Today
They Took
My Son
A homage to all Palestinian mothers who have had their children taken from them by an occupying colonial force that goes by the name "Israel".
Content derived from and inspired by the short film Today They Took My Son by Farah Nabulsi.
The Apartheid State
Kidnapped And Held Hostage
Read more reports from B'tselem , Aljazeera (2021)or [ar] Wafa Info Agency
Between and
Children
Palestinians
Women
Were imprisoned, kidnapped or held hostage by The Apartheid State.
Since Oct 7 alone
Palestinians Imprisoned by night raids all around the West Bank. Many women & children.
FREED Palestinian Children & Women
Freed in a captive exchange deal
Palestinians executed in The Apartheid State dungeons. With clear signs of torture and abuse.
Administrative Detention
Administrative detention is a procedure that allows the "Israeli" occupying military forces to hold prisoners indefinitely on secret information without charging them or allowing them to stand trial.
Child Imprisonment
Every year, The Apartheid State forces kidnaps, detains, interrogate, prosecute, and imprison between 500-700 Palestinian children aged 12-17. Most are never formally accused or charged, with the primary suspected offense being “stone-throwing”.
This is the only state that prosecute children in military courts.
40% of the children are raped in custody, and almost 100% are tortured.
Medical Treatment Denied
The Apartheid state regularly deny prisoners critical medical treatment.
Torture, Starvation and Inhumane Conditions
Torture, Starvation and Inhumane Conditions
Denied Right to Education
The Apartheid State regularly denies students to participate in tests.
Clips to Share
Here are 1-mins clips we have created for you to share on your social profiles. These clips are broken from the full film above, subtitles added and exported for different sizes.
Today
They Took
My Son
They
Who Have
Taken
Everything Else
What could I do with the broken pieces of me now without him?
How does the body recover from the crushing of lungs?
I know the earth will keep spinning around my ache. Ignorant of all that has now changed in my world.
"He threw stones "
They Accused!
So What!
Did they assume he would remain silent in the face of this injustice that screams!?
Stones or no stones.
They take them.
Usually at night, when no one is around to see.
The body refuses to hear what it has always feared.
The senses depart. The crumbling of interiors, torn at the seams.
What Threats will
They Make
To Haunt Him?
What they rob from him I cannot give back, nor kiss away?
How will he sleep, my son?
How will he rest?
Of what will he dream?
Exhausted
Broken
Deliberately
Irrevocably
Broken.
Old.
They Will
Age Him.
They will use him, to break us all.
"He was calm" people comforted.
"Strong!" another confirmed.
Like his father before him.
"No! he wet himself!" Laila cried!
"He hasn't done that since he was two!"
"He cried for you!" they said.
YAMMAAAAAAAAAAA
"He cried for you."
They Said
YAMMAAAAAAAAAAA
Me?
Perhaps he thought I could stop this?
Me?
A citizen of the helpless. With no fair system to right this wrong?
A mother of children robbed of their childhood.
With no helping hand, to stand up from this dust and darkness
When will he come back?
Will he come back?
What shall we tell him of the world, when he does?
Every 12 hours,
a Palestinian child is
detained
"Cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment or punishment of Palestinian children in the Israeli military detention system appears to be wide-spread, systematic and institutionalized".
".. arrests of children at their homes between midnight and 5am by heavily armed soldiers….blindfolding the children and tying their hands...physical and verbal abuse during transfer to an interrogation site...lack of access to water, food, toilet facilities and medical care...interrogation using physical violence and threats...coerced confessions...lack of access to lawyers or family.…"
- UNICEF Report, Children in Israeli Military Detention, February 2013