IDF Colonel Accused of War Crimes Promoted to General ~ by Richard Silverstein (@richards1052)

Richard Silverstein on November 13, 2012 | Tikun Olam Col. Ilan Malka, “hero” of Gaza war, murderer of al-Samouni clan, promoted to Brig. Gen. (Dudu Azoulay) The IDF likes to reverse the old saying: “Let no good deed go unpunished.” It likes to ensure that no war crime goes unrewarded. Col. Ilan Malka, who was […]

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Mads Gilbert, eyewitness to ‘Cast Lead’, says Gaza remains besieged and ‘shattered’ By Alex Kane *   Two years ago, Dr. Mads Gilbert (left) told me that his experience in Gaza during Israel’s assault in 2009 was the “most horrific experience” of his life, a grim honor previously held by Israel’s…

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Palmer Report’s Fatal Flaws

Related: The Mavi Marmara Massacre Category Mavi Marmara: Previous & news updates about the Mavi Marmara & the UN Report Palestine Chronicle | Sept 2, 2011 The Panel was obsessed with Israel’s security. (Via Aljazeera) By Julie Webb-Pullman – Gaza The most fundamental fault of the Palmer Report on the 31 May 2010 Flotilla Incident(1) […]

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As Turkey Freezes Israel Ties, Critics Decry “Whitewashed” U.N. Report on Gaza Flotilla, Blockade – video

Related: The Mavi Marmara Massacre Democracy Now | Sept 2, 2011 Turkey has downgraded diplomatic ties with Israel and frozen military cooperation ahead of a long-awaited United Nations report on Israel’s deadly attack on a Gaza-bound aid ship in 2010. The report accuses Israel of “excessive and unreasonable” force in its attack—which killed nine people—on […]

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Goldstone: Israel’s War On Gaza, Finkelstein, Weiss – video

Joefriendly |  May 4, 2011 Norman Finkelstein, Peter Weiss consider Israel’s shameful massacre of Gaza as condemned by Goldstone Report for the UN. They deal with Goldstone’s murky retraction of his report language changing ‘intentional’ to ‘indiscriminate.’ Event at Columbia University, May 2, 2011. Camera: Joe Friendly Source | Palestine Video Vlog Related SPECIAL TOPIC […]

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Lynda Burstein Brayer: Judge Goldstone’s Bogus Test of War Time Culpability

Phony Baloney By LYNDA BURSTEIN BRAYER | COUNTERPUNCH | APR 29, 2011 Wikileaks has once again brought attention to the question of Israel’s war crime culpability in the military “Operation Cast Lead”  it conducted from 27th Dec 2008 – 18th Jan 2009, a period of twenty three days, against the Palestinian population living in the […]

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What Future for the Goldstone Report? Beyond the Name «

20 April 2011 | Prof. Em. Richard Falk  Ever since it first struck the raw nerve of Israeli political consciousness I thought it misleading to associate the Goldstone Report so exclusively with its chair, Judge Richard Goldstone. After all, despite his deserved prominence as an international jurist, he was the least qualified substantively of the […]

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US lobbied to block Gaza War report

PressTV – Tue Apr 19, 2011 1:34PM US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice The US administration of President Barack Obama has reportedly made efforts to block an independent UN investigation into Israel’s war against the Gaza Strip. US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice was behind the move to prevent a more thorough UN […]

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Matter of Policy: Gaza War and Goldstone’s Moral Collapse

by Ramzy Baroud  April 15th, 2011 | Dissident Voice Shocking is not a sufficient term to describe Justice Richard Goldstone’s decision to recant parts of the 2009 report on alleged war crimes in Gaza. The document, known as the Goldstone Report, was compiled after a thorough investigation led by the South African judge and three […]

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US Senate asks UN to rescind Gaza War report

April 15, 2011 WASHINGTON (AFP) — The US Senate asked the United Nations to rescind a report on the Gaza War after its lead author expressed doubt over his conclusion that Israel targeted civilians during the 2008-2009 offensive. The Senate resolution calls on UN Human Rights Council members “to reflect the author’s repudiation of the […]

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Goldstone Recants, Gaza Dies

by Philip Giraldi, April 14, 2011| Antiwar.com The United States has long been on the receiving end of Israeli misbehavior.  Israel invades Lebanon or Gaza, the US vetoes UN Security Council resolutions condemning civilian deaths and destruction of infrastructure, and Washington winds up taking the blame for condoning Tel Aviv’s recklessness.  Repeat that twenty times […]

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The Gold and the Stone; There is Something Tragicomic About the Persona of Richard Goldstone

12.04.11 – 12:44| Palestine News Network Uri Avnery – Gush Shalom – First there was a veritable storm of fury when the original Goldstone report was issued. What a fiend! A Jew who claims to be a Zionist and an Israel-lover, who publishes the most abominable slanders about against our valiant soldiers, aiding and abetting […]

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Goldstone’s Rethink: Cleansing Israel’s War Crimes

By Jonathan Cook  | Sabbah Report | http://www.sabbah.biz | Apr 9, 2011 Israeli leaders have barely hidden their jubilation at an opinion article in last Friday’s Washington Post by the South African jurist Richard Goldstone reconsidering the findings of his United Nations-appointed inquiry into Israel’s attack on Gaza in winter 2008. For the past 18 […]

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Israeli Parliamentarian to Sue Goldstone

07.04.11 – 16:58 Member of the Knesset, Danny Danon is attempting to file a libel lawsuit against South African Judge Richard Goldstone with the help of Jewish-American lawyers, according to the Israeli online Ynet News. South African Judge Richard Goldstone During the Cast lead operation on Gaza which started on December 2008 and lasted for […]

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PCHR: Israeli assault on Gaza must be investigated by ICC

Palestine Monitor 6 April 2011 “All political considerations must be put aside, and the rule of international law upheld.” -PCHR White Phosphorus shells fall on a UN school converted into shelter, Jabalya/Gaza, January 2009 Picture: AP The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) urges the international community and the General Assembly to push the UN […]

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