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Last update - 18:00 16/09/2009
Goldstone's daughter: My father's participation softened UN Gaza report
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Goldstone Gaza report 

Had Richard Goldstone not served as the head of the UN inquiry into the Gaza war, the accusations against Israel would have been harsher, Goldstone's daughter, Nicole, said in an interview conducted in Hebrew with Army Radio on Wednesday.

"My father took on this job because he thought he is doing the best thing for peace, for everyone, and also for Israel," Nicole Goldstone told Army Radio.

She added that her father wrestled with the decision to take on the task. "It wasn't easy [for him]," Nicole Goldstone said. "My father did not expect to see and hear what he saw and heard."
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Nicole Goldstone, who currently lives in Canada with her family, spoke of her great love for Israel.

"Every time I dream of returning to the country or that my son will one day immigrate there," she told Army Radio.

"Israel is more important to me than anything. I'm not there at the moment, but my heart is always there."

Nicole Goldstone said she expects to host her father for the upcoming Rosh Hashanah holiday.
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  1.   Goldstone was an excellent choice to head the commission 14:11  |  Yonatan 16/09/09
  2.   She still loves her father! Amazing. Make aliya already 14:35  |  Realist 16/09/09
  3.   Conclusion: we must behave like Iran and ignor UN. just talk talk 14:35  |  L.Bernstein 16/09/09
  4.   Goldstone Report 15:22  |  peter franzen 16/09/09
  5.   Why only Meyer Lansky? 15:32  |  Gene 16/09/09
  6.   So tell your daddy to probe Hezballah also, please 16:13  |  Israeli citizen 16/09/09
  7.   Your father`s report is wrong, biaised, specially with Shalit 16:15  |  Israeli citizen 16/09/09
  8.   That is True Because... and It Serves to Discredit the Whole 16:18  |  Eli 16/09/09
  9.   Churchil and Truman committed crimes against humanity/? 16:20  |  Zionist 16/09/09
  10.   You should listen to the learned Judge Goldstone 16:24  |  Eli Rubinstein 16/09/09
  11.   Nicole, your father should me ashamed of himself. He is being 16:49  |  ks 16/09/09
  12.   Thank You Judge Goldstone! 16:50  |  massaraksh 16/09/09
  13.   Eli, I spent much of yesterday and last night reading... 17:05  |  BBSNews 16/09/09
  14.   The Learned Judge Goldstone 17:21  |  Leon 16/09/09
  15.   Has anyone who posted here actually read the report? 17:22  |  sh 16/09/09
  16.   attacking Goldstone`s report without having read it 17:28  |  Fair 16/09/09
  17.   For those who haven`t read it 17:29  |  sh 16/09/09
  18.   In plain English: "Not Truthful" 17:33  |  Jacob 16/09/09
  19.   DELETED BY MODERATOR 17:36  |  v hardman 16/09/09
  20.   Judge Goldstone is a man of mercy and conciliation... 17:46  |  Esther 16/09/09
  21.   Goldstone. 17:47  |  Harry Greenblatt 16/09/09
  22.   Not Welcome in Toronto 17:48  |  Dr.Allan 16/09/09
  23.   Goldstone the wonderful Jew 17:56  |  Disgusted 16/09/09
  24.   Yonatan, yes Goldstone was called upon on the matter of apartheid 17:56  |  Esther 16/09/09
  25.   Esther #16 Goldstone`s reputation is indeed good. Peres`s too!... 18:22  |  S 16/09/09
  26.   My feeling from the start... 18:44  |  Ben Azzai 16/09/09
  27.   UN report 18:46  |  dazed and confused 16/09/09
  28.   Harry Greenblatt, the report disputes your claim... 19:03  |  BBSNews 16/09/09
  29.   Hey, what a surprise! 19:04  |  Vince 16/09/09
  30.   Goldstone 19:05  |  Edifice 16/09/09
  31.   Neither of them is wrong, S #25... 19:15  |  Esther 16/09/09
  32.   Before writing a report Goldstone had to spend a day in Sderot! 19:17  |  Vittorio 16/09/09
  33.   i have to say that goldstone`s daughter 19:31  |  bloom in love 16/09/09
  34.   Gladstone`s daughter is right--her father is fair minded 19:56  |  Dutch 16/09/09
  35.   Goldstone`s Participation Hurt Israel More 19:57  |  Brad 16/09/09
  36.   Speaking of UN objectivity 20:15  |  Sarah 16/09/09
  37.   Richard, why did you do it? 20:17  |  Lawyer II 16/09/09
  38.   Brad #29 20:23  |  Mine 16/09/09
  39.   What is self-defence, and what is punitive...? 20:59  |  Esther 16/09/09
  40.   V Heartless and `Pakis` 21:02  |  had enough 16/09/09
  41.   Sarah, I thought Israel was strong? 21:30  |  BBSNews 16/09/09
  42.   BBS Wake up it was a BRITISH raid 21:46  |  PETER SM 16/09/09
  43.   Great review of the factual inaccuracies 21:47  |  RfaelMoshe 16/09/09
  44.   Goldstone 22:22  |  paul 16/09/09
  45.   The report 22:27  |  Leon Ghitis 16/09/09
  46.   To Lawyer II: "this is one of the most damaging things ever ..." 17:21  |  David James Vickery 17/09/09
  47.   Why? 18:22  |  idealist 17/09/09
  48.   The best place to solve this would be in Rome 23:41  |  Lese Majeste 17/09/09
  49.   goldstone sit down shout up 02:23  |  frank morris 02/10/09
  50.   Lawyer II 18:47  |  Gambit1939 20/10/09
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