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Tuesday, December 19, 2006
When Human Rights Watch insincerely tries to retract its statement (the one in which it called on Palestinian civilians to let Israel kill Palestinians, and not to interfere with the killing): "We regret that our press release below (“OPT: Civilians Must Not Be Used to Shield Homes Against Military Attacks”) gave many readers the impression that we were criticizing civilians for engaging in nonviolent resistance. This was not our intention. It is not the policy of the organization to criticize non-violent resistance or any other form of peaceful protest, including civilians defending their homes. Rather, our focus is on the behavior of public officials and military commanders because they have responsibilities under international law to protect civilians." (thanks Fahd)