p_p_man
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Now I wonder who's going to be first on the Board to leap to the defence of the practice.
From today's London Times
Israeli use of 'human shields' sparks debate
by stephen farrell in jerusalem
Israeli troops were today accused of using civilians as human shields after a 19-year-old Palestinian was shot dead while being used to flush out a wanted Hamas leader.
Nidal Abu M’khisan was killed after soldiers forced him to knock on the door of Nasr Jarrar, a wheelchair-bound Hamas commander sheltering in the village of Tubas in the West Bank.
Israeli military sources denied Nidal was used as a human shield, but confirmed he was given a flak jacket and sent into buildings near his house in what has become known as the "neighbour procedure".....
But Israeli human rights groups claimed that the practice was a clear violation of the Geneva Convention forbidding the use of civilians as combatants. They also accused the army of breaching a promise in May not to use Palestinians as human shields after eight human rights organisations petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court to have the practice declared illegal.
ppman
From today's London Times
Israeli use of 'human shields' sparks debate
by stephen farrell in jerusalem
Israeli troops were today accused of using civilians as human shields after a 19-year-old Palestinian was shot dead while being used to flush out a wanted Hamas leader.
Nidal Abu M’khisan was killed after soldiers forced him to knock on the door of Nasr Jarrar, a wheelchair-bound Hamas commander sheltering in the village of Tubas in the West Bank.
Israeli military sources denied Nidal was used as a human shield, but confirmed he was given a flak jacket and sent into buildings near his house in what has become known as the "neighbour procedure".....
But Israeli human rights groups claimed that the practice was a clear violation of the Geneva Convention forbidding the use of civilians as combatants. They also accused the army of breaching a promise in May not to use Palestinians as human shields after eight human rights organisations petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court to have the practice declared illegal.
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