VIDEO: How the Term ‘Human Shield’ is Used to Justify State Sponsored Massacres

Nations around the world including Israel are using the term “human shields” to justify civilian deaths, but how is this term just a propaganda tool to ethnically cleanse a population?

Abby Martin
By Abby Martin
Palestinians mourn over the lifeless bodies of four boys

RT host of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin, breaks through the propaganda rhetoric of ‘Human Shields’, calling out instances such as the second Iraq War and the current conflict in Gaza where the term has been used to demonize the entire demographics and populations subjected to being overthrown.

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Bolivia Declares Israel a “Terrorist State” as UN Condemns Civilian Deaths

After a UN-run school which housed over 3,000 Palestinian civilians was struck by Israel, Bolivia’s Evo Morales, the UN’s Ban Ki-Moon, and the UN spokesperson have had enough.

Mnar Adley
By Mnar Adley
Bolivia's President Evo Morales waves to photographers as he arrives for the Mercosur trade bloc summit in Montevideo, Uruguay, Friday, July 12, 2013. Paraguay is expected to be readmitted into the bloc after member nations suspended its membership last year for having impeached and ousted President Fernando Lugo. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

This week, Bolivia declared Israel a “terrorist state” while renouncing a visa exemption agreement with Israel in protest over the ongoing Israeli military offense Operation Protective Edge in Gaza which has killed more than 1,300 Palestinians and has left over 7,000 wounded, most of which have been women and children. Bolivian President Evo

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