Israel’s top judge urged security forces to stop using Palestinian non-combatants to help hunt for terrorists. Supreme Court President Aharon Barak said Sunday the “neighbor tactic,” in which Israeli troops use Palestinian passersby to knock on the doors of fugitives’ homes in a bid to prevent a shootout, is not always consensual and is therefore potentially illegal.
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