Posted on 01/30/2009 8:51:15 AM PST by Nachum
Members of a Gaza family whose farm was turned into a "fortress" by Hamas fighters have reported that they were helpless to stop Hamas from using them as human shields.
Palestinians search through the rubble of their home in the northern Gaza Strip. Photo: AP
Slideshow: Pictures of the week They told the official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper that for years Hamas had used their property and homes as military installations from which the group would launch rockets into Israel, dig tunnels and store arms. According to the victims, those who tried to object were shot in the legs by Hamas operatives.
Palestinian Media Watch quoted the official Palestinian Authority daily, Al-Hayat al-Jadida as reporting on January 27, "The Abd Rabbo family kept quiet while Hamas fighters turned their farm in the Gaza strip into a fortress. Right now they are waiting for the aid promised by the [Hamas] movement after Israel bombed the farm and turned it into ruins."
According to the report, the hill on which the Abd Rabbo family lives overlooks Sderot, making it an ideal military position for Hamas fighters.
The Abd Rabbo family members emphasized to the paper that they were not Hamas activists and that they were still loyal to the Fatah movement, but that they had been unable to prevent the armed squads from entering their neighborhood at night.
Jimmah Carter: “Hamas was just defending themselves. Sometimes you have to shoot people to get them to cooperate.”
Now these people?? These Palestinians I actually have some sympathy for.
There will never be middle east peace until Arabs love their children more than they hate Jews.
This is a WAR CRIME. Where is the UN????
This won’t be on CNN! Wonder why?
Why is the media leaving it to outlets such as the Jerusalem Post to cover these stories?
More than HAMAS, I hold the Western media responsible for this suffering by reporting these stories as if there was a moral equivalence. Even more culpable are Western Leftists who encourage the likes of HAMAS to use human shields by not holding them accountable and instead blaming Israel when civilians die as a result.
The UN is watching on CNN, so they would never see anything like this.
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