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In an October 1974 cable to Democratic Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson, following passage of his legislation helping Soviet Jews emigrate, Israel's Foreign Minister Yigal Allon wrote that "your efforts in this matter manifest once again your deep understanding...
Tags: Israel, UN Human Rights Council, Richard Goldstone, Goldstone Report, Judge Goldstone, US Congress, Jackson, Minnesota, Gaza Conflict, war crimes, Jerusalem, Islam and antisemitism, United Nations Human Rights Council, Gaza War, Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Gaza, Israel-Gaza conflict, Politics
Israel has made this accusation to distract the international community's attention away from the investigating committee's report on atrocities it committed in Gaza," Iran's UN mission said in a statement. On Wednesday, Israel alleged that it had seized...
Tags: Israeli, Iranian, goldstone report
Quite often one finds critical articles about Israel not in US mainstream releases but in Israeli sources such as Haaretz. Any critique in the US is immediately pounced upon by pro-Israel watchdogs who immediately label any criticism as anti-semitic...
Tags: Goldstone report, Gaza offensive, Jewish support for Goldstone.
The UN General Assembly approved on Thursday an Arab-backed resolution endorsing the Goldstone Report, paving the way for the matter to be sent to the Security Council. A total of 114 nations voted in favor of the resolution and 18 voted against it, with...
Israel's top UN diplomat lashed out at the General Assembly on Wednesday ahead of an expected vote on a resolution endorsing the Goldstone Report and calling for it to be referred to the Security Council. "The report before you was conceived in hate...
Tags: war crimes, Israeli, Gaza Strip, UN General Assembly, Richard Goldstone, Security Council, Goldstone Report, Palestinians
Goldstone Report conceived in hate Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Professor Gabriela Shalev, criticized the Golsdstone Report during a special General assembly discussion, saying it was "conceived in hate and executed in sin." Shalev added...
Tags: Israel, UN General Assembly, United Nations General Assembly, Goldstone Report, Goldstone Commission
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said he would defer to recommendations by the General Assembly regarding the Goldstone Report accusing Israel of war crimes during its military operation in Gaza. "I'm waiting for any guidelines, decisions or recommendations...
Tags: Shahar Azran Israeli, Judge Richard Goldstone, Israel Democracy Institute, United Nations General Assembly, war crimes, Gaza Strip, Goldstone Report, UN Gabriella Shalev, Gabriela Shalev
Against evacuation. The IDF induction ceremony Photo: Miri Tzahi, courtesy of Homesh First Defense minister issues harsh condemnation of political act of protest undertaken by Shimshon Battalion soldiers and their families at induction ceremony, says,...
Tags: prime minister, goldstone report, IDF, Goldstone Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Defense Forces, Ehud Barak, task force, Gaza Strip, Benjamin Netanyahu
Goldstone himself is Jewish and said to be also a Zionist so he no doubt is quite annoyed at the reaction to his report. He probably feels that he was quite fair. Certainly his report also lambastes Hamas actions as well as Israel. From the...
Tags: "Goldstone report, Gaza offensive, Israel, US Israel relations
A U.S. rabbinical group is calling on the Israeli government to investigate alleged Israeli abuses during the Gaza war. In a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Shimon Peres, Rabbis for Human Rights-North America...
Tags: Israeli, Israel-Lebanon, Iran, Silvan Shalom, goldstone report, secretary general, New York