Israel's human shields draw fire
Human rights groups return to court over army's use of Palestinian civilians
Basem Maswadeh knew he was in trouble when an Israeli soldier pushed him into the barber's chair and reached for the clippers.
The humiliation of a shaved head - or, more accurately, having chunks of hair ripped out by the brutal wielding of the shears - was the start of an ordeal that culminated with Mr Maswadeh and two friends standing in a Hebron street as Israeli troops shot over their shoulders at stone-throwing Palestinians.
"The soldiers hid behind our backs as they pushed us forward," said Mr Maswadeh. "Then they put their guns on our shoulders and began shooting. We felt our eardrums burning, but when we tried to put our hands over our ears, they beat our hands away. The noise was terrible because the gun was right next to my ear."
The soldiers fired dozens of plastic bullets,
using the three Palestinian men as shields, before the crowd dispersed.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,867343,00.html
Israel bans use of human shields
Israel's supreme court has banned the use of Palestinian human shields in arrest raids, saying the practice violates international law.
The court issued
a temporary injunction against the practice in 2002
after a teenager was killed when troops made him negotiate with a wanted militant.
Human rights groups who brought the case say the Israeli army has repeatedly violated the temporary ban.
The army cannot use civilians for its purposes, Israel's chief justice said.
"
You cannot exploit the civilian population for the army's military needs, and you cannot force them to collaborate with the army," Aharon Barak said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4314898.stm
B'Tselem: IDF uses Palestinians as human shield
Human rights organization investigation claims that IDF used 6 Palestinians as human shields for 12 hours. IDF examining claim
The human rights organization B'Tselem claims that
IDF soldiers used six Palestinians, two of them underage, as human shields for twelve hours during IDF operations this week in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza strip.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3279175,00.html
What was it you jsut said?
Decent people don't hide behind children when waging a war.
oh, my bad.. What makes me confident that you absolutely will NOT apply the same apathetic label, PIGS, onto jews who allow the above? I wonder why that is....