grave pain and concern. Israel has the right to protect its people, but bombing a…read more ›
Letter send to the foreign affairs minister by the coalition of Palestinian children in Israeli detention calling for an international investigation in the case of the killing of two Palestinian boys on the 15th of May 2014.
Minister Frans Timmermans published his reaction to the questions asked in Foreign Affairs committee of the parliament in regard to the Military Court Watch report ‘The UNICEF Report – One year on’. In his answer minister Timmermans said that despite…read more ›
Palestinian children and military detention. A new report of a Dutch multidisciplinary group of experts on the practice and impact of arrest, interrogation, detention and adjudication of Palestinian children by Israeli military authorities was presented on Thursday 17 April at…read more ›
One year ago UNICEF published the report – Children in Israeli Military Detention. Following a review of over 400 sworn testimonies and after consulting widely, UNICEF’s primary conclusion was that: “The ill-treatment of children who come in contact with the…read more ›
In the week of Wednesday, February 5, 2014 Salwa Duaibis of the Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling and Gerard Horton of Military Court Watch visited the Netherlands. They spoke at a public meeting in CREA, Amsterdam and at…read more ›
The answer of minister Timmermans to the parliament about the situation of Palestinian minors in Israeli detention and the concerns and involvement of the Dutch government in this issue
Following a review of Israel’s combined second, third and fourth periodic reports under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has published its Concluding Observations with recommendations, and…read more ›
Open letter to foreign minister Timmermans before his visit to Israel/Palestine