Palestine

Turmoil in the Middle East Rise as Israel and Palestine Can’t Find Common Ground

By Amzad Ali, age 16 and IndyKids Staff “Stop the fire immediately. We’re escalating towards a full scale war,” Tor Wennesland, United Nations Middle East envoy, said in a tweet on Tuesday, May 18. In the past few weeks, tension has reached new levels in the ongoing conflict between Palestine and Israel.  The recent violence …

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“My Camera Is a Weapon,” IndyKids Reporter Meets 13-year-old Palestinian Journalist Janna Jihad

By Lanyie Rhodes, age 13 Janna Tamimi, also known as Janna Jihad, is a 13-year-old Palestinian girl who is a reporter from the small town of Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank. She started reporting as a journalist when she was 7 years old, after her friend and uncle were killed by Israeli soldiers. …

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Childhood Under Attack in Gaza

On August 15, 2014, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimated that Israel’s attack of the Gaza strip that began on July 8 killed 1,999 Palestinians, including 1,434 civilians (72 percent), of whom 467 are children (23 percent).

Women's Rights Today

Women around the world have made huge gains in terms of equality, but women still face many struggles every day. Here are some examples of current events that are happening in women’s rights.