Sunday 28 February 2010

UN Extends Goldstone Investigation of Israel for Gaza War Crimes

98 UN Nations want the war crime case against Israel to continue; the US is one of 7 that voted against the idea.

At the United Nations meeting in New York, 98 Member States voted in favor of a resolution on the follow-up to the Goldstone Report, and seven voted against it, with 31 abstentions[2].

The United States is one of the few that voted against the continuing investigation into Israeli war crimes.

Representing the U.S., Alejandro Wolff said his country, "remained deeply concerned about the suffering of both Palestinians and Israelis, but the only way to end it would be to reach a negotiated permanent settlement. Both sides in the conflict should continue credible domestic investigations, he stressed, reiterating that the Goldstone Report was deeply flawed and unbalanced."

Richard Goldstone is Jewish. He was selected for the lead role on the investigation because of his excellent record in this exact thing: the investigation and prosecution of war crimes. When his investigation revealed that Israel looked like war criminals, the discrediting began. More

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