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Last update - 21:40 29/11/2008
Likud MK calls for using Palestinian prisoners as human shields against Qassam rockets
By Yanir Yagna, Haaretz Correspondant
Tags: Matan Vilnai, Israel News 

Following a barrage of mortar shells and Qassam rockets that wounded 8 Israel Defense Forces soldiers near the border with the Gaza Strip on Friday, a Likud MK proposed using Hamas and Islamic Jihad prisoners as human shields to deter future rocket attacks.

MK Gilad Erdan suggested Israel build an open-air, unprotected detention facility in the Western Negev, where the majority of rockets and mortars from Gaza land, and fill it with militants currently held in Israeli jails.

Also on Saturday, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai said that Israel is "very close to a large-scale operation in the Gaza Strip."
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"We have to find the right time, but these actions give us no choice and therefore, a large-scale operation is closer than ever," Vilnai said.

"The truce is important for us, and also for them, because we control the border crossings and the other side is worried about the strength of the IDF."

In regard to abducted IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, Vilnai said "we must do all we can in order to return him, either by way of a military operation, or through negotiations and the release of hundreds of prisoners.

Head of the Yisrael Beitenu party MK Avigdor Lieberman issued a criticism of Defense Minister Ehud Barak following Friday's barrage, saying "a Defense Minister who is not capable of dealing with the issue of terrorism, or of giving a response to attacks on IDF personnel, and continues to plead with Hamas for a 24-hour ceasefire, has turned over the security of the state of Israel to the hands of Hamas, and not the IDF."

