U.S. ambassador skips Goldstone debate, send her deputy
Jewish Journal
November 6, 2009
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations did not attend a General Assembly discussion of the Goldstone report.
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Goldstone Report
The Goldstone Follies: Live debate with Judge Goldstone
Rob Eshman
November 5, 2009
Last year, the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem released a video showing an Israeli soldier shooting a rubber bullet into the left foot of a bound and blindfolded.\nPalestinian demonstrator at close range while a lieutenant colonel and other soldiers watched. After an army investigation of the incident, a military court charged the battalion commander with conduct unbecoming an officer.
House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to condemn Goldstone report
Jewish Journal
November 3, 2009
The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to condemn the Goldstone report.
U.N. General Assembly to debate Goldstone
Jewish Journal
October 29, 2009
The United Nations General Assembly will discuss the Goldstone report next week.
Netanyahu’s Goldstone Dilemma
Jewish Journal
October 28, 2009
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing one of the most acute dilemmas since his return to power last March: how to respond to the U.N.-sponsored Goldstone report’s charges that Israel may have committed war crimes in the Gaza war last January.
Goldstone: Waiting for Obama to specify flaws
Jewish Journal
October 22, 2009
Richard Goldstone called on the Obama administration to justify its claims against his findings in a United Nations report on the Gaza war.
Should Jews care about the Goldstone report?
Jewish Journal
October 20, 2009
It was of course utterly predictable. Last Friday, Judge Richard Goldstone, reacting to the United Nations Human Rights Council’s inevitable decision to endorse his made-for Al Jazeera report about last winter\’s Gaza war, criticized the UNHRC because it included only censure of Israel, without any mention of Hamas.
Goldstone report hurting chances for peace talks
Jewish Journal
October 19, 2009
One of the unintended consequences of the U.N.’s Goldstone report on the Gaza war is that it has made peace in the Middle East less likely, at least at first glance.
In do-over on Goldstone, Human Rights Council ignores Hamas
Jewish Journal
October 19, 2009
Who says there are no do-overs in international politics?
U.N. body sends Goldstone report to Security Council
Jewish Journal
October 16, 2009
The U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva sent the Goldstone report to the U.N. Security Council, while Richard Goldstone condemned the council for ignoring his findings on Hamas war crimes.
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