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Just what did Goldstone expect?

Israel's PM Netanyahu speaks during cabinet meeting in Jerusalem

Source: Reuters

Israel's PM Netanyahu speaks during cabinet meeting in Jerusalem

It is difficult to think of a figure of the international stature and reputation of Richard Goldstone, with his rich experience as an international criminal prosecutor and investigator of human rights situations, as being naive or unrealistic. It is all the more difficult therefore, to fathom the...

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