Palestinian human shields give Israel pause

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From: Curtis Smallboner
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:55

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Palestinian human shields give Israel pause By Joshua Mitnick
Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor-TEL AVIV
[ http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1120/p01s02-wome.html ]

In perhaps the most effective act of nonviolent protest in the six-year
Palestinian uprising, hundreds of Gazans forced Israel over the weekend
to

call off airstrikes on the residence of a militant leader by swarming
the
house as human shields.

In recent months, Israeli security forces have used telephone calls to
warn Palestinian militants and others near alleged militant safe houses
and weapons caches, giving them up to a half hour to evacuate. When
militia leader Mohammed Baroud got the call Saturday, he enlisted
neighbors to protect his house from the Israeli military. They've now
set
up a system of shifts to protect the house around the clock.

Palestinian leaders are hailing this as a moral victory that will be
replicated. If so, it may herald a significant tactical shift from
attacks
by tiny secretive militant groups to nonviolent civilian protest, a
change
that will force Israel to adjust its strategy. It also underscores the
difficulty of fighting militant groups embedded in a civilian
population -
whether it be in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Gaza.

full article:
[ http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1120/p01s02-wome.html ]

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