AICE Update: Does Hamas Use Schools as Civilian Shields?

Tel Burna, in the coastal lowlands in southwestern Israel. There, he and his colleagues apply their inclusive "community" approach to archaeology.

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Does Hamas Use Schools as Human Shields?

During the war with the Palestinians (the "Al-Aqsa Intifada,"), and operations Cast Lead and Protective Edge, Hamas's use of civilians as shields was well documented. Hamas, like its radical terrorist Hezbollah cousins in Lebanon, believe that civilians have a dual use in warfare with Israel: they discourage Israeli attacks and create an international public relations disaster for Israel if they are inadvertently killed. Men, women and children are considered expendable...

Mitchell Bard in The Times of Israel

The More Things Change...The South Africa Calumny

In the ancient days of campus battles, we did not have to contend with annual Israel hate weeks. The situation still was not that much different; it's just that the anti-Israel activities were spread over the course of the school year. The hate weeks now focus on the anti-Semitic BDS campaign to link Israel to South Africa's old racist policies. This linkage is not new either, however, and dates back decades.