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Goldstone tells Obama: Show me flaws in Gaza report
By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service
Tags: Israel News 

South African jurist Richard Goldstone, who led a damning United Nations probe into Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip last winter, has challenged Barack Obama's administration to justify its claims that the report is one-sided and flawed.

Goldstone's report, commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council, accuses both Israel and Hamas of war crimes in the Gaza offensive. Israel has rejected the report as biased and the U.S. has said it would support Israel's efforts to prevent a UN Security Council debate on the report.

Goldstone told Al Jazeera on Thursday that he is still waiting for the U.S. to clarify its claim that the report has a number of flaws.
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"The Obama administration joined our recommendation calling for full and good-faith investigations, both in Israel and in Gaza, but said that the report was flawed," Goldstone told Al Jazeera.

The commission chair said that once Washington points out the flaws, he would be ready to respond. "I have yet to hear from the Obama administration what the flaws in the report that they have identified are. I would be happy to respond to them, if and when I know what they are," he said.

The remarks follow a U.S. opposition to a UN Human Rights Council resolution on the report in Geneva last Friday.

Russia and China are also among those who voted against a discussion of the Goldstone probe in the Security Council. The report passed by 25 votes to six, 11 countries abstained, and five countries did not vote, among them Britain and France.

Meanwhile, a recent poll shows that more than two-thirds of the Israeli public opposes an Israeli inquiry panel into the events of Operation Cast Lead.

The poll, Geocartography Institute directed by Professor Avi Degani, shows that only 32 percent of those questioned supported the idea of an investigative committee on the Goldstone report.

On Wednesday night, 30 Sderot residents arrived at the UN offices in Jerusalem to personally pass on a petition opposing the Goldstone report, signed by 100 thousand people from around the world.

The Sderot residents stood outside the UN offices holding signs saying "Goldstone apologize" and "We're sick of anti-Semites".

