The debate on Democracy Now between Noura Erakat and Joshua Hantman was pretty chilling in the same way. NOURA ERAKAT: ...As to the human shields, Israel cont

The debate on Democracy Now between Noura Erakat and Joshua Hantman was pretty chilling in the same way. NOURA ERAKAT: ...As to the human shields, Israel continuously and repeatedly uses this mantra of Palestinians used as human shields. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Israeli Breaking the Silence, a group of former soldiers, have all testified to the same— JOSHUA HANTMAN: Hamas admit to it. Hamas say they do it. They’re proud of it. NOURA ERAKAT: —to the same allegation—reports about this same allegation—and I encourage listeners and viewers to look up those reports—and have disproved that Palestinians have been used as human shields. Hamas might ask Palestinians to be human shields, but are Palestinians robots? Do they not have minds and hearts, and care for their children? Why would they—why dehumanize them and accuse them of mindlessly listening to Hamas, to whom they protest against? This is a dehumanizing discourse, and we should reject it vehemently. Hantman's entire side of the interview looked like a studied attack to try to white-wash deaths with pay #6732B from some intelligence playbook. It is pretty interesting. I'd encourage people to give a listen or watch the video http://www.democracynow.org/2014/7/11/gaza_debate_as_palestinian_deaths_top http://www.democracynow.org/2014/7/11/gaza_debate_as_palesti...