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Hamas spokesman encourages Gazans to serve as human shields [Excerpts]

Yet even after this open avowal, the Western media, Barack Obama and the United Nations will continue to pretend that Israel is racking up civilian casualties with callous disregard for human life. Their moral myopia is unconscionable.

“Hamas Spokesman Encourages Gazans to Serve as Human Shields: It’s Been Proven Effective,” MEMRI, July 8, 2014:

Following are excerpts from an interview with Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri, which aired on Al-Aqsa TV on July 8, 2014:

Interviewer: “Are people still going up to the rooftops?”

Ayad Abu Rida (Reporter) : “Witnesses told us that there is a large gathering, and people are still going to the Kawari family house, in order to prevent the Zionist occupation’s warplanes from targeting it.”

Interviewer: “What is your comment about this? People are reverting to the (human-shield) method, which proved very successful in the days of martyr Nizar Riyan…”

Sami Abu Zuhri: “This attests to the character of our noble, Jihad-fighting people, who defend their rights and their homes with their bare chests and their blood. The policy of people confronting the Israeli warplanes with their bare chests in order to protect their homes has proven effective against the occupation. Also, this policy reflects the character of our brave, courageous people. We in Hamas call upon our people to adopt this policy, in order to protect the Palestinian homes.”

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/07/hamas-spokesman-encourages-gazans-to-serve-as-human-shields#

[TBC: As commentator Jonathan Tobin notes in Commentary Online, "But it cannot be emphasized too much that Palestinian intent plays a much greater role in the casualties than technology. Hamas situates its weapons and fighters next to or among civilians not just because Gaza is crowded but because it is hoping that Israel will kill as many of their own people as possible. It indiscriminately fires rockets at Israeli population centers in part to kill as many Jews as possible though it has, to date, failed in that effort. But it is just as important to them to generate the Israeli counter-attacks that inevitably lead to Palestinian civilian deaths even if those numbers are inflated because many of those killed are actually Hamas terrorists" http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2014/07/10/hamas-human-shield-war-gaza-israel-missiles/.]