تأثير الحبس المنزلي على الأطفال الفلسطينيين في القدس // The Effect of House Arrest on Palestinian Children in Jerusalem

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.13169/bethunivj.34.2017.0033
• Published date: 01 January 2017
• Date: 01 January 2017
• Pages: 33-55
• Author: ناهدة العرجا

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TheEffectofHouseArrestonPalestinianChildreninJerusalem

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Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the psychological, social, and educational effects resulting

from the house arrest of Palestinian children in Jerusalem.An intentional random sample,

made up of 10 families from Jerusalem that have had a child under house arrest, was used;

content analysis of interviews with these families was utilized in this study. The results

revealed that the majority of children were apprehended from their homes and that they

were apprehended multiple times up to 13 times in one case. It was also found that most of

the children under house arrest suffer from psychological problems, including fear, anxiety,

despair, tension and nervousness; however,a few of the children reported being less afraid

than their mothers during the arrest. Most parents said that their children have been subjected

to multiple forms of physical and psychological torture in Israeli jails, half of the children had

been given medications for incontinence and nerve medications, even though the majority

of children have not been placed in solitary confinement while in detention. They were all

imprisoned in their own homes except for one child who was imprisoned in his grandmother’s

house. The children faced increased stress after the house arrest and had difficulty sleeping.

The study also showed the negative impact of house arrest on these children’s education.

Half of the children did very badly in their studies, and some even refused to go back to

school. The results also showed some change in their social life. It was found that more

than half of the children do not prefer to go to visit family, and also their relationship with

their friends became weaker after the arrest; it was also revealed that half of the children

prefer to go to their club and others prefer to stay at home and practice a particular hobby.

The study recommends offering special extension programs to the children who experience

or have experienced house arrest, especially through group counseling which aims at

reducing or treating the psychological problems that children with house arrests face such as

aggressiveness, fear, anxiety and introversion.

Key Words: House arrest, children, Jerusalem, Palestine

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