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      1.   Golstone, Obama, Two Peas of the Same Pod 12:38  |  David P. 22/10/09
      2.   What is wrong with Goldstein? 12:47  |  Inyaki 22/10/09
      3.   RESPECT!!! 12:48  |  T.I.P. 22/10/09
      4.   Challenging Obama now; one can but wonder how much he got paid! 12:50  |  jane 22/10/09
      5.   GOLDSTONE cant make up his own mind."nothing proven one day" 12:55  |  PETER SM 22/10/09
      6.   Looks like Obama/Susan Rice + Co. will be in for some trouble.... 12:56  |  Swiss (Dino) 22/10/09
      7.   Goldstone the-man-of-the-year... 12:59  |  Esther 22/10/09
      8.   Have Goldstone and Obama debate in Jeremiah Wright`s mosque. 13:00  |  Petra 22/10/09
      9.   Hitting back 13:06  |  elsie 22/10/09
      10.   He`s got a point 13:08  |  Adrian 22/10/09
      11.   Goldstone can`t acccept he got it wrong 13:14  |  robins 22/10/09
      12.   Richard, you keep redicule yourself in front of the entire world. 13:17  |  Eitan 22/10/09
      13.   The flaw No 1, the most important, in Goldstone report 13:29  |  Israeli citizen 22/10/09
      14.   Peter SM still doesn`t get it 13:29  |  r cummings 22/10/09
      15.   Good to see Shihab Ritansi where he belongs 13:35  |  Dan 22/10/09
      16.   To Petra of USA 13:37  |  Challenger 22/10/09
      17.   Indeed true, T.I.P. 13:39  |  Johnboy 22/10/09
      18.   Arrogant Goldstone he did a sloppy job investigating Hamas!! 13:40  |  arthur 22/10/09
      19.   Goldstone 13:40  |  flora 22/10/09
      20.   G/stone can not vouch his "witnesses" are witnesses 13:41  |  17 22/10/09
      21.   Tedious 13:42  |  tony 22/10/09
      22.   Goldstone 13:48  |  graziana 22/10/09
      23.   Goldstone: Soft voice strong message 13:52  |  kibishi 22/10/09
      24.   Why Mean Spirited People Are 13:53  |  Peter 22/10/09
      25.   #7 That must be a suprise to Wright, Petra. 14:00  |  Johnboy 22/10/09
      26.   This guy doesn`t behave as a "Jurist" 14:05  |  Brad 22/10/09
      27.   Goldstone is really pyrite 14:24  |  howiej 22/10/09
      28.   Judging both victims & terrorists as morally the same is wrong. 14:32  |  Michael J 22/10/09
      29.   Show me flaws in Gaza Report 14:34  |  Harold 22/10/09
      30.   Goldstone was the first who saw a flaw in his report... 14:35  |  Israeli citizen 22/10/09
      31.   I feel so sorry for Goldstone who now has to work hard on... 14:56  |  Nahum 22/10/09
      32.   Great respect for Goldstone 15:15  |  jens 22/10/09
      33.   To the critics 15:23  |  Apa 22/10/09
      34.   Goldstone exposes critics as self-serving propagandists 16:26  |  Nico Mavelli 22/10/09
      35.   START with the Preface to the report 16:42  |  A TRUE American 22/10/09
      36.   Goldstone tells Obama: Show me flaws in Gaza report 17:07  |  Eitan 22/10/09
      37.   It`s irrelevant.Pals will target civilians+Israel will respond 17:08  |  Sam 22/10/09
      38.   Obama administration response to Goldstone 17:11  |  White Russian 22/10/09
      39.   PETER SM Why lie? 17:24  |  CJ 22/10/09
      40.   Goldstone Report 17:25  |  Max 22/10/09
      41.   Well Obama... are you going to take up the gauntlet? 17:26  |  S 22/10/09
      42.   Indeed 17:41  |  Colin Wright 22/10/09
      43.   #28 The Gaza victims same as Hamas terrorists? 17:42  |  Heinz 22/10/09
      44.   Man of the year????? 17:45  |  Arieka 22/10/09
      45.   Goldstone feels his 15 minutes slipping away. 17:45  |  TT 22/10/09
      46.   A trap for Mr Goldstone 17:50  |  Ralf 22/10/09
      47.   Flaws or Political Smoke Screen? 17:58  |  Vladek 22/10/09
      48.   Peter in FLA 18:03  |  rich 22/10/09
      49.   Swiss (#6). Just another, boring, Israel-bashing day, eh? 18:09  |  flyingdoc57 22/10/09
      50.   Goldstone`s getting quite an ego 18:17  |  SDHD 22/10/09
      51.   RIGHT ON MR. GOLDSTONE! 18:21  |  LG 22/10/09
      52.   Cuckoo cummings 18:21  |  SDHD 22/10/09
