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Last update - 23:45 20/10/2009
Lieberman to Solana: Goldstone report puts peace talks at risk
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Middle East peace 

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday told his European Union counterpart Javier Solana that the Goldstone Commission's report on the Gaza war endangered the Middle East peace process and to the change of renewing negotiations with the Palestinian Authority.

The Palestinian Authority's conduct over the report calls into question their intentions regarding the peace process, said Lieberman. The foreign minister was referring to the PA's retraction and then resubmission of a proposal to debate the report at the United Nations Human Rights Council.


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The policy of subversion carried out by the Palestinian Authority against the State of Israel, which follows decisions at the Fatah conference in August in which there were calls for the resumption of the armed struggle, raises serious questions about the real aims of the Palestinians. The question now is whether the Palestinians want to establish a state, or to destroy the state of Israel," Lieberman said.

The foreign minister's comments came after the author of the damning report, Richard Goldstone, accused him of opposition to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Goldstone, a South African Jurist, made the claim in a conference call
on Sunday with 150 U.S. rabbis from left-leaning organizations. He was speaking in reference to an Israeli assertion that the report would harm peace talks.

"That just is a shallow, I believe, false allegation," he said. "What peace process are they talking about? There isn't one. The Israeli foreign minister doesn't want one at all."

Lieberman, a right-winger, has drawn fire for criticizing Israel's past efforts in seeking a peace agreement with the Palestinians.

Goldstone's report accused both Israel and Hamas of committing war crimes during the 3-week campaign, but mainly focused on alleged Israeli offenses. It set off an uproar in Israel, and Israeli officials have largely dismissed it as biased.

On Tuesday, the political-security cabinet decided to form a committee to deal with any legal implications which may arise should an Israeli officials be tried for war crimes in the wake of the report.

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      1.   Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,...... 20:27  |  Swiss (Dino) 20/10/09
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      5.   Lieberman or Goldstone 21:12  |  kibishi 20/10/09
      6.   peace talks useless in Lieberman`s opinion 21:13  |  Carol Scheller 20/10/09
      7.   Goldstone agenda 21:20  |  abbadabba 20/10/09
      8.   Lieberman`s whopper of the week! 21:33  |  Ivar 20/10/09
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      10.   Human Rights Watch Founder Bernstein`s opinion 21:51  |  philtlucre 20/10/09
      11.   If Israel is to have the respect of other nations, it needs to 21:57  |  Observer 20/10/09
      12.   Abbas shelved the Oslo Process. FM still trying to keep it alive 22:08  |  Fake Realist 2 20/10/09
      13.   Goldstone investigator not peace envoy 22:09  |  elj 20/10/09
      14.   When facists talk 22:17  |  Ronen 20/10/09
      15.   The avoidance of peace 22:21  |  alan 20/10/09
      16.   Israel fears to face Goldstone report 22:27  |  Tony Silver 20/10/09
      17.   Realist (#2) Newsflash for you 22:49  |  Gil 20/10/09
      18.   yes what peace process ain`t no peace 23:01  |  tea man 20/10/09
      19.   What peace talks? 23:20  |  Mark Lincoln 20/10/09
      20.   Can`t we just boo Lieberman off-the-stage... 00:11  |  Esther 21/10/09
      21.   Lieberman is wrong messenger for such accusations 00:32  |  Get Real 21/10/09
      22.   A funny thought 01:58  |  Colin Wright 21/10/09
      23.   Lieberman`s war process is at risk 02:34  |  Georgie 21/10/09
      24.   UNHRC Farce threatens any faith in the UN & its resolutions 02:40  |  PETER SM 21/10/09
      25.   Stop peace talks nonsense!!!!!!! 04:40  |  no time for peace 21/10/09
      26.   does israel still let this guy run around loose? 04:53  |  eric 21/10/09
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