Consternación no es un término suficiente para describir la decisión del juez Richard Goldstone de retractarse de parte del Informe de 2009 sobre presuntos crímenes de guerra en Gaza. El documento, conocido como Informe Goldstone, fue compilado después de una exhaustiva investigación dirigida por el juez sudafricano y tres otros investigadores de [...]

Los dirigentes israelíes apenas han ocultado su júbilo ante el artículo de opinión que el pasado viernes publicó el juez sudafricano Richard Goldstone en el Washington Post, en el que volvía a considerar las conclusiones de la investigación que las Naciones Unidas le ordenaron hacer sobre el ataque de Israel [...]

A sprawling crime scene. That is what Gaza felt like when I visited in the summer of 2009, six months after the Israeli attack. Evidence of criminality was everywhere-the homes and schools that lay in rubble, the walls burned pitch black by white phosphorus, the children’s bodies still unhealed for lack [...]

Finkelstein dedicates most of the book’s epilogue to the Goldstone report and its many consequences. His revelations and analysis are encouraging in that they suggest that things are in fact changing. Israel, a rouge state by any reasonable standards, will never reclaim its fictitious old status as a beacon of progress and democracy. No amount of lies, intimidation or blackmail could sell Israeli war crimes as self-defense, or smear Israeli critics as anti-Semites.

Article published in Amauta with permission from the author Source: Truthdig by Chris Hedges March 15, 2010 The Israeli government, its brutal war crimes in Gaza exposed in detail in the U.N. report by Justice Richard Goldstone, has implemented a series of draconian measures to silence and discredit dissidents, leading intellectuals and human rights organizations inside and outside Israel [...]

by Bill Moyers October 23, 2009 Bill Moyers talks with Justice Richard Goldstone, who headed up the controversial UN Human Rights Council investigation into fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

por Amira Hass 18 de octubre, 2009 Richard Goldstone visitó el barrio de Zaytoun de la ciudad de Gaza a finales de junio para visitar a la extensa familia Samouni, tema tratado aquí [Haaretz] hace pocas semanas (“le alimenté como a un pajarito”, 17 de Septiembre; “Muerte en la familia Samouny”, 25 de septiembre). 29 miembros de [...]

It’s the Iranians, Stupid by Ira Chernus October 6, 2009 Damn the Iranians and full speed ahead. That was the U.S. policy in the Middle East. But the waters have proved treacherous, with torpedoes everywhere. Despite an initial hopeful sit-down with Iranian negotiators, this won’t be the October the White House wanted on the foreign policy front. By [...]

by Stephanie Nebehay September 29, 2009 GENEVA – The United States called on its close ally Israel on Tuesday to conduct credible investigations into allegations of war crimes committed by its forces in Gaza, saying it would help the Middle East peace process. Michael Posner, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, said that Hamas leaders also had a responsibility [...]

UM-shumum, UM–boom por Uri Avnery 19 de septiembre, 2009 ¿No hay ningún límite para las artimañas de esos cobardes antisemitas? Ahora han decidido difamar a los judíos con otro libelo de sangre. No es la vieja acusación de masacrar niños cristianos para usar su sangre para cocer la matza, el pan de la Pascua Judía, como en el pasado, [...]