      53.   observation 18:24  |  potobac 22/10/09
      54.   Waiting on Israel 18:27  |  Steve 22/10/09
      55.   PRESUPPOSITION 18:27  |  Mark of Lewiston 22/10/09
      56.   Diplomacy is not always Pretty 18:32  |  Stephen 22/10/09
      57.   Obama will win!--3rd try 18:37  |  a wandering Jew 22/10/09
      58.   From Aharon Leshno Yaar to Justice Goldstone 18:39  |  Mark Lincoln 22/10/09
      59.   #5, Peter SM - you need to understand the process 19:15  |  Don Boston 22/10/09
      60.   Goldstone report 19:19  |  Tim 22/10/09
      61.   Goldstone Report #1 Brings Hope 19:22  |  utagawa 22/10/09
      62.   At least one serious report that lists many flaws... 19:43  |  Dave B 22/10/09
      63.   I have read it again True American and 19:44  |  r cummings 22/10/09
      64.   Israeli Citizen, anything may be misrepresented by selected quote 19:51  |  Don Boston 22/10/09
      65.   Goldstone for Nobel Peace Prize 20:03  |  VOICE OF AMERICA)) 22/10/09
      66.   goldstone 20:05  |  recher 22/10/09
      67.   #5 Whining again PeterSM! Israel was given the chance... 20:18  |  Maureen Ann 22/10/09
      68.   No one has deputed Goldstone`s facts only his conclusions 20:24  |  Bloodyscot 22/10/09
      69.   (#11) Robins in Jlem Israel 20:41  |  Hanoman 22/10/09
      70.   well obama? 20:46  |  vik 22/10/09
      71.   Of Course Obama Cannot Show Flaws 20:49  |  Yaakov Sullivan 22/10/09
      72.   Goldstone, isn`t it time to get out the cesspool where you are 21:17  |  Canadian Plumber 22/10/09
      73.   Sondheim said it right.... 21:19  |  p 22/10/09
      74.   Well Mr. Obama: take up the gauntlet? 21:25  |  S 22/10/09
      75.   It looks like his findings have real substance of the stinky kind 21:25  |  Romano 22/10/09
      76.   Goldstone is Accurate 21:39  |  Bill 22/10/09
      77.   Aharon Leshno-Yaar and the other comment 21:40  |  a wandering Jew 22/10/09
      78.   a persistent shmuck 21:55  |  ron 22/10/09
      79.   Enough 22:05  |  HR 22/10/09
      80.   Goldstone is now realizing he was played by the UN. 22:06  |  4:20 22/10/09
      81.   Little Jens from DK ,your Herbert Pundik is like Goldstone 22:11  |  Absolute Sweden 22/10/09
      82.   Kibishi ,how come Goldstone didn`t expose Dutch soldiers at Srebn 22:14  |  Absolute Sweden 22/10/09
      83.   They have used you, Goldstone. Admit it and tell the world the 22:23  |  Tobi 22/10/09
      84.   Flaws galore....serious rebuttal has been written. 22:23  |  Dave B 22/10/09
      85.   Strange 22:27  |  Hugh 22/10/09
      86.   HR 22:34  |  Hugh 22/10/09
      87.   Goldstone is now realizing he was played by the UN. 22:36  |  James 22/10/09
      88.   It looks like his findings have real substance of the stinky kind 22:41  |  James 22/10/09
      89.   Can a honorable Judge fake evidence! 23:45  |  Pietra d`oro 22/10/09
      90.   Only one flaw: Goldstone himself 23:46  |  Dwido 22/10/09
      91.   Goldstone 00:32  |  WHG 23/10/09
      92.   cummings and reading 00:35  |  A TRUE American 23/10/09
      93.   Dont forget- just a lawyer - talks with authrotity about anything 00:44  |  Alfred 23/10/09
      94.   Goldstone Report vs, anti-semitism 01:19  |  Jim 23/10/09
      95.   Bully for Goldstone 01:27  |  Gully Foyle 23/10/09
      96.   #30 Ahem, Israeli Citizen 01:51  |  Johnboy 23/10/09
      97.   #50 So laughable, SDHD 01:54  |  Johnboy 23/10/09
      98.   Goldstone charged Palis with war crimes 01:54  |  Gully Foyle 23/10/09
      99.   Not all IDF soldiers are moral... 02:01  |  leven5 23/10/09
      100.   CJ WHY pretend? 02:25  |  PETER SM 23/10/09
      101.   MAUREEN There is No point dealing with the openly preprejudiced 02:34  |  PETER SM 23/10/09
      102.   The flaws 02:41  |  The Prophet 23/10/09
      103.   Anti-Semitism???? 03:05  |  R Sherman 23/10/09
      104.   Any report made by the openly prejudiced is flawed by definition 03:21  |  PETER SM 23/10/09
