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Netanyahu claims not to bakc Gaza probe
Israel Matzav — ... of Operation Cast Lead (Hat Tip: Memeorandum ). Q. What did you think of the Goldstone report? A. I thought there were limits to hypocrisy but I was obviously wrong. The so-called human rights commission accuses Israel that legitimately defended itself against Hamas of war crimes. Mind you, Hamas . . . committed four. First, they called for the destruction of Israel, which under the U.N. Charter is considered a war crime -- incitement to genocide; secondly, they fired deliberately on civilians; third, they hid behind civilians; and fourth, they've been holding our captured ...

Weymouth interviews Netanyahu
Yourish.com — ... words, despite the mantle of righteousness that he wraps himself in, Goldstone assumed Israel’s guilt. His goal, then, was not to investigate Israel, but to convict it. (This wasn’t the only instance where Goldstone blurred the law to support his foregone conclusions.) This presumption of guilt is a good reason for Israel not to launch any investigations of its own based on Goldstone’s report. There’s a lot more to the interview (via memeorandum) and well worth reading. Crossposted on Soccer Dad.