East Jerusalem’s Children Under Occupation and Apartheid

This report documents how Palestinian children in East Jerusalem are growing up in a militarized environment marked by home demolitions, forced displacement, arbitrary arrests, and systemic discrimination. It combines updated data on killings, detentions, and demolitions with powerful first-hand testimonies from children who describe night raids, torture-like interrogations, loss of family members, and the destruction of their homes. The report also explains the international legal framework that should protect these children, and details how Israeli policies violate international humanitarian and human rights law. It concludes with concrete advocacy recommendations to governments, UN bodies, donors, and civil society to ensure protection, accountability, and psychosocial support for East Jerusalem’s children.