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UN human rights chief endorses Goldstone Gaza report
By Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent, and News Agencies
Tags: Middle East, Goldstone Report 

The UN's top human rights official backed a report Thursday accusing Israeli forces and Palestinian militants of war crimes during their conflict in Gaza last winter.

Navi Pillay's endorsement of the report by an expert group led by Judge Richard Goldstone came as Israel warned the UN Human Rights Council that approving the document risked undermining Middle East peace.

Pillay told the 47-member council that she supported the report's recommendations, including its call for urgent action to counter impunity - meaning that Israel and Hamas must investigate and prosecute those who committed war crimes.
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The 575-page report concluded that Israel used disproportionate force, deliberately targeted civilians, used Palestinians as human shields, and destroyed civilian infrastructure during its Dec. 27-Jan. 18 incursion into the Gaza Strip to root out Palestinian rocket squads.

President Shimon Peres on Thursday met Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and discussed the Goldstone report, the Iranian nuclear issue and advancing the Middle East peace process.

Referring to the Goldstone report, Peres said, "Israel has investigated every war and action which it was compelled to undertake. We do not need outside judges. We will not allow a majority that is hostile to Israel to judge us."

Peres continued, "If the Human Rights Council wants to be fair, I suggest that it consider Iran's call for Israel's destruction.... There is a limit to hypocrisy. Why isn't Iran being investigated? Why does everyone remain silent?"

Peres added that "Hamas fired missiles at homes, operated in the heart of the population and used children as human shields. No investigative committee, including Goldstone's, has provided an answer as to how to prevent Hamas's despicable terrorist acts against Israeli citizens."

The report accused Palestinian armed groups including Hamas of deliberately targeting civilians and trying to spread terror through rocket attacks on southern Israel.

Almost 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed during the three-week conflict.

Pillay said it was necessary for both sides to carry out impartial, independent, prompt, and effective investigations into reported violations of human rights and humanitarian law as recommended by the report.

Israeli Ambassador Aharon Leshno-Yaar rejected the Goldstone report as biased and flawed, warning that a vote endorsing the document will set back hopes for peace. He accused the council, which has a history of passing resolutions critical of Israel, of using the report for more Israel bashing.

The United States has taken a similar view that excessive attention to the report and alleged crimes in the Gaza war could hamper efforts to rejuvenate struggling peace efforts between Israelis and Palestinians.

"We stand at an important moment, and must all be mindful of the larger context of ongoing efforts to restart permanent status negotiations that would lead to the creation of a Palestinian state," said U.S. diplomat Douglas M. Griffiths.

But Pillay, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said "holding war criminals accountable and respect for human rights are not obstacles to peace, but rather the preconditions on which trust and, ultimately, a durable peace can be built."

The council is debating a resolution that would endorse the Goldstone report's recommendation for the Security Council in New York to determine within six months whether both sides are carrying out credible investigations into alleged abuses. If they aren't, the matter should then be referred to prosecutors at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.

The draft resolution suggests UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon should also monitor Israeli and Palestinian compliance with the report. A vote is expected Friday.

U.S. and European diplomats are opposed to sending the report to the more powerful Security Council for action.

"Washington supports calls for those responsible for violations to be held accountable, but wants this to be done by Israeli and Palestinian authorities themselves," said Griffiths, the U.S. diplomat.

"Countries need and deserve the space to work through what processes will be most effective, and this cannot be dictated from outside," he said.

Palestinian and Israeli rights groups warned Thursday against burying the report.

"I don't think you can build a peace process on injustices that you try to sweep under the rug," said Jessica Montell, head of the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem.

"We hope the Goldstone report doesn't end as piles of paper," added Raji Sourani, director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.

Allies press Israel to investigate Goldstone report findings

Western allies on Wednesday pressured Israel to launch credible investigations into UN allegations of possible war crimes.

The United States, Britain and France all said Israel should look into findings published last month by the UN mission led by Goldstone.

Deputy U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Alejandro Wolff said Washington had serious concerns about the report, including what he said was its "unbalanced focus on Israel." But he repeated the U.S. view that Israel should look into it.

"We take the allegations in the report seriously," he told the council. "Israel has the institutions and the ability to carry out serious investigations of these allegations and we encourage it to do so."

Wolff said Hamas was a "terrorist organization" that was neither willing nor able to investigate its own behavior. Hamas - the de facto ruler of Gaza - does not recognize Israel's right to exist.

British Ambassador John Sawers called on Israel to launch proper investigations into the charges outlined in the report.

