71.   Sharon has said that once he takes office, he would ease restrictions on ordinary Palestinians and target militants to avoid collective punishment.

72.   Sharon has said that once he takes office, he would ease restrictions on ordinary Palestinians and target militants, to avoid collective punishment.

73.   That is a form of collective punishment that has little to do with military retaliation.

74.   The army cited security reasons, but Palestinian security chief Jebril Rajoub said it was collective punishment aimed at harming the Palestinian economy.

75.   The families, though, call it cruel collective punishment.

76.   The families, though, call it a cruel collective punishment.

77.   The Israelis say the measures are necessary for security, but Palestinians call them collective punishment and economic warfare.

78.   The group also condemned as collective punishment the closure Israel imposed on the West Bank and Gaza following a wave of suicide bombings in Israel four months ago.

79.   The Palestinian leader, who toured a Hebron factory for commercial scales, complained that the overall closure constituted collective punishment of the Palestinians.

80.   The Palestinians say the restrictions amount to collective punishment.