News Source: War In Context
| 2 months ago
Nine Israeli human rights NGOs responded to the Goldstone report by repeating this call and suggesting the Israeli government take the Goldstone findings seriously. Such an inquiry would not be unheard of – prominent precedents exist such as the...
News Source: Truthout
| 2 months ago
Ira Chernus, t r u t h o u t Perspective Smoke rises over Gaza on the second day of Israel's airstrikes last December. (Photo: Amir Farshad Ebrahimi / Flickr ) It was a telling coincidence that two reports were issued on the very same day.
News Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
| 2 months ago
The United States says it has "serious concerns" about "many of the recommendations" made in the Goldstone commission report on the Gaza war. Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, also told reporters Thursday, after a meeting of the...
News Source: The Guardian
| 2 months ago
Israel must now heal itself After the Goldstone report, Israel should hold its own inquiry and end its use of disproportionate force and collective punishment The report of the UN fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict is outrageous, a disgrace.
News Source: Jerusalem Post
| 2 months ago
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...
News Source: Palestine Chronicle
| 2 months ago
How many organizations must sound alarm before Israel gets the message? Ignoring Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International is easy, but B’Tselem and the UN too? Is it possible that all these groups are lying about the Gaza war and that...