“Israeli” Police Use Palestinian Teenagers as Human Shield

Local Editor

"Israeli" police paraded a cuffed Palestinian teenager to protesters in what a human rights group charged Saturday was abuse of a "human shield". Defense for Children International-Palestine posted a 76-second video clip on YouTube showing helmeted border policemen removing a young Palestinian it identified as "Muhammad R, aged 17," from their armored jeep and forcing him to stand beside them, cuffed hands raised above his head. "We're outraged that "Israeli" soldiers continue to use Palestinian children as human shields with impunity," Ayed Abu Eqtaish of DCI-Palestine said in a statement.

Defense for Children International Palestine is disturbed by Israeli soldiers using a Palestinian teenager as a human shield during confrontations with protesters in the West Bank town of Abu Dis on Friday.