Civilian crowd shields halted targeted Israeli bombing by raising the political cost

Evidence

When the target is announced a large crowd of Gaza inhabitants from near and far, women and children, young and old, ring the target building, swarming of a counter kind. The Israeli air strikes have been brought to a standstill at least momentarily by weapons of the weak, to use James Scott’s telling phrase, undone by the political cost of wiping out large numbers of peaceful protestors. The instrumentalist force field of military calculation encounters the ethical force field of anti-violent global outrage. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 687

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Human-shield protest tactics halted Israeli air strikes by raising political costs — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 687; Human shields can temporarily disable targeted bombing through moral pressure.

Broader Connections

• Human-shield protest tactics halted Israeli air strikes by raising political costs #corroborates (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 687
• Human shields can temporarily disable targeted bombing through moral pressure. #expands (0.90)