MaxShimba
JF-Expert Member
- Apr 11, 2008
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From the outset of the current Palestinian intifada two years ago, children and teenagers have assumed an integral role. Regrettably, this role is not adequately addressed in the recent Amnesty International report entitled "Killing the Future -- Children in the Line of Fire."
Knowing that Israeli soldiers are ordered not to shoot live ammunition at children, and face disciplinary procedures or court
martial for breaches, Palestinian snipers hide among the youngsters or use them as human shields. Three recent developments are also notable:
-- Yasser Arafat's depty, Abu Mazen, admitted to a Kuwaiti newspaper in June that Palestinian children have been paid NIS 5
(about $1) for every pipe bomb they throw.
-- Children have been increasingly mobilized during 2002 for suicide attacks; their parents have received cash payments from the Palestinian Authority, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.
-- The attempt at a cover-up; The Palestinian Journalists' Association has warned members that they would be punished if they photographed armed children.
http://www.internationalwallofprayer.org/A-096-Child-Abuse-In-The-Palestinian-Authority.html
Knowing that Israeli soldiers are ordered not to shoot live ammunition at children, and face disciplinary procedures or court
martial for breaches, Palestinian snipers hide among the youngsters or use them as human shields. Three recent developments are also notable:
-- Yasser Arafat's depty, Abu Mazen, admitted to a Kuwaiti newspaper in June that Palestinian children have been paid NIS 5
(about $1) for every pipe bomb they throw.
-- Children have been increasingly mobilized during 2002 for suicide attacks; their parents have received cash payments from the Palestinian Authority, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.
-- The attempt at a cover-up; The Palestinian Journalists' Association has warned members that they would be punished if they photographed armed children.
http://www.internationalwallofprayer.org/A-096-Child-Abuse-In-The-Palestinian-Authority.html