"We note that the Israeli Defense Forces has already conducted and is continuing to conduct a number of investigations," Sawers said. "However, concerns remain."

French Ambassador Gerard Araud urged both sides to initiate "independent inquiries in line with international standards."

UN Undersecretary-General Lynn Pascoe told the council that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also wanted "credible domestic investigations" based on the Goldstone report.

Israel:Goldstone report diverting focus from real issues

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Gabriela Shalev on Wednesday criticized the Security Council for its focus on the Goldstone Gaza report, saying that it diverts attention away from other, more pressing Middle East issues.

"Instead of discussing the real and worrying questions facing the Middle East, the UN is focusing on the Goldstone report, which Israel believes legitimizes terror organizations," Shalev said.

"For those of us who seek to resume the peace process in the Middle East, debating the Goldstone Report in the Security Council is but a tale 'full of sound and fury, signifying nothing'," she added, using the famous quote from Shakespeare's Macbeth.

"An ordinary person would think that an emergency UN session would be called when Gazan and Lebanese terrorists fire missiles into Israeli territory, or because of the Iranian nuclear threat," Shalev continued.

"The pretense of urgency in this session is an attempt to 'hijack' the council's agenda to promote the report, a move supported by none other than Libya - a country that has only recently celebrated the return of the Lockerbie bomber," the ambassador said.

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Al-Malki on Wednesday rejected assessments by the United States and the UN that progress had been made to advance a settlement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"No real progress has been made in the peace process," he said. "The Goldstone report constitutes a wake-up call that cannot be ignored."


