Israel kills Palestinian children, never blacklisted by the UN

The Israeli regime has never been on the UN shame list for killing children.Human Rights Watch welcomed the UN's decision to appoint Russian forces, but criticized the UN chief's decision to exclude Israel from the shame list, saying he "failed Palestinian children again."

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has denounced the United Nations for keeping Israel's name off its annual list of child killers. BDS is a global campaign to put political and economic pressure on Israel with three goals: to end Israeli occupation and colonization of Palestinian lands; recognize the fundamental rights of Palestinians. The BDS National Committee (BNC) issued the rebuke on Tuesday after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ignored calls from several human rights groups and refused to add the Israeli army to the 'shame list' of the forces endangering children in "armed conflict". " ", reported the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. According to the BNC, at least 42 Palestinian children were killed and 933 injured by Israeli forces in 2022 in the occupied West Bank alone, marking a 15-year high.

Israel's apartheid regime, despite the worst violations committed against Palestinians especially Palestinian children, has once again been excluded from the UN list", continues the WAFA accusing the United Nations of practicing "blatant colonial hypocrisy". Zionist entity. "Israeli occupation forces have killed at least 31 Palestinian children so far this year," notes the BNC. "How many more will Israel kill with impunity before the UN ends its racist double standards and holds Israel accountable?" he asked, adding, "We reiterate our call for targeted legal sanctions against Israel, including an immediate and comprehensive military embargo."

The United Nations has placed Russia's military and allied armed groups on its 'shame list' for killing and maiming hundreds of children in the war against Ukraine, but Israeli forces have been excluded from the list despite the killing of more than 40 Palestinian children last year, according to reports. Human rights organizations had repeatedly called for Israel to be added to the United Nations blacklist for killing and maiming Palestinian children in the West Bank. Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour on Thursday called UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' decision to exclude Israel from the shame list a "big mistake".

In the UN's annual report on the treatment of children in conflict zones, distributed to members of the UN Security Council on Thursday, Guterres said he was "shocked by the high number of serious violations against children in Ukraine" in 2022.

According to news organizations that had seen a copy of the report, 477 children were reportedly killed in Ukraine last year, including 136 deaths attributed directly to Russian forces and affiliated groups. The Ukrainian military was responsible for killing 80 children, according to the report. Of the remaining child victims, neither warring side could be blamed with certainty. Children have mostly been killed by airstrikes, the UN report says. The United Nations also verified that Russian forces and affiliated groups maimed 518 children in Ukraine and carried out 480 attacks on schools and hospitals. The Russian military has also used 91 children as human shields, according to the report. The Ukrainian armed forces have mutilated 175 children and carried out 212 attacks on schools and hospitals. The forces of Ukraine have not been included in the list. The UN chief said in the report that he was "deeply concerned" about the number of Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces in 2022. According to the report, 42 Palestinian children were killed and 933 injured in 2022 by Israeli forces. In 2021, Israeli forces killed 78 Palestinian children.