Chapter 9
Occupation and its Ugly Face
Refugees have claimed that Serb forces have been systematically separating 'military aged' ethnic Albanian men - those ranging from as young as age 14 up to 59 years old - from the population as they expel the Kosovar Albanians from their homes. The Serbs use the FerroNickel factory in Glogovac as a detention centre for a large number of Kosovar Albanians. State Department Report on Kosovo 1999 The order is to take captive any suspicious Arab of military age, between the ages of 10 and 50. IDF Orders, IDF Archives, 5943/49/114, 13 April 1948 General Orders for how to treat POWs. Since the beginning ofthe Intifada in September 2000 over 2,500 children have been arrested. Currently there are at least 340 Palestinian children being held in Israeli prisons. The People's Voice, 15 December 2005 Since 1967, Israel has detained 670,000 Palestinians. Official Declaration by the Arab League, 9 January 2006 A Child: Every human being under the age of 18. The Convention on the Rights of the Child. UN Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty.