The Beaumont Enterprise · Beaumont, Texas · 23 November 2006
CP-2006-004
U.S. nun, priest are human shields at Palestinian militant’s house
The Associated Press
Transcribed from the clipping
“BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip — An American priest and nun spent several hours Wednesday at a militant’s home that Israel has targeted for destruction, the first foreigners to join a weeklong standoff between Palestinian ‘human shields’ and the Israeli air force. Father Peter Dougherty, 65, and Sister Mary Ellen Gundeck, 55, both Michigan-based peace activists, said they were sent by God to help protect the Palestinians… The use of human shields is a new tactic in the Palestinians’ war against Israel’s mighty military… They were warmly welcomed by Ahmed Baroud, a brother of the militant… However, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said militants calling on civilians to act as human shields was a ‘war crime.’ ‘There is no excuse for calling civilians to the scene of a planned attack,’ said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director… The Israeli military said the militants were exploiting civilians… Visiting U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said Tuesday the human shield tactic was a sign of Palestinian desperation.”
Context added by this archive
Three days later, the human shields are an American nun and an American priest.
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"U.S. nun, priest are human shields at Palestinian militant’s house," The Beaumont Enterprise, 23 November 2006. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2006-004. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2006-004
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- A family shatteredHouston Chronicle · 8 June 2006 · the same year
- Gaza Strip: Israeli air strikesPost Bulletin · 4 November 2006 · the same year
- Palestinian human shields thwart Israeli airstrikes on Gaza homesThe Star-Ledger · 20 November 2006 · the same year
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