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Peres: Unlike Hamas, Israel protects its children
By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Hamas, Goldstone Gaza Report 

President Shimon Peres blasted the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Monday for using children as "human shields," in the wake of a United Nations report that accused Israel of failing to protect civilians during the Gaza war.

"In the media they say that more children are killed on the Palestinian side, and that children are not killed on ours," Peres told schoolchildren at Kibbutz Cabri, in northern Israel.

"And I say this is right," he continued. "We know how to give security to our children, defend the children, not use them as human shields and not send them out in front of us."
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The UN report, which was authored by South African jurist Richard Goldstone, accused both Israel and Hamas of committing war crimes during the winter offensive, but focused mainly on alleged Israeli offences.

Some of the children who came to hear Peres speak went to the same school that abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit had attended.

"The question isn't only a question of price; we are up against an organization that has no rules, has no laws, and is impossible to trust - an organization which uses children as shields," Peres said.

"Gilad Shalit is everyone's soldier, everyone's son - and the government of Israel is doing everything possible in order to bring him home."

In comments published Thursday, a senior Hamas official said the Islamist group is conducting intense negotiations with Israel over the release of Shalit, who was kidnapped by Gaza militants in a 2006 cross-border raid.



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      1.   Sderot and Ashkelon children are human shields 14:24  |  Natallie Durson 26/10/09
      2.   Protect??? 14:29  |  Josh 26/10/09
      3.   guess what mr Peres 14:31  |  rm 26/10/09
      4.   Shimon Peres 14:31  |  Realistic 26/10/09
      5.   I could not have said it any better, Right on. 14:36  |  Mark from Georgia 26/10/09
      6.   So Peres hasn`t read the report either, heh? 14:36  |  Johnboy 26/10/09
      7.   A fact and a challenge 14:39  |  Falastini 26/10/09
      8.   Peres didn`t read the report 14:48  |  Tarik 26/10/09
      9.   sheilds 14:49  |  Andrew 26/10/09
      10.   Kids flying... 15:00  |  Shadi 26/10/09
      11.   How dare they? 15:02  |  Steve 26/10/09
      12.   Peres is a fake peace maker 15:02  |  Yitzhak Yael 26/10/09
      13.   Mr Peres so the fact that Israel decided 15:03  |  Chris Linthwaite 26/10/09
      14.   Goldstone Report 15:11  |  David 26/10/09
      15.   protecting children 15:26  |  Carol Scheller 26/10/09
      16.   What is Peres Saying? 15:30  |  Steve 26/10/09
      17.   Peres thinks that if he says something then... 15:50  |  Deborah 26/10/09
      18.   Unlike Hamas, Israel kills Palestinian children 17:47  |  Tim 26/10/09
      19.   Unlike Hamas, Peres brought nukes to the Middle East 18:45  |  David 26/10/09
      20.   The Peres Logic 18:49  |  Saul 26/10/09
      21.   of course Hamas can`t protect it`s children 18:59  |  Joshua 26/10/09
      22.   Wrong to say that unlike jews, germans protected their children 19:38  |  Vasi Kremper 26/10/09
      23.   i think u all know what peres meant but u try to tell it differen 19:39  |  Dave 26/10/09
      24.   Mr Peres your country sent the most 19:41  |  Chris Linthwaite 26/10/09
      25.   2 David 19:50  |  Dave 26/10/09
      26.   Joshua, Saul & David 19:54  |  Brad 26/10/09
      27.   Unlike Israel, Hamas does not expell jews into refugee camps 20:11  |  Yousef 26/10/09
      28.   Protecting children 20:13  |  Critical Observer 26/10/09
      29.   Why Does Isral Allow Isralis To Endanger Their own Children? 20:15  |  Lance 26/10/09
      30.   Peres should know that he will be dead in a few years, and... 20:55  |  Amiz Vaz 26/10/09
      31.   A statement proved false 21:29  |  Richard Pearce 26/10/09
      32.   As occupier, its Israel`s responsibility to protect all children 21:33  |  Barry Wheaton 26/10/09
      33.   So Peres Pontificates as 22:27  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/10/09
      34.   it`s a different kind of love critical observer 22:46  |  Dave 26/10/09
      35.   You got that right 22:54  |  X 26/10/09
      36.   Hamas cannot protect it`s children 22:54  |  Mark Lincoln 26/10/09
      37.   We Israelis want to apologize 01:03  |  Dan 27/10/09
      38.   " Honor"?? Clear for all to see except UNHRC& apologists 03:13  |  PETER SM 27/10/09
      39.   Interesting flood of insane, anti-Israel responses above 03:21  |  Hung Well 27/10/09
      40.   Hamas and other Islamic Fascist have no respect for human life 03:49  |  Chaim Ben Kahan 27/10/09
      41.   Hamas murders Children theirs and ours 04:42  |  Baruch Gold 27/10/09
      42.   #39 Interesting spin, Hung Well 05:07  |  Johnboy 29/10/09
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