As Prof. Louis Rene Beres points out, the use of human shields constitutes "perfidy" under Article 147 of the Geneva Convention IV defining the laws of war. 3542, the Hamas Human Shields Prevention Act, which is designed to condemn and sanction Hamas for turning its own citizens, including children, into human shields… THEMATIC AREA: Lawfare 148 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Hamas, an Islamist militant group and the de facto governing authority of the Gaza Strip, has been using human shields in conflicts with Israel since 2007. Hamas, the U.S.-designated terrorist group that rules the Gaza Strip, has a pattern of using civilians as human shields for propaganda purposes. This fact is readily apparent when looking at the media coverage of the Hamas-orchestrated “Return March.” It is human nature to defend one’s home, life, liberty, and dignity. And several major U.S. news outlets have a pattern of helping them achieve this objective. … Hamas’ use of human shields in Gaza. Hamas has openly boasted about the "success" of the strategy of using civilians as human shields. Amnesty International is monitoring and investigating such reports, but does not have evidence at this point that Palestinian civilians have been intentionally used … This is why I introduced H.R. I don’t vote! Excerpts from a speech by Hamas MP Fathi Hammad, broadcast on Al-Aqsa TV on February 29, 2008: Fathi Hammad: [The enemies of Allah] do not know that the Palestinian people has developed its [methods] of death and death-seeking. The Israeli authorities claim that Hamas and Palestinian armed groups use Palestinian civilians in Gaza as “human shields”. Israel's claims that Hamas uses and even directs civilians as human shields are difficult to prove in an active ground war, experts say. Remove the blockade, end the occupation, let the refugees go back to their homes and you'll get peace. Does Amnesty International have any evidence that this has occurred during the current hostilities? UN report outlines how Hamas used kids as human shields ... has always been happy to use Palestinian innocents as human shields — the more casualties, the better. Yes, we know that even the mainstream media has reported Hamas is using children and women as human shields. Because Hamas, desperate to win world sympathy by any means, has always been happy to use Palestinian innocents as human shields — the more casualties, the better. It’s a photo that has gone viral. I’ve been waiting for it to be debunked … For the Palestinian people, death has become an industry, at which women excel, and so do all the people living on this land. “Hamas is using them, Palestinians, as human shields.” Benjamin Netanyahu, 20 July 2013. Hamas does not force anybody to demonstrate and resist. Our friend Elijah Abraham alerted us to this photo a few days ago.