Week 14: Minors in Military Courts Online Gathering

We learned how Palestinian children are a target of the occupation and, in the words of Al-Haq, part of the psychological warfare “utilized by Israel to constantly remind the Palestinian population that it is subjugated and occupied.” Our guest was Gerard Horton, co-director of Military Court Watch.

More about our guests:

Gerard Horton is a lawyer and co-founder of Military Court Watch. He has worked on the issue of children detained by the Israeli military and prosecuted in military courts for more than a decade, prior to which he practiced as a barrister at the Sydney Bar specialising in commercial and criminal cases.

Links from the Presentation/Chat:

• You can find Military Court Watch on their website at http://www.militarycourtwatch.org. They are on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MCourtWatch. 
• Yesh Din is at https://www.yesh-din.org/en/ 
• I highly recommend the documentary Objector, which is about one movement attempting to oppose this system: Israeli teens refusing to serve in the military. The film can be rent or bought worldwide at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/objector/.