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      1.   Stop Accusing & Just Make Peace & Wexler is Good 16:40  |  Stephen 01/11/09
      2.   Yea, Focus on Tutsis and Hutus 16:40  |  Mark of Lewiston 01/11/09
      3.   So what are the pressing issues? 16:40  |  Cynic #2 01/11/09
      4.   wrong 16:40  |  Ishmael 01/11/09
      5.   Only the UN can bring peace to Israel and Palestine. 16:40  |  Michael 01/11/09
      6.   Yes or No 16:40  |  ex-Israeli 01/11/09
      7.   Moral authority 16:40  |  Dave duncan 01/11/09
      8.   Wise words 16:40  |  O 01/11/09
      9.   ya world we want to drag the peace process again do not ditract 16:40  |  tea man 01/11/09
      10.   shlev 16:40  |  oz 01/11/09
      11.   Cynic #2 16:40  |  bob 01/11/09
      12.   #6 you have courage and.... 16:40  |  bob 01/11/09
      13.   Then lets deal with ending occupation and land grab! 16:40  |  Mimon 01/11/09
      14.   Content of Goldstein`s report touches on heart-of-matter 16:40  |  Esther 01/11/09
      15.   Terror doesnt justify murdering innocents 16:40  |  Don Boston 01/11/09
      16.   the danger of power 16:40  |  edgar 01/11/09
      17.   Hamas leadership is also guilty 16:40  |  Hirz 01/11/09
      18.   UN 16:40  |  Yaron 01/11/09
      19.   If the Israeli people could only understand....... 16:40  |  Swiss (Dino) 01/11/09
      20.   1400 16:40  |  Sam 01/11/09
      21.   ex-israeli 16:40  |  current israeli 01/11/09
      22.   Israel is spending a lot of time 16:40  |  Chris Linthwaite 01/11/09
      23.   Murder of 900 innocent people a "distraction"? 16:40  |  Nour 01/11/09
      24.   Ms. Shalev you`re an Israeli. Deception, sleight of hand. 16:40  |  Lou Medel 01/11/09
      25.   What could be more pressing than...... 16:40  |  Marlene N. 01/11/09
      26.   Shalev isignorant 16:40  |  Yossi saw occupation 01/11/09
      27.   Shalev should accept reality 16:40  |  Israeli 01/11/09
      28.   There`s NOTHING more pressing than freeing the Pals 16:40  |  Michael 01/11/09
      29.   The UN. Sponsors of.... 16:40  |  The Teacher/Instruct 01/11/09
      30.   Deputy Ambassador Wolff Giving a US Pass 16:40  |  Yaakov Sullivan 01/11/09
      31.   Goldstone report 16:40  |  Shlomo Arib 01/11/09
      32.   Idem 16:40  |  Peter 01/11/09
      33.   Shalev put the UN in their place. Goldstone is a joke! 16:40  |  4:20 01/11/09
      34.   Goldstone 16:40  |  TC 01/11/09
      35.   Concentrate on Israel`s other violations of Intl. laws first 16:40  |  Joseph Blough 01/11/09
      36.   pressing issues of the ME zionist enterprise! 16:40  |  steal more land! 01/11/09
      37.   Peace ?! nothing but a silly play 16:40  |  From Lebanon 01/11/09
      38.   #5 16:40  |  Harold 01/11/09
      39.   Rule of Law 16:40  |  Andrew 01/11/09
      40.   Double Standard 16:40  |  Lucy 01/11/09
      41.   "For those of us who seek to resume... 16:40  |  Absolute Denmark 01/11/09
      42.   Shalev lies 16:40  |  ana 01/11/09
      43.   As there is no peace process, it cannot be contraproductive. 16:40  |  Kris Lazar 01/11/09
      44.   There`s nothing more pressing than freeing the Palestinians. 16:40  |  Michael 01/11/09
      45.   Attention diverters - isn`t that what Israel wants? 16:40  |  Maureen Ann 01/11/09
      46.   WHAT LAND STOLEN 16:40  |  TOBIA 01/11/09
      47.   Mark of Lewiston 16:40  |  alan original one 01/11/09
      48.   Too late (has Israel imploded?) 16:40  |  Carmen Ferreira 01/11/09
      49.   "steal more land!" part 2 16:40  |  Justintime 01/11/09
      50.   If Goldstone prevails, ... 16:40  |  Jasper 01/11/09
      51.   UNHRC confirms meaninglessness of Goldstone report 16:40  |  Jacob Blues 01/11/09
      52.   I think you`re missing something Jasper 16:40  |  O 01/11/09
      53.   The article has it backward 16:40  |  David 01/11/09
      54.   The more pressing Middle East issue 16:40  |  sh 01/11/09
      55.   Words spoken by Macbeth 16:40  |  Nico Mavelli 01/11/09
      56.   Do I hear this right? 16:40  |  hollingsworth 01/11/09
      57.   Time for the Israeli people to understand that the Goldstone..... 16:40  |  Swiss (Dino) 01/11/09
      58.   I think I see a flaw in the Israeli argument 16:40  |  Johnboy 01/11/09
      59.   Fair is fair 16:40  |  A TRUE American 01/11/09
      60.   #11 bob 16:40  |  BDS 01/11/09
      61.   Not allies 16:40  |  Paul FreedmanF 01/11/09
