Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act

Ban U.S. Aid for Palestinian Abuses

If enacted, this bill would bar any U.S. funds authorized for assistance to the Government of Israel from being obligated or spent to support specified practices. It would prohibit using those funds for detention, interrogation, abuse, or ill treatment of Palestinian children, including torture, physical violence, hooding or sensory deprivation, incommunicado or solitary confinement, administrative or arbitrary detention, denial of access to parents or lawyers, and forced confessions. It would also bar funds used for seizure, appropriation, or destruction of Palestinian property or forcible transfer of civilians in the West Bank. The bill would further bar funds used to deploy or support personnel, training, weapons, equipment, logistics, transportation, or other activities that facilitate unilateral annexation of West Bank territory. The prohibition would apply notwithstanding any other law and would take effect upon enactment.