The adultification of Palestinian children has consequences and needs to stop | Arwa Mahdawi

Hind Rajab was six years old when she was killed in Gaza. So why did a CNN host refer to her as ‘a woman’?Trapped in a bullet-ridden car in Gaza City, surrounded by her dead relatives, six-year-old Hind Rajab pleaded with the Red Crescent for help. That help, in the form of a medical team, eventually came – only to be slaughtered on arrival. Hind was killed, too, her decomposing body found weeks later. Continue reading...