      62.   Moslem sanctimonious hypocrites slandering the Jews & Israel? 16:40  |  Catholic observer 01/11/09
      63.   "Allies" ? 16:40  |  Dan 01/11/09
      64.   Deep in the pile of . . . 16:40  |  Mark Lincoln 01/11/09
      65.   30/31 Jasper/Jacob - Read the Report 16:40  |  Mark of Lewiston 01/11/09
      66.   Jacob Blues, that`s because Hamas cooperated... 16:40  |  BBSNews 01/11/09
      67.   This report is the most important issue facing the Middle East 16:40  |  Johan Odin 01/11/09
      68.   Probe Bin Ladins allegations against US 16:40  |  shlomo 01/11/09
      69.   Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to the new reality 16:40  |  Chris Linthwaite 01/11/09
      70.   Israel`s allies, especially Australia should question Israel... 16:40  |  Maureen Ann 01/11/09
      71.   Need Proof of the one-sidedness? 16:40  |  Jon 01/11/09
      72.   looking forward to the prosecution of Bush and Obama 16:40  |  Jon 01/11/09
      73.   What a joke by Shalev. Israel `diverts` for 41 years already 16:40  |  Dudu 01/11/09
      74.   Why should Israel probe Hamas use of human shield? 16:40  |  Meo 01/11/09
      75.   Israel doesn`t want peace 16:40  |  David 01/11/09
      76.   Israel Should be Patient With Western Allies 16:40  |  massaraksh 01/11/09
      77.   Self Investigation 16:40  |  Bazmann 01/11/09
      78.   Time for Israel to launch a "soft" investigation 16:40  |  Jason 01/11/09
      79.   The rule of law is the very *essence* of Judaism 16:40  |  Aaron Levitt 01/11/09
      80.   In an interview with The Forward Goldstone admitted 16:40  |  Eli 01/11/09
      81.   Are Britain, France and the USA totally wrong? 16:40  |  Mark Lincoln 01/11/09
      82.   UK hypocrites don`t investigate their soldiers iraq abuses 16:40  |  jason 01/11/09
      83.   Goldstone spoke out the obvious 16:40  |  Fritz T. 01/11/09
      84.   Goldstone did Israel in - its all over 16:40  |  Sarah Kingston 01/11/09
      85.   30/31 Jasper/Jacob Blues - Read the Report 16:40  |  Mark of Lewiston 01/11/09
      86.   Already done--not a report a lynching 16:40  |  Paul FreedmanF 01/11/09
      87.   Israel is obviously feeling singled out 16:40  |  Richard Pearce 01/11/09
      88.   The entire West should probe the UN! 16:40  |  Heather Czerniak 01/11/09
      89.   Israel should writ a report about Hamas, and indict them at UN 16:40  |  jr 01/11/09
      90.   Ex-Israeli do Palestinians shoot rockets into Sderot or not? 16:40  |  arthur 01/11/09
      91.   Goldstone put Israel in its place, Shalev is a joke 16:40  |  betz55 01/11/09
      92.   Goldstone Report 16:40  |  AM 01/11/09
      93.   France should probe it massacre of 1000000 Africans 16:40  |  Dan 01/11/09
      94.   US/UK should probe killing 1M civilians in Iraq and Afganistan 16:40  |  Hyporcrats 01/11/09
      95.   If Muslims and Arabs didn`t sanction Islamic terrorist groups 16:40  |  Gina 01/11/09
      96.   Hamas has never once tried to protect Gazan children 16:40  |  Gina 01/11/09
      97.   Don Boston, and how do you call what you did in Iraq & Afganistan 16:40  |  Don the hypocrite 01/11/09
      98.   Who cares about the Goldstone report? 16:40  |  Adele 01/11/09
      99.   Peter, yes, in Rome Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, now Iran 16:40  |  is just propaganda 01/11/09
      100.   To armchair terrorists concerned about settlments 16:40  |  Uproot them 01/11/09
      101.   settlements 16:40  |  Michael 01/11/09
      102.   occupation 16:40  |  Michael 01/11/09
      103.   Sorry 16:40  |  Colin Wright 01/11/09
      104.   VIOLENCE VIOLENCE VIOLENCE 16:40  |  Tinkie 01/11/09
      105.   obviously israel`s allies DO NOT "dismiss" the goldstone report 16:40  |  eric 01/11/09
      106.   "Allies press Israel " 16:40  |  DT 01/11/09
      107.   The United States...said Israel should look into findings ... 16:40  |  S 01/11/09
      108.   Israel can`t just continue with the old mantra... 16:40  |  Esther 01/11/09
      109.   Shalev and Shakespeare 16:40  |  harvey 01/11/09
      110.   Don the hypocrite 43 16:40  |  John Spear 01/11/09
      111.   Michael #47... but those are `benign` occupations... 16:40  |  Esther 01/11/09
      112.   Heather #34... you`re in ostrich-mode... 16:40  |  Esther 01/11/09
      113.   You are right jr #35... but that would not absolve us 16:40  |  Esther 01/11/09
      114.   eric #51 attributing hypocrisy and chutzpah to Gabriela Shalev 16:40  |  S 01/11/09
