Friday, September 18, 2009
More resources and reaction:
Richard Maize Creates Websites To Refute UN Israel Gaza Goldstone Report. Those web sites are UN Goldstone Gaza Report and The Association for Human Rights in Israel.
Amir Mizroch has a piece at the JPost that describes some of the backdrop, but perhaps the most interesting is what comes at the beginning:
During his investigations into possible war crimes committed by Israel and Hamas during Operation Cast Lead, Judge Richard Goldstone asked a group of prominent South African expatriates living in Israel to persuade government officials here to cooperate with his commission.
Goldstone told them the commission's findings and recommendations would be more balanced if Israel made its case.
The expats traveled to Jerusalem with the message, but after a relatively short briefing with Israeli experts, the delegation did a complete about-face and supported Israel's position of having nothing to do with the UN fact-finding mission.
The trick: Israeli officials briefed the visitors on what Goldstone's commission was already doing in Gaza, on the makeup of the UN Human Rights Council and on the rancid history of the HRC's deliberate targeting of Israel...
Mona Charen goes after our own administration's tepid defense of the Israelis: U.N. Disgraces Itself Again; Obama Helps, Shame appears to be in season. Jennifer Rubin does the same: Let the UN Human Rights Council Take Care of It!
J F Beck goes after some specific items in the report concerning reports of the munitiions used: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: ISRAEL NAILED
Update: Samson Blinded comments at length: Goldstone report: the rebuttal
And, Mere Rhetoric reports that the dog and pony show at the ICC is on: MSM Outlets Pretty Psyched About Girl "Seeking Justice For Gaza" At ICC
