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Title:PM Olmert says will respect human shields
Name:Dr. Aaron Lerner
City: RaananaState: Israel
"There will not be a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. We will not fall into the trap that they want us to fall in. That the whole world will be able to accuse Israel of hitting uninvolved people, children, in hospitals or in schools, as they do."
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaking before the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations

Or put another way: out of PR considerations, Hamas has carte blanche to launch rockets towards Israel from the grounds of Palestinian hospitals and schools without fear of Israeli interference.