      115.   SAM (#18) 1414 16:40  |  Gil 01/11/09
      116.   INVESTIGATE Goldstone`s acceptance of Hamas claims at face value? 16:40  |  PETER SM 01/11/09
      117.   Goldstone report is fundamentally flawed 1 16:40  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/11/09
      118.   Goldstone report is fundamentally flawed 1 16:40  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/11/09
      119.   Tinkie (#50) either you are not from Israel or you have not 16:40  |  Gil 01/11/09
      120.   Goldstone report is fundamentally flawed 2 16:40  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/11/09
      121.   S #55, re Shalev, with or without academe... 16:40  |  Esther 01/11/09
      122.   Goldstone report is fundamentallly flawed 3 16:40  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/11/09
      123.   Time for Israel to wake up and smell the coffee...... 16:40  |  Swiss (Dino) 01/11/09
      124.   Veritas Vos Liberabit 16:40  |  mehmet 01/11/09
      125.   Yawn 16:40  |  Baruch Gold 01/11/09
      126.   # 62 S, sorry but character has NOTHING to do with education !! 16:40  |  Swiss (Dino) 01/11/09
      127.   Other, more pressing ME issues? 16:40  |  sh 01/11/09
      128.   S 62 and qualifications 16:40  |  jarid khan 01/11/09
      129.   wright 16:40  |  Yaron 01/11/09
      130.   probe 16:40  |  oz 01/11/09
      131.   michael # 50 16:40  |  fred 01/11/09
      132.   The hysterical Zionist outrage is risible. 16:40  |  Roo 01/11/09
      133.   Cipora #65,68... your posts are also tendentious... 16:40  |  Esther 01/11/09
      134.   atrocities 16:40  |  oz 01/11/09
      135.   Esther #69 and jarid khan #71 16:40  |  S 01/11/09
      136.   Look, all you guys and gals, for and against... 16:40  |  Esther 01/11/09
      137.   Cipora #66, #68, #70 Excellent! I strongly recommend this to ... 16:40  |  S 01/11/09
      138.   Cipora #`s 66; 68; 70 - Excellent! I strongly recommend this to.. 16:40  |  S 01/11/09
      139.   The only sound and fury, signifying nothing, 16:40  |  r cummings 01/11/09
      140.   Esther #11 proposes 2 states sharing all and the same land... 16:40  |  S 01/11/09
      141.   Esther #69 and jarid khan #71 16:40  |  S 01/11/09
      142.   Indeed, the Gaza witnesses should be made available to 16:40  |  17 01/11/09
      143.   Legalistic defenses for slaughtering civilians are unpersuasive 16:40  |  Natallie Durson 01/11/09
      144.   Now is the time for all good men ... 16:40  |  Joseph 01/11/09
      145.   ROO the smug self satisfaction of the Arabists is palpable 16:40  |  PETER SM 01/11/09
      146.   humanitarian 16:40  |  yerushalmi 01/11/09
      147.   They are not Allies 16:40  |  Brod 01/11/09
      148.   PA Heroes: Abu-Isbah and Mughrabi (2nd try) 16:40  |  Steve of Mevaserret 01/11/09
      149.   17 #102... much of Goldstone`s report based on what-he-saw... 16:40  |  Esther 01/11/09
      150.   her,say sorry? And for what? 16:40  |  Roman 01/11/09
      151.   Fatah make Hamas heroes by promoting fiction of Goldstone ??? 16:40  |  r 01/11/09
      152.   6ex-isr US killed over 500,000 Afghan/Iraqi civilians?Yes or No? 16:40  |  bat yam 01/11/09
      153.   Yerushalmi, the fact that terrorists/insurgents 16:40  |  r cummings 01/11/09
      154.   Israelis have no concept of proportionality 16:40  |  Don Boston 01/11/09
      155.   PETER SM 16:40  |  Roo 01/11/09
      156.   Moslem sanctimonious hypocrites slandering the Jews & Israel? 16:40  |  Catholic observer 01/11/09
      157.   Arrogance Will Not Allow This 16:40  |  Yaakov Sullivan 01/11/09
      158.   Re: Steve of Mevaserret #109 16:40  |  Apa 01/11/09
      159.   Responsibility and Accountability 16:40  |  Vladek 01/11/09
      160.   Too Much Focus on Goldstone Already 16:40  |  Ron 01/11/09
      161.   # 124 Esther -"much of Goldstone`s report based on what-he-saw.. 16:40  |  17 01/11/09
      162.   Don Bolston "Israelis have no concept of proportionality" 16:40  |  17 01/11/09
      163.   apa 16:40  |  Yaron 01/11/09
      164.   Don Boston 16:40  |  Yariv 01/11/09
      165.   17 #141 Even one eyed mute could work it out 16:40  |  jarid khan 01/11/09
      166.   WHY READ 16:40  |  TOBIA 01/11/09
      167.   defenders 16:40  |  oz 01/11/09
      168.   Don Boston - Perhaps the question you should be asking 16:40  |  Gina 01/11/09
      169.   CIPORA, # 114, 115, 117, 119 16:40  |  EL 01/11/09
