20 Jan Goldstone Recants; Blood Libel Continues
Richard Goldstone admitted that the infamous UN report bearing his name was skewed against Israel from the start and wrongly accused the Jewish State of war crimes in Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. Last week Goldstone admitted, “If I had known then what I know now, the Goldstone Report would have been a different document.” It took two years for Goldstone to realize that an investigation which was being led by committee members who had publicly proclaimed Israel’s guilt before the inquiry started might be biased. And it recently dawned on this respected jurist that “asking Hamas [a terrorist organization committed to the destruction of Israel] to investigate [its targeting of civilians] may have been a mistaken enterprise.” What took him so long?
The Goldstone Commission, part of long series of biased, one-sided actions taken by the U.N. Human Rights Council, has caused irreparable harm to Israel and other democracies who need to defend themselves in asymmetrical warfare against terrorists hiding among civilians. The Goldstone Report set forth a vicious campaign to demonize, de-legitimize, boycott, and isolate Israel.
The following articles explain the illegal and unfair report methods and conclusions, Goldstone’s problematic apology, the consequences of the Goldstone blood libel, and the future harm this report may inflict upon Israel.
BACKGROUND
Goldstonereport.org
A comprehensive and well-documented analysis, from careful examination of specific incidents and controversies to broader legal and conceptual issues.
EARLY REFUTATIONS OF GOLDSTONE LIES
What took Goldstone so long to realize he was wrong? One of many early refutations of the Goldstone Report.
The Case Against the Goldstone Report
Alan Dershowitz
THE BLOOD LIBEL
Judge Goldstone takes it back
by Jeff Jacoby
The Boston Globe
April 6, 2011
A simple lie, it is said, can get halfway around the world while the truth is still tying its shoes. A blood libel travels faster and can get even farther, and even a heartfelt mea culpa cannot call it back…The Goldstone report did incalculable damage to Israel’s good name. Breathlessly hyped in the media, it accelerated the already frenzied international campaign to demonize and delegitimize the Jewish state.
NOT REALLY A RECANTATION
Richard Goldstone’s Legacy of Shame Continues
by Abraham H. Miller
April 9, 2011
Pajamas Media
Goldstone’s recantation in the pages of the Washington Post is only a threat, not a real recantation. Goldstone has not gone to the UN to ask that his report be expurgated. Why not?
WHAT’S NEXT AT THE UN?
Will UN Hold onto Goldstone Big Lie?
Upon Further Review . . .
by Peter Berkowitz
The Weekly Standard
April 18, 2011
Meanwhile, Goldstone’s colleagues on the U.N. Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict—London School of Economics professor Christine Chinkin; Colonel Desmond Travers, a former officer in Ireland’s Defence Forces; and Hina Jilani, advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan—have shown no sign of changing their minds. Indeed, on April 4, Jilani declared that “no process or acceptable procedure would invalidate the U.N. Report.
ISRAEL STILL PAYING THE PRICE FOR GOLDSTONE
Richard Goldstone recants. What price the Israel witch-hunt now?
by Melanie Phillips
The Spectator
The damage is done – and no amount of self-serving recantations by Richard Goldstone will undo the terrible harm he has done.
Goldstone does not take responsibility for the Big Lie he helped perpetrate with such terrible consequences in putting rocket-fuel behind Israel’s delegitimization as a pariah in the eyes of the world. Instead, he blames his false conclusions upon Israel’s refusal to co-operate with his inquiry.
JEWS WHO HELPED GOLDSTONE SPREAD THE LIBEL
Goldstone Wasn’t Alone
J Street, New Israel Fund Helped Spread his Calumny Against the Jewish State
World Jewish Daily Editorial