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Goldstone, Kemp, and the “36 Incidents”: The Bizarro World of the UNFFM to Gaza
At a number of points in the controversy over his report, Judge Goldstone has referred to the fact that his Mission selected 36 "representative" incidents to investigate. Here he explains to Bill Moyers: We chose those 36 because they seemed to be, to represent the most serious, the highest ...
Goldstone defends UN report on Gaza at Brandeis forum
boston.com — At Brandeis last night, Richard Goldstone (left) defended his UN report on Israel’s actions in the Gaza... invasion. Diplomat Dore Gold said it all but ignored Israel’s right to defend itself. At Brandeis last night, Richard Goldstone (left) ... (more) Goldstone defends UN report on Gaza at Brandeis forum
Richard Goldstone v. Dore Gold Liveblog
Richard Goldstone v. Dore Gold Liveblog
israelmatzav.blogspot.com — This is the first of at least three posts tonight that will deal with the Goldstone -... Gold debate I just saw at Brandeis. The first one is my liveblog notes of the debate. The second will include video of the entire debate, which is being uploaded to ... (more) Richard Goldstone v. Dore Gold Liveblog
Who is ...
spectator.co.uk — When Israeli tanks and troops rolled into Gaza in December 2007, there was no doubt about the... outcome of the conflict. Nor was there any doubt about who would be held responsible for using disproportionate force and deliberately harming civilians. ... (more)  ...
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Goldstone commission report is not flawed
Yourish.com — ... Judge Richard Goldstone has repeatedly referred to his commission’s finding 36 incidents during Israel’s war against Hamas to investigate. Augean Stables has studied the report and identified the 36 incidents. The Augean Stables observes: ...

The Legal and Intellectual Fraud of the Goldstone Report
the sad red earth — ... Read the Augean Stables’ analysis of Goldstone’s “36 incidents” (that were Goldstone’s self-professed basis for the report). Goldstone later explained why the U.N. mission chose not to hear testimony from British Colonel Richard Kemp, who later testified before the UNHRC that Israel’s efforts to protect civilians were exemplary. Goldstone wrote ...

Richard Goldstone: Utterly clueless
Yourish.com — ... Point numbers two and three: Those 36 incidents were incidents that Goldstone said proved Israel was guilty of deliberately targeting civilians. But the report could find “no evidence” of Hamas booby-trapping buildings or using human shields. The report quoted Palestinian eyewitnesses, but did not interview anyone in the IDF. One of the student questioners asked Goldstone how the report could possibly be unbiased when it did not interview a single soldier. He insisted that it was unbiased. You know, when I was a child, the “Because it is” defense never ...

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