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<p>As I made clear on 6 January during a Westminster Hall debate, the UK remains concerned
about the detention of Palestinian children in Israeli prisons.</p><p>On 23 November
2015, officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv raised our concerns about the treatment
of Palestinian minors in Israeli military detention with the Israeli Chief Military
Prosecutor. We welcome recent improvements made by the Israeli authorities, including
increasing the age of majority from 16 to 18 years old. However, we remain concerned
at the number of Palestinian minors held in Israeli detention. We will also fund another
visit of the delegation who authored the independent report on Children in Military
Custody in February to report on further progress.</p><p>We continue to push for further
measures to ensure that international standards are upheld in regards to the treatment
of Palestinian children detained.</p>
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