Gaza Fact-Finding Mission: Responses to the Goldstone Report

On September 15, 2009, the Gaza Fact-Finding Mission, headed by Justice Goldstone, released a 575-page report in which it analyzed the military actions during Operation Cast Lead, also known as the Israel-Gaza war of December-January 2008-2009. The report has been criticized as being one-sided, out of context, and unprofessional. Presented here are studies which address both the report and Israeli actions in Gaza. In addition, critical, introspective editorials and selected news articles are offered.

• Blocking the Truth of the Gaza War: How the Goldstone Commission Understated the Hamas Threat to Palestinian Civilians
  

• Turning a Blind Eye to War Crimes
• Palestinian "Policemen" Killed in Gaza Operation Were Trained Terrorists
• Did Israel Use "Disproportionate Force" in Gaza?
• Accountability of Hamas Under International Humanitarian Law
• International Law and the Fighting in Gaza

From the Media

• Goldstone: 'If This Was a Court Of Law, There Would Have Been Nothing Proven.' (The Forward)
• The Goldstone Report: A Study in Duplicity (CAMERA)   
• UN's bias binds Gaza (The Australian) A betrayal of Israelis and Palestinians alike (Jerusalem Post)
  
• UN Investigation of Israel Discredits Itself and Undercuts Human Rights (Hudson Institute)
• The Goldstone show-trial (The Spectator)
• The Goldstone Mission - Tainted to the core - Irwin Cotler (Jerusalem Post)

Conference: Hamas, the Gaza War, and Accountability Under International Law

• Read Summaries of Presentations 
• Watch the Video of the Conference
• Download Daniel Taub's Powerpoint Presentation
• Col. Richard Kemp: "The IDF Did More to Safeguard the Rights of Civilians Than Any Other Army" [Video] [Transcript]

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