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      1.   Prisoners human rights 16:03  |  W 29/11/08
      2.   this guy is nuts 16:38  |  Hans 29/11/08
      3.   What a moron 16:50  |  Israeli 29/11/08
      4.   PURE CRUELTY 17:29  |  indrajaya 29/11/08
      5.   This is exactly why Barak needs to resign 18:48  |  Livin In Rishon 29/11/08
      6.   Creative and Insane 19:09  |  Omar 29/11/08
      7.   Pure cruelty? 19:10  |  Angel 29/11/08
      8.   indrajaya, you fail to see the infinite irony in your post 19:12  |  Dan 29/11/08
      9.   8 idf soldiers wounded; no response 19:17  |  charlie rome 29/11/08
      10.   A Knesset member AND a Likudnik. An idea man... 19:24  |  S 29/11/08
      11.   `Very close to an operation` 19:26  |  Colin Wright 29/11/08
      12.   Better idea: Move AG Mazuz office(and family) to Sderot ,together 20:02  |  Absolute Sweden 29/11/08
      13.   Did you read what he says? 20:04  |  Gazawi 29/11/08
      14.   "The truce is important for us"?!! 20:16  |  David 29/11/08
      15.   CONVICTED of CRIMES? 20:41  |  Advocate 29/11/08
      16.   we are only to blame 20:44  |  CHARLIE 29/11/08
      17.   @1 W 21:01  |  Ralph 29/11/08
      18.   well said Dan 21:11  |  Israeli 29/11/08
      19.   Learn from India 22:07  |  Great White North 29/11/08
      20.   Backward step from Israel when MKs lowering themselves to 22:17  |  JustMe 29/11/08
      21.   What do (right-wing) Israeli politicians and Wall Street.... 22:35  |  Swiss (Dino) 29/11/08
      22.   GREAT IDEA!!! 22:45  |  Albert 29/11/08
      23.   Welcome to Likud.... 22:49  |  Palestinian Brit 29/11/08
      24.   go for it 22:51  |  wh 29/11/08
      25.   a better idea 22:58  |  vik 29/11/08
      26.   To W is sydney:What`s the problem? 23:38  |  Arie 29/11/08
      27.   WOW:He really got the left wing and antisemites upset 23:39  |  Arie 29/11/08
      28.   Second try - does he know? 23:48  |  Mark Lincoln 29/11/08
      29.   Third Try - Does he know? 23:49  |  Mark Lincoln 29/11/08
      30.   Gilad Erdan will one day be PM in Israel 00:06  |  Dave 30/11/08
      31.   The Erdan Plan 00:17  |  Jasper 30/11/08
      32.   Immoral? 00:44  |  Paul 30/11/08
      33.   Re: No. 12 00:53  |  Angel 30/11/08
      34.   palestinian prisoners....excellent idea.!!! 01:18  |  Steve H. 30/11/08
      35.   not right 01:19  |  lassie 30/11/08
      36.   Why not 01:27  |  Richard 30/11/08
      37.   Likud MK Gilad Erdan not only 01:37  |  Robert Haymond 30/11/08
      38.   Carpet Bomb Gaza 01:38  |  Peyman 30/11/08
      39.   They already use communities as shields against counterattack.How 01:39  |  David Turner 30/11/08
      40.   This is a sound idea 01:43  |  Adria de Klerk 30/11/08
      41.   That`s the best idea I`ve heard all day 01:50  |  Yaela Katz 30/11/08
      42.   #21 and #22 Mark Lincoln 01:59  |  Yaela Katz 30/11/08
      43.   PM material 02:05  |  N 30/11/08
      44.   palestinians as human shield. 02:10  |  karl Gonczy 30/11/08
      45.   Israel used to fight terror, Livni surrenders to terror. 02:11  |  Ted Mann 30/11/08
      46.   Re: They already use communities as shields against counterattack 02:19  |  Freedom Mann 30/11/08
      47.   Surround Gaza with pig farms 03:11  |  Texan 30/11/08
      48.   we need more of this sort of thinking 03:20  |  zionist forever 30/11/08
      49.   Big Prison for Arabs in Sderot 03:41  |  NYC 30/11/08
      50.   Humanitarian Aid Shipments 03:55  |  Texan 30/11/08
      51.   Mark Lincoln # 29 Do you think that it would matter 04:15  |  American in NY 30/11/08
      52.   #51 It matters if he ever wants to travel outside of Israel, AiNY 04:39  |  Johnboy 30/11/08
      53.   #48 zionist forever shows us the mindset of the true zionist 04:41  |  Johnboy 30/11/08
      54.   BRILLIANT idea 05:13  |  judith 30/11/08
      55.   Yaela Katz 05:46  |  Mark Lincoln 30/11/08
      56.   29# Mark Lincoln "after WII Germans were charged with war crimes" 05:46  |  Akram Zekaria 30/11/08
      57.   BRILLIANT idea - Judith 05:49  |  Mark Lincoln 30/11/08
      58.   A curious reality 05:53  |  Mark Lincoln 30/11/08
