Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Kids and Conflict

There is a troubling trend at the center of the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the involvement of children. It’s estimated that worldwide 1 billion children live in regions of conflict. And they are often forced into becoming soldiers, used as pawns in negotiations, or end up as casualties.

By Madeleine Brand • Jul 7, 2014 • 1 min read

There is a troubling trend at the center of the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the involvement of children. It’s estimated that worldwide 1 billion children live in regions of conflict. And they are often forced into becoming soldiers, used as pawns in negotiations, or end up as casualties.

Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Andrew Walsh
Too Beautiful to Live
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Matt Holzman
Producer, 'The Document'
Robin Wright
contributing writer at The New Yorker magazine, and a joint fellow at U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson Center

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Kids and Conflict

There is a troubling trend at the center of the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the involvement of children. It’s estimated that worldwide 1 billion children live in regions of conflict. And they are often forced into becoming soldiers, used as pawns in negotiations, or end up as casualties.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Kids and Conflict

There is a troubling trend at the center of the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the involvement of children. It’s estimated that worldwide 1 billion children live in regions of conflict. And they are often forced into becoming soldiers, used as pawns in negotiations, or end up as casualties.

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