Stop military detention of Palestinian children

Take action: Stand in solidarity with Palestinian children whose futures are threatened by arbitrary detention.   

Embrace's campaign ‘Childhood Behind Bars’, calls on the UK government to put pressure on Israel to end military child detention in the West Bank, and also address the root cause of it – the occupation. 

Our local partners in the West Bank work directly with child ex-detainees and witness first-hand the detrimental impact of child detention on the children, their families and wider society. The UK government must put pressure on Israel to stop the systematic detention of Palestinian children.  

No child should be arbitrarily detained and treated inhumanely. Together, we can take collective action to put an end to these practices. Will you join us? 

Your MP has the power to pressure the government for real change for Palestinian children.

Email your MP today:

Call on your MP to pressure the UK government to:

Urge Israel to end the practice of night arrests and the use of inhumane tactics against Palestinian children 

  • Call on Israel to immediately stop the unlawful transfer of Palestinian child detainees from the occupied West Bank to detention facilities inside Israel 

  • Enact legislation that bans trade with and investment in Israeli settlements in the West Bank 

Artwork by Palestinian artist Shatha Safi.

FIND OUT MORE - CHILDHOOD BEHIND BARS REPORT

Our report details Israel’s systematic detention of children in the West Bank, and the impact that it is having.