B’nai B’rith Canada issued a petition on Feb. 18 calling for the Canadian government to denounce Palestinian terrorists for using child soldiers.
The petition singled out Fatah, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine for the practice, noting that around 10,000 minors receive training for terrorism in camps in the Gaza Strip annually.
“Children have been used in violent riots and as human shields,” the petition states. “Many have been recruited into terrorist activity, sent to stab people in the streets or used as suicide bombers. Still others are sent to work in attack tunnels, digging in unsafe conditions. At least nine have died in collapsing tunnels.”
The petition added that world leaders garner enough attention to raise awareness on the matter and pressure Palestinian terror groups to end the practice.
“We, the undersigned, ask that you take a strong stand in opposing the usage and exploitation of child soldiers around the world — including by Palestinian terrorist and militant groups,” the petition concluded.
According to The Jerusalem Post, the Coalition to Save Palestinian Child Soldiers has been hosting a Solidarity Week that started on Feb. 18 and ends Feb. 21 to raise awareness on the matter, and has been sending letters similar to the B’nai B’rith Canada letter to members of Congress and European parliaments.
In August, NGO Monitor released a video showing five children wearing Palestinian Islamic Jihad gear staging a mock terrorist attack at an Israeli outpost during a March kindergarten graduation at a Gaza school. The school, Dar al-Huda, held similar mock terror attacks in 2016 and 2017.
This is what blind hate and incitement look like!
Palestinian children dress as terrorists and put on a play about attacking #Israelis.Video : NGO Monitor pic.twitter.com/DeAodocfcd
— StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) August 29, 2019