      59.   Is he totally crazy?? 05:58  |  Silvienne 30/11/08
      60.   #48, zionist forever... 06:00  |  Silvienne 30/11/08
      61.   57# Mark Lincoln "Why not gas chamber & oven". 06:23  |  Akram Zekaria 30/11/08
      62.   Using Palestinian prisoners as human shields 06:24  |  LJB 30/11/08
      63.   Using Palestinian prisoners as human shields 06:26  |  LJB 30/11/08
      64.   WOW 06:42  |  Mark Rayward 30/11/08
      65.   #32 Paul 06:52  |  a jew 30/11/08
      66.   #57, Mark Lincoln... 07:14  |  Silvienne 30/11/08
      67.   58# Mark Lincoln " It`s moral defect of humanity" 07:20  |  Akram Zekaria 30/11/08
      68.   Mark Lincoln`s Nazi Comparison 07:22  |  yitz 30/11/08
      69.   IRAN to use it`s Jewish population as "human-sheilds" 08:01  |  PADDY 30/11/08
      70.   To all naive politically-correct ninkampoops.. 09:51  |  Naomi 30/11/08
      71.   to number 1 10:23  |  anne 30/11/08
      72.   THIS PROPOSAL 11:58  |  Robert 30/11/08
      73.   howabout a full scale invasion instead??? 12:05  |  Alf 30/11/08
      74.   IDF must remove Hamas from power by force!!! 12:11  |  alf 30/11/08
      75.   Not a very innovative idea 13:52  |  Ben Alofs 30/11/08
      76.   Ben Alofs 17:14  |  judith 30/11/08
      77.   PADDY 17:25  |  judith 30/11/08
      78.   the sun in houston must be burning lincoln`s brain 17:28  |  Arie 30/11/08
      79.   Johnboy #53 18:18  |  George Kaplan 30/11/08
      80.   Johnboy - hate to break your bubble 18:44  |  Jewboy 30/11/08
      81.   Ben - there is no "easy way" dealing with Hamas 18:46  |  Jewboy 30/11/08
      82.   RE: Silvienne and Marc 20:14  |  judith 30/11/08
      83.   Terrorists kill with support from Switzerland 21:24  |  ME 30/11/08
      84.   Likud MK 22:22  |  Jill Oserowsky 30/11/08
      85.   68# yitz : Convert me ? 22:39  |  Akram Zekaria 30/11/08
      86.   #32 why do rightist want to turn israel into a terrorist org?? 22:57  |  David K 30/11/08
      87.   66# Silvienn to Mark "I didn`t have the nerve" 23:07  |  Akram Zekaria 30/11/08
      88.   Antisemit scums afraid Erdan`s idea could end Qassam attacks 23:15  |  POP 30/11/08
      89.   #79 George asks a simple question 23:25  |  Johnboy 30/11/08
      90.   No, Mr Gilad Erdan... 23:26  |  tristan 30/11/08
      91.   Some Likud members don`t deserve to classified as human beings 23:33  |  John 30/11/08
      92.   A Higher Standard 23:46  |  Jay A. Cohen 30/11/08
      93.   # 82 judith 23:51  |  Axel 30/11/08
      94.   paranoid Israel 23:58  |  Axel 30/11/08
      95.   #82, judith... 00:38  |  Silvienne 01/12/08
      96.   JUDITH in N.Y. 00:41  |  PADDY 01/12/08
      97.   #82 JUDITH - How very sad! 00:44  |  PADDY 01/12/08
      98.   Stalemate 01:05  |  Sean 01/12/08
      99.   Eye for an eye 01:45  |  D Barnett 01/12/08
      100.   The moral high-ground 02:06  |  Ottawa 01/12/08
      101.   Another idea... 02:31  |  Silvienne 01/12/08
      102.   alf, How Did That Work Out in the Illegally Occupied West Bank? 04:42  |  Reader 01/12/08
      103.   George Kaplan, Why Do You wish to Associate With War Criminals? 04:47  |  Reader 01/12/08
      104.   paranoid Axel,who said that Qassams don`t kill? 05:13  |  Paul 01/12/08
      105.   #79 George asks a simple question 07:18  |  Johnboy 01/12/08
      106.   #80 Jewboy, I don`t doubt that he doesn`t *care* 07:27  |  Johnboy 01/12/08
      107.   First Silvienne says Qassams are just a noisy toy,now she cries 13:29  |  Paul 01/12/08
      108.   #107, Paul...didn`t like my original idea I see! 17:33  |  Silvienne 01/12/08
      109.   Start a large scale operation in the WestBank 19:30  |  John 01/12/08
      110.   that`s the best tactic I`ve heard!this man is using his brain!God 23:07  |  glenna 01/12/08
      111.   give likud mk gilad erdan a raise:where is Shalit?where is Mr. 02:07  |  glenna 02/12/08
      112.   Silvienne I like your idea why do you say I don`t like it ?? 02:20  |  Paul 02/12/08
      113.   Silvienne I like your idea why do you say I don`t?? 05:42  |  Paul 02/12/08
      114.   Brilliant!!! Justice 02:03  |  Mrs. Fair 16/12/08
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