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IDF Chief: Israeli inquiry into Gaza war proper response to Goldstone
By Assaf Uni, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Operation Cast Lead 

Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi responded for the first time to discussions of setting up a committee of inquiry into Operation Cast Lead during his first visit to Germany as Chief of Staff on Monday.

"All possibilities are being examined and the IDF is taking part in discussions," said Ashkenazi to reporters during his visit. "I assume that the Prime Minister and the Israeli government will make the right decision."

Ashkenazi refused to give details to whether the IDF opposes the committee of inquiry, but clarified that the "IDF was investigating before the Goldstone report and is still continuing to investigate itself." He claimed that not only the IDF stands in the spotlight of the report, but the Israeli government does as well, which is accused in the report of planning a "military operation against an innocent population."
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"It's a good thing the government is investigating the subject harshly - we must respond to the Goldstone report," Ashkenazi said.

As part of his visit to Germany, the Chief of Staff participated in a memorial ceremony for Holocaust victims. "I, Gabi Ashkenazi, a son of a Holocaust survivor, stand here today as the commander of the Israel Defense Forces, and carry with pride the flag of the state of Israel - the state of the Jewish nation," he said.

Ashkenazi emphasized in his speech "the obligation to forever remember the most horrible atrocity in the history of mankind, and to make sure that we will never deposit our trust in strangers, or let anyone control the future of the state of Israel."

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