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Filed under: Health & Safety: Babies, Development/Milestones: Babies
A recent study from Queen's University in Canada found that 98 % of Gaza's children have experienced or witnessed warm trauma. Most children in the Gaza Strip have been tear gassed, have had their homes searched and damaged, and have witnessed shooting, fighting and explosions. Many have been injured or tortured as a result of chronic war that spans generations. According to the study, a child in Gaza who has had a severe head injury has 4 times the risk of emotional disorder. A child who has been severely beaten has 3.9 times the risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. A child who has witnessed friends injured or killed has 13 times the risk of post traumatic stress disorder. A child in a refugee camp has 5 times a greater chance of witnessing traumatic events and 4 times a greater chance of direct physical trauma. Children comprise 47 %of Gaza's population and are extremely vulnerable. The conclusion was that the international community is neglecting these youngsters, that somehow Palestinian children don't deserve the protections guaranteed under the Geneva Convention and humanitarian law. Somehow, the leaders of countries must remember that where we drop our bombs, plant our land mines, and aim our guns, is where children are born, play, and go to school. Regardless of whatever political persuasion you may have, I'm certain you cringe like I do when you see a mother rock a dead child in her arms. This shouldn't happen to babies, but it always has. It doesn't have to be this way, does it?
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8-05-2006 @ 8:35PM
Goldie said...You can read about the children of Israel here
http://israelnorthblog.livejournal.com/
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8-05-2006 @ 10:16PM
anne said...Heather,
I find it interesting that you site palestinian children as being targeted and brutalized. If you are concerned about children perhaps you should take a closer look at both sides of this issue before playing on peoples sympathies.
I agree that children are affected by their surroundings, but what is critical to understand is that both in gaza where hamas, a terrorist orginazation, is elected into office and in lebanon where hizbollah is supported by the gov't, it is these terrorists that are causing the problem.
these children are put at risk by their own parents!! sometimes being used as human sheilds, other times being housed in buildings that contain arsenals of weapons. these children are used as political pawns in order to prey on the sympathies of decent human beings.
I find it horrific that any sane person would do that to a child.
I find it even MORE horrific that these terrorists fire rockets, plant bombs and abduct and brutally murder israeli children and civilians and expect to get away with it.
there is a big moral difference here. when israel goes after known terrorists and those same terrorists put children in harms way, they are the ones choosing to end this child's life (don't forget about the thousands of palestinian children who are taught in school that to be a suicide bomber is an honor). when an innocent israeli child boards a school bus and is murdered - for no other reason than to provoke terror- that is disgusting.
I am not using this forum as a political platform but rather to draw attention to the fact that by directing your sympathies to these children you are falling for exactly what they want you to think. BUT IT IS NOT TRUE. Israelis would never harm children purposefully, for hamas and hizbollah-that is their mission.
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8-06-2006 @ 7:23AM
Amanda said...No, it doesn't have to be this way. Iraqi children, Afghani children, Palestinian children, Lebanese children, Israeli children...the world's most defenseless citizens bear the brunt of military aggression.
Children and war don't mix. Period.
Vote peace!
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