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Hamas Explains Use of Civilians as Human Shields
"We desire death as you desire life." The UN announcement that 51 civilians have died in the conflict in Gaza must be understood in the context of Hamas's declared ideology to use civilians as human shields for Hamas fighters. Indeed, Hamas continues to emphasize and promote the religious ...
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Mamas Representative Explains Using Women and Children as Shields
Boots and Sabers — ... There is a moral difference between the Israelis and Hamas. The following is the full text of the comments by Hamas representative Fathi Hamad: “For the Palestinian people death became an industry, at which women excel and so do all people on this land: the elderly excel, the Jihad fighters excel, and the children excel. Accordingly [Palestinians] created a human shield of women, children, the elderly and the Jihad fighters against the Zionist bombing machine, as if they were saying to the Zionist enemy: We desire death as you desire life.” Remember this story when you see ...

Hamas Representative Explains Using Women and Children as Shields
Boots and Sabers — ... There is a moral difference between the Israelis and Hamas. The following is the full text of the comments by Hamas representative Fathi Hamad: “For the Palestinian people death became an industry, at which women excel and so do all people on this land: the elderly excel, the Jihad fighters excel, and the children excel. Accordingly [Palestinians] created a human shield of women, children, the elderly and the Jihad fighters against the Zionist bombing machine, as if they were saying to the Zionist enemy: We desire death as you desire life.” Remember this story when you see ...

Video: Hamas explains its use of human shields
Israel Matzav — Video: Hamas explains its use of human shields The UN announced earlier this week that 51 'civilians' have been killed in the fighting in Gaza. Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook explain that Hamas seeks civilian casualties on its own side - as well as on ours. The goal is to convince Palestinians, including women and children, not to fear death but even to face it at the front to protect Hamas fighters. Hamas's placement of its military installations and fighters among civilians reflects this ideology, and has led to these 51 deaths. A Hamas representative in the PA ...

Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/31/2008
Gates of Vienna — ... Hamas Explains Use of Civilians as Human Shields “We desire death as you desire life.” [Video at link] The UN announcement that 51 civilians have died in the conflict in Gaza must be understood in the context of Hamas’s declared ideology to use civilians as human shields for Hamas fighters. Indeed, Hamas continues to emphasize and promote the religious ideology that death for Allah is an ideal to be actively pursued. The goal is to convince Palestinians, including women and children, ...

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