      170.   boston 16:40  |  oz 01/11/09
      171.   Shalev is right 16:40  |  Lola 01/11/09
      172.   To those that delegitimize Goldstone AND defend IDF/Israel 16:40  |  Mark B. 01/11/09
      173.   #154 Yaakov Sullivan 16:40  |  H 01/11/09
      174.   # 165 jarid khan - 16:40  |  17 01/11/09
      175.   Idealization of war 16:40  |  Lola 01/11/09
      176.   #101, 102 Michael 16:40  |  BDS 01/11/09
      177.   Haaretz..I notice 16:40  |  H 01/11/09
      178.   Shalev Is Doing What All Israeli Spokespersons Do 16:40  |  Yaakov Sullivan 01/11/09
      179.   Boston and proportionality 16:40  |  Christopher 01/11/09
      180.   EL on the Fears of Cipora Juliana Kohen 16:40  |  Yaakov Sullivan 01/11/09
      181.   "Do Not Lump Israel with Terrorists in Cycle of Violence" 16:40  |  Anonymous 01/11/09
      182.   To Oz, re Tibet 16:40  |  Lola 01/11/09
      183.   #161 17 re Esther 16:40  |  H 01/11/09
      184.   H in London on Genocide #173 16:40  |  Yaakov Sullivan 01/11/09
      185.   Mark B 16:40  |  17 01/11/09
      186.   BSNews and cooperation 16:40  |  SDHD 01/11/09
      187.   jarid khan 16:40  |  Gina 01/11/09
      188.   Netanyahu is conspicuous by his absence 16:40  |  Chris Linthwaite 01/11/09
      189.   To Don Boston 16:40  |  Lola 01/11/09
      190.   My apologies to Cynic#2 and 60BDS 16:40  |  bob 01/11/09
      191.   no group desecrated 16:40  |  Lola 01/11/09
      192.   The Goldstone "report" 16:40  |  A. More 01/11/09
      193.   #173 H 16:40  |  Chris Linthwaite 01/11/09
      194.   I don`t want to completely ruin your day 16:40  |  Chris Linthwaite 01/11/09
      195.   Goldstone should be embarresed he wrote this report 16:40  |  zionist forever 01/11/09
      196.   to Lola 16:40  |  kibishi 01/11/09
      197.   #185 Dear 17, what else can it mean? 16:40  |  Mark B. 01/11/09
      198.   Chris Linthwaite - Lebanon voted onto UNSCR today! 16:40  |  Cynic 01/11/09
      199.   response to "Don the Hypocrite" 16:40  |  Don Boston 01/11/09
      200.   Fully concluded Israeli internal investigations,should suffice. 16:40  |  Sarah 01/11/09
      201.   Israel was invited to the party--she refused--- 16:40  |  Labhras 01/11/09
      202.   #71 Jon: only Israel refuses 16:40  |  BDS 01/11/09
      203.   Parenthetically, Ms. Shalev isn`t, um, beautiful 16:40  |  Paul O`Niall Mooney 01/11/09
      204.   UN Human Rights Chief Isn`t that a Oxymoron 16:40  |  Shepherd 01/11/09
      205.   Jacob Blues - ridiculous comments 16:40  |  Don Boston 01/11/09
      206.   Regardless of the outcome 16:40  |  a wandering Jew 01/11/09
      207.   118,120, & 122 only posts that make sense. 16:40  |  leoblue 01/11/09
      208.   #193 Chris Linthwaite re UK "We are having an enquiry" 16:40  |  H 01/11/09
      209.   Jon - Hamas is evil - Duh!! already outcast 16:40  |  Don Boston 01/11/09
      210.   # 197 Dear Mark B, as an lawyer you know how 16:40  |  17 01/11/09
      211.   truth or another motve? 16:40  |  a wandering Jew 01/11/09
      212.   War criminals individual accountability 16:40  |  Rankoo-Karoon 01/11/09
      213.   #164 Yariv - I`ve gone WB & studied Israeli heros books 16:40  |  Don Boston 01/11/09
      214.   Report 16:40  |  TC 01/11/09
      215.   Chris Linthwaite (#193) Asks why he went to war 16:40  |  Gil 01/11/09
      216.   Peres and Goldestone Gaza Report 16:40  |  Harold 01/11/09
      217.   Reading the comments 16:40  |  Mark Lincoln 01/11/09
      218.   #168 Gina - youre arguing with your imagination 16:40  |  Don Boston 01/11/09
      219.   #174 16:40  |  Harold 01/11/09
      220.   #165 Jarid Khan 16:40  |  Harold 01/11/09
      221.   Sir/Madame 17 #161 16:40  |  Esther 01/11/09
      222.   #170 Oz - some gd points, but w/o context 16:40  |  Don Boston 01/11/09
      223.   A "credible" investigation by Israel? It will never happen. 16:40  |  peacelover 01/11/09
      224.   #179 Christopher - agree with some, but no defense of Israel 16:40  |  Don Boston 01/11/09
      225.   Chris #188... he was having well-earned rest & recuperation 16:40  |  Esther 01/11/09
      226.   The minimum Israel should do is legally investigate allegations.. 16:40  |  Smadar 01/11/09
      227.   Desire for peace 16:40  |  John 01/11/09
      228.   #226 Smadar - Since Hamas was responsible 16:40  |  *BEN JABO 01/11/09
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