Israel IDF Using Human Shields ( More Proof Again )

alestinians have long complained about the Israeli army's use of human shields, but evidence was difficult to obtain.

This week, a video clip filmed by a foreign peace activist and aired on Israel's Yedioth Ahronot newspaper Web site, prompted the Israeli army to suspend a commander whose troops forced two Palestinian youths in the occupied West Bank of Nablus last Wednesday to stand in front of their vehicle to protect it from stones thrown by other civilians -- the latest evidence that the Israeli army still uses Palestinian human shields in violation of international law and a 2005 ruling by the Israeli Supreme Court against the inhumane practice.

The Israeli army said in a statement Friday that the soldiers who appeared in the video "apparently made prohibited use of civilians" and that the unit's commander would be suspended "from all operational activity, in addition to the ongoing investigation into the matter."

Palestinian Information Minister Mustafa Barghouti said the suspension failed to address the fundamental problem. "They are treating it as an isolated incident," he said. "The problem is systematic and ... they (Israeli occupation forces) continue the practice despite the court order."

The use of human shields highlights one of the several human rights violations committed by Israel as it enters its fifth decade of military occupation in the West Bank. International law, including the Geneva Conventions and Hague regulations, bans placing civilians in harm's way during military operations.

The 2005 Supreme Court ruling was prompted by an outcry over the military's use of Palestinian human shields in a 2002 offensive in the West Bank. The army defended the illegal practice at the time, claiming that it never allowed its troops to use civilians for cover during battles.

But in August 2002, a 19-year-old Palestinian student was killed in a gun battle that broke out after he was forced to knock on the door of a building where a wanted fighter was hiding.

Avichay Sharon, 25, a former Israeli commando who served from 2000 to 2003, asserts that the use of "human shields" remains common.

"When you have to decide between risking your soldiers' lives or just a Palestinian bystander, the solution ... suddenly becomes much more logical than it sounds,'' said Sharon belongs to "Breaking the Silence,'' a group of former soldiers who say army tactics in the West Bank are hurting Israel's moral character.

"Everyone has done it, seen it, witnessed it."

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[igghff]

lol, what a fool the reporter is. just wait till those arabic animals finally finish off the rest of UK.

[TruthLogic]

@igghff

white Europeans askeNAZI do not belong in the desert!

debunk that!

[Metallicafan2089]

When a moslem terrorist uses a human shield they shoot bullets at soldiers and hold THEIR WIVES AND DAUGHTERS infront of them like cowards, HUGE difference!!! Now i'll give you a quote from their koran saying the land belongs to the jews , look at (Sura 5:20-21) and stop this liberal propaganda

[TruthLogic]

@Metallicafan2089

please dont act like another Brainwashed Zionist

you FAKE ASS JEW,

you disrespect the faith!

You know for 100% never has a hamas member hide behind children!!!

p.s Jews do belong in middle east

but FACT, 90% of jews in middle east are white Europeans!

WHITE PEOPLE DONT BELONG IN THE DESERT!!

[Metallicafan2089]

Ok truthlogic. lets talk logically ok? a bunch of crazy moslems want to kill jews for no reason from the second we left Europe after the holocause and death of 6 million Jews. They fought us and by G-d's hand we won against all the Arab powers. Still following? ok, now they commit suicide bombings and kill women and children and say give us the land! eventhough it was never theirs! if it was, how could the U.N give it to israel? Now you go and condemn Israelis for defending themselves?

[TruthLogic]

yes , i have never met a zionist jew who can talk logicaly..

I REALY DOUBT YOU CAN, BUT I WILL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO PROVE ME WRONG..

fact. Jews arrived in Middle east much before end of WW2, ( AGREE? )

fact , jews used terror tactics agaist British ( AGREE? )

fact, Zionism is a Masnoci agenda

fact, Europeans dont BELONG in the middle east

[Gabriel613Violin]

Stones ? I don't see stones ?

[uncleshamy]

Nazis you can see here, hypocrite asshole:

watch?v=8ksph65TIuw

[MrJz1997]

@TruthLogic jewish people wnt to the middle east, they historical land after 6 millions of them were killed without justification in the second world war; do you relly think that all the conflict is israels fault; go and study a little, open your mind, and then talk

[MrJz1997]

there wasnt human shields, there were just standin there. hamas leaders usually use there children to protect themselves, and the palestinians in the video are not kids, probably they are criminals

[jujitsuman68]

@igghff wait till them arabs set off a dirty bomb in rome you thick cunt.

[TheDecon18]

Both sides appear to be using palestinian human shields. Both hamas and the IDF. Well good for both of them!

[zzzaaa09900]

HEIL HITLER!!!! i love my FUHRER!!!!!!! he will return to kill 60 million jews next.. HEIL HITLER>>>

[SaintMichael82]

human shields? No way! It's obvious they are holding the humvee from going down hill and being helpful to the IDF!

[cheatdude32]

is this bbc or wat

[cheatdude32]

There is a difference between using ur OWN KIDS as human shields against bullets then usin other Palestinians to tell them stop throwin rocks at us for no reason

[amitharel1]

BULL SHIT THEY JUST STAND THERE THEY WASN'T ASK THEM TO DO IT