The Politics of Unchilding and Youth Incarceration in Palestine: An Abolitionist Approach with Dr. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian

<p>David Lloyd speaks with Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, speaking to us from colonized East Jerusalem, a city occupied by Israel as part of its ongoing war of expansion against the Palestinian people. We focus &nbsp;in particular on the case of Ahmad Manasra, a Palestinian child arrested at the age of 13, tortured physically and mentally, and held in solitary confinement. He has been held for six years in violation of every convention on the rights of the child and a campaign to secure his release has been launched. <strong>Please help to spread the word about Ahmad Manasra: </strong><a href="https://www.pgmhn.org/statements/freedom-for-ahmad-manasra" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.pgmhn.org/statements/freedom-for-ahmad-manasra</strong></a></p> <p><strong>And please sign the petition to free Ahmad here:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://chng.it/8mXSTSj5" target="_blank"><strong>https://chng.it/8mXSTSj5</strong></a></p> <p>As war rages in Ukraine and the Western press excoriates Russia for its war crimes, including the seizure of territory by force, attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, and the killing of children, an increasing number of commentators have begun to note the&nbsp;<a href="https://jewishcurrents.org/justifications-for-destroying-a-people" target="_blank">extraordinary hypocrisy</a>&nbsp;of United States' responses. The Biden administration’s loud condemnation and energetic boycott of Russia comes at the same moment as its renewed support of Israel’s military and the ongoing occupation,&nbsp;<a href="https://mondoweiss.net/2022/03/white-house-says-ukrainians-have-right-to-resist-while-congress-moves-to-send-israel-4-8-billion-in-military-aid/" target="_blank">to the tune of $4.8 billion</a>, Israel’s successive campaigns against Gaza have relentlessly destroyed its civilian infrastructure, including schools, hospitals, electricity and sewage treatment plants—and have done so explicitly under the notorious&nbsp;<a href="https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/186668/en" target="