      105.   RCUMMINGS The report has to clear the Security Council 03:34  |  PETER SM 23/10/09
      106.   The GoldFish effect. . . 03:34  |  Revoltop 23/10/09
      107.   No answer to the report 04:14  |  Mark Lincoln 23/10/09
      108.   Adrian - Sydney 04:25  |  Ron 23/10/09
      109.   Not one-sided, but even if it is, so what? 04:36  |  Ben W 23/10/09
      110.   This is for all the misguided dogooders 04:53  |  Disgusted 23/10/09
      111.   IS THE PROBLEM: Mr. GOLSTONE OR THE REPORT? 05:04  |  John 23/10/09
      112.   #84 05:20  |  Sterling 23/10/09
      113.   Give it up, Dave... 05:26  |  Dana 23/10/09
      114.   Goldstone and stature 05:47  |  Igor 23/10/09
      115.   Michael J, You Say Potato and I Say Potato 05:49  |  Reader 23/10/09
      116.   Let the lockstepping zionists growl and snarl 05:56  |  hollingworth 23/10/09
      117.   goldstone or torquemada same crap 05:58  |  charro 23/10/09
      118.   Goldstone - Insignificant and emotionally alone 05:59  |  Alan Cohn 23/10/09
      119.   dino you dont have a clue 06:01  |  charro 23/10/09
      120.   The report will be dropped to the trash. 06:18  |  arik 23/10/09
      121.   Response to #62 Dave B Ifound it for you 06:39  |  Disgusted 23/10/09
      122.   Revoltop and reality - disparate 06:39  |  SDHD 23/10/09
      123.   Lincoln`s lessons on how to be a fruitloop 06:40  |  SDHD 23/10/09
      124.   "disgusted", Kemp`s were and are meaningless... 06:47  |  BBSNews 23/10/09
      125.   charro #108 He was not picked as jurist, 07:02  |  Disgusted 23/10/09
      126.   peter sm 90 07:14  |  potobac 23/10/09
      127.   Interesting article the The Star - Toronto 07:34  |  Gilad 23/10/09
      128.   TO Robins #11 08:12  |  Steve Beikirch 23/10/09
      129.   Alan Cohn, that is simply rubbish... 08:49  |  BBSNews 23/10/09
      130.   no flaws in Gaza report, Mr Obama 08:50  |  ahyar 23/10/09
      131.   PROFF.Dershowitz offered to debate Goldstone.No reply. 08:55  |  PETER SM 23/10/09
      132.   Peter SM likens Goldstone to Arafat ! #5 10:07  |  Dieter Vaarsen 23/10/09
      133.   Hamas was to blame for the whole war 10:17  |  Dan Martins 23/10/09
      134.   To # 104 Reader 10:46  |  Michael J 23/10/09
      135.   #98 - Not one-sided, but even if it is, so what? 12:33  |  Gully Foyle 23/10/09
      136.   BBS again 13:03  |  Samuel 23/10/09
      137.   128 13:06  |  Samuel 23/10/09
      138.   The UN-Goldstone report 13:16  |  Olav Bergo 23/10/09
      139.   no.35 15:04  |  Samuel 23/10/09
      140.   Who really deserves the Nobel Peace price: Obama of Goldstone? 16:25  |  Paul 23/10/09
      141.   To #134 Michael J: Having Mistaken You For An Intelligent Man... 18:01  |  Reader 23/10/09
      142.   107, Mark Lincoln 19:18  |  Harry 23/10/09
      143.   to r cummings - you said it all - 20:22  |  Albert Dupont 23/10/09
      144.   : Goldstone - Insignificant and emotionally alone 21:09  |  James 23/10/09
      145.   JIM PUTS HIS BIG FOOT IN IT AGAIN.NO SURPRISE 21:43  |  Jasmine 23/10/09
      146.   Dont forget- just a lawyer talks with authrotity about anythin 21:53  |  The Judge 23/10/09
      147.   #109 Indeed true, Ben W 22:38  |  Johnboy 23/10/09
      148.   alan cohn - a righteous jew 04:57  |  michael 24/10/09
      149.   Zarkon 08:30  |  Brendan 24/10/09
      150.   THANK YOU BRENDAN FOR YOUR HONEST RESPONSE@148 16:38  |  Jasmine 24/10/09
      151.   Blatantly anti-Israeli BSNews has Israel`s interests at heart? 20:10  |  SDHD 24/10/09
      152.   Goldstone 22:41  |  Rozz 24/10/09
      153.   Johnboy and yet another obtuse analogy 00:15  |  SDHD 25/10/09
      154.   peter sm 131 01:49  |  potobac 25/10/09
      155.   Perturbedback versus Dersh 04:42  |  SDHD 25/10/09
      156.   Goldstone`s Indignation 16:22  |  A Humanist 25/10/09
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