I've been accumulating a load of links concerning the upcoming Goldstone Report, the UN 'Human Rights' Council's report on Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, as well as the Human Rights Watch ongoing cratering credibility fiasco. Here's a link dump for your browsing pleasure. There are a lot of resources and commentary of substance here:

Start with Melanie Phillips' excellent overview: The Goldstone show-trial

Judith Apter Klinghoffer has an entry exposing the manner in which the Goldstone Report is simply another shot in the BDS (Boycott Divestment Sanctions) war against the Jewish State: GOLDSTONE USED FOR ONSLAUGHT ON ISRAEL

NGO Monitor does their usual meticulous work, here: The Goldstone "Fact Finding" Mission and the Role of Political NGOs

Eye on the UN has a very useful resource page that basically fisks the entire effort, divided into subjects with red text inserted with expository commentary and emphasizing problematic aspects: THE GOLDSTONE INQUIRY: THE UN BLOOD LIBEL

A prominent list of 50 UK and Canadian lawyers have signed a statement taking issue with the prima-facie bias of the report: U.N.'s Imminent Gaza Report Challenged by 50 U.K. & Canadian Lawyers for 'Bias'

Goldstone himself was compelled to respond, not well, to the Chinkin controversy: Goldstone defends Christine Chinkin from bias charge

There should be much more about the Goldstone Report forthcoming.

Now let's focus on Human Rights Watch. Regular readers already know that the issue of Marc Garlasco's collecting habit is only the latest straw on the camel's back.

NGO Monitor has a detailed report on HRW here: EXPERTS OR IDEOLOGUES? A SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS OF HRW'S FOCUS ON ISRAEL [PDF]

Note, for instance, page 11, "HRW Staff and Board Members". The list of board-members is such that if you're a known far-leftist and/or anti-Israel activist you are more than welcome, otherwise forget it. The select few who don't fit this mold have already started criticizing.

The UK-based CST Blog has a very good post on the Garlasco controversy: Human Rights Watch - it is "absurd" to question motives of Nazi medals collector

NGO Monitor takes apart one of the most "celebrated" incidents of supposed Israeli perfidy here: HRW's Credibility Gap: 14 Versions of the Abed Rabbo "White Flags" Incident

...and on the Garlasco issue: Expert or Ideologues?: HRW's Defense of Marc Garlasco's Nazi Fetish

If you didn't notice, HRW has been sending out the sockpuppets to defend the honor of Garlasco and HRW. See here, for instance: HRW sends out the sockpuppets

And well they should be concerned, as his fetish has even leftist supporters of HRW expressing dismay with Elder noting one example above.

Garlasco himself finally responded with a piece at The Huffington Post, and you can follow that by starting here: Garlasco responds, poorly -- and here: Garlasco Responds -- and here: Marc Garlasco: Hey, Sorry If You Were Creeped Out By My Nazi Obsession, Which I'm Now Going To Pretend I Was Never Concerned About

In another useful general resource, the JCPA has come out with the following report: Palestinian "Policemen" Killed in Gaza Operation Were Trained Terrorists

Also, see: Who started the Gaza war? and Who Broke the Ceasefire? CNN's "Fact Check" Falls Short

Finally, in a piece of general interest concerning the cognitive war of which this entire exercise is a part, see Richard Landes in the JPost: Exposing the 'weapon of the weak'

Update: Another interesting post on Garlasco from UN Watch: HRW's Garlasco: "VERY nice Hitler signature selection"; "a visit from Hitler!"; "My Christmas wish is for peace in the Nazi collecting field"

And Israellycool: Garlasco-Gate: The Gift That Keeps on Giving