July 26, 2006
It looks like the Palestinian Center for Human Rights is upset because before the IDF strikes a weapons cache hidden in a home, they call the civilian "human shields" and tell them to evacuate immediately so they don't get killed.
PCHR seriously views the IOF policy of warning resident of civilian houses, and taking this policy as a justification for damaging civilian property, especially since these houses are inhabited by civilians protected by the Fourth Geneva Convention.I guess it is kind of a bummer when your opponents thwarts your two-pronged strategy. If Israel had simply killed the innocents when they destroyed the weapons, then the Palestinians could cry foul and garner international support for their cause; and if the cache was spared because of the human shields, then more Israelis die. What can you do when you are so handily beaten except cry "Unfair!" By the way, have the Palestinians ever read the Geneva Convention? Seriously.



