; were given confessions to sign in Hebrew, a language they do not understand; and were interrogated in the absence of a lawyer or a family member. The Committee is also concerned that many of these children, like many other Palestinians, are deprived of liberty in facilities located in Israel, thus hindering access to visits of relatives who live in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. . (21) Existing Federal statutory provisions known as the Leahy law codified at section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 22 U.S.C. 2378d and section 362 of Title 10 of the United States Code, prohibit the United States Government from using funds for assistance to units of foreign security forces where there is credible information implicating that unit in the commission of gross violations of human rights, including torture. (22) The United States provides in excess of $3.8 billion in annual foreign military assistance to the Government of Israel which enables the military detention and abuse of Palestinian children by Israel’s military system of juvenile detention. 3. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to promote and protect the human rights of Palestinian children living under Israeli military occupation. 4. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the detention, prosecution, and ill-treatment of Palestinian children living under military occupation in a military court system that lacks basic and fundamental guarantees of due process by the Government of Israel— (A) violates international law and internationally recognized standards of human rights; (B) is contrary to the values of the American people and the efforts of the United States to support equality, human rights, and dignity for both Palestinians and Israelis; and (C) undermines efforts by the United States and the international community to achieve a just and lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinian people