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HonestReporting: monitoring mideast media anti-Israel bias. Israel News: Ynetnews. Israel News Agency Terrorism IDF Internet. Behind The News in Israel. Israel News. UN Watch BriefingLatest from the United Nations Vol. 340 | Jan. 17, 2012 Gaza Activist Stabbed After Exposing Hamas Use of Human Shields U.N. Must Condemn Latest Hamas Brutality GENEVA, Jan. 17 – The stabbing in Gaza of a Palestinian rights activist after he exposed Hamas’ contempt for its own people by using them as human shields, and after he criticized the radical Islamic group for torture, abuse and trampling free speech, should be strongly condemned by the United Nations—both as an attack on the victim’s human rights, and on the idea of freedom of expression.

Masked attackers on Friday stabbed Mahmud Abu Rahma multiple times in the back, leg and shoulders, it was revealed today. This latest attack on a rights activist underscores Gaza’s brutally enforced intolerance for any discourse other the anti-Israel mantras of Hamas, which rules the area with an iron fist. The attack only proves the simple truth of the victim’s words. For the latest News in Israel - IsraeliNewsNow.com. The Jewish Chronicle - Jewish news, Israel news and social netwo.