Tag Archives: Goldstone

My Reaction to Goldstone and Rosenberg

Posted on 04/08/2011 by Rabbi Kaufman

I have been more than a bit infuriated by the left’s reaction to Richard Goldstone’s statement that Israel did not intentionally target civilians during Operation Cast Lead. In fact, I wrote two articles about it for We Are For Israel. … Continue reading →

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Tuesday post-op briefs

Posted on 11/09/2010 by Meryl Yourish

My pupils aren’t really dilating, but I can still see to read. But—but—Hamas would never harm UN personnel: John Ging doesn’t feel safe in Gaza, so Israel has approved four submachine guns for use of his personal bodyguards. Say, how’s … Continue reading →

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Traveling briefs

Posted on 05/07/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The Dubai Assassination Squad Facebook group lives! The Dubai police chief must have gotten bored with being a nobody again. He’s says he’s identified five more suspects, and of course, the uncritical press is lapping it up. And yet, with … Continue reading →

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Goldstone and 1701

Posted on 01/24/2010 by Soccerdad

Today’s NYT reports Israel Poised to Challenge a U.N. Report on Gaza : Israel, which had refused to cooperate with the investigation, at first dismissed the report as unworthy of attention. But the government quickly found that the world took … Continue reading →

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Degrees of cluelessness

Posted on 11/09/2009 by Soccerdad

JudeoPundit excerpts a bit of Moshe Halberthal’s critique of the Goldstone report: In addressing this vexing issue, the Goldstone Report uses a rather strange formulation: “While reports reviewed by the Mission credibly indicate that members of the Palestinian armed groups … Continue reading →

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UNHRC: Ignoring human rights abuses (unless they’re Israel’s)

Posted on 10/16/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The UN Human Rights Council voted to send the Goldstone Report to the UN Security Council for further consideration. Of course they did. The fix has been in since the biased mandate was given last year—the mandate that the news … Continue reading →

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Goldstone’s double standard’s double standard

Posted on 09/25/2009 by Soccerdad

Ehud Barak in an excellent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal recalls: While such logic eluded Mr. Goldstone and his team, it was crystal clear to the thousands of Israeli children living in southern Israel who had to study, play, … Continue reading →

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2 excellent responses to Goldstone

Posted on 09/24/2009 by Soccerdad

The Wall Street Journal – The U.N.’s Anti-Antiterror Report After a brilliant opening analogy and laying out the sordid histories of the UN’s Human Rights Council and the Goldstone Commission – as well as some of the commission’s blind spots … Continue reading →

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