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Last update - 14:18 08/11/2009
Goldstone criticizes 'lukewarm' U.S. response to Gaza report
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent, and Reuters
Tags: Goldstone Gaza report 

Richard Goldstone, the jurist who headed a United Nations investigation that accused Israel and Hamas of war crimes in Gaza, said he is disappointed by what he called the "lukewarm" reaction to his findings in the United States.

The Goldstone Commission report lambasted both sides in the December-January war, which killed up to 1,387 Palestinians and 13 Israelis, but was harsher toward Israel.

The report gave Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants six months to mount credible investigations or face possible prosecution in The Hague. Both Israel and Hamas have denied committing war crimes.
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"The reactions in the international community were very mixed, but the lukewarm reaction from the United States disappointed me," Goldstone told das Parlament, a weekly political newspaper published by Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag.

"The fact that the reactions from Israel were so violent really surprised me at times," he added, according to the German text of his comments published on Sunday.

"I had hoped that our call to take legal steps and pursue people at a national level would fall on more open ears."

Israel has criticized the report as unbalanced and says the 47-nation Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council, which commissioned the report, is biased against it.

A UNHRC resolution last month censured Israel for its actions in the Gaza war without referring to any wrongdoing by Hamas. The United States voted against it.

Israel said it would coordinate with the U.S., U.K. and France to ensure the Security Council vetoes Arab countries' resolutions on the Goldstone report, Israeli officials told Haaretz.

On Thursday night, the UN General Assembly adopted the report, with 114 countries voting in favor of discussing it in the Security Council.

Eighteen countries opposed, and 44 abstained.

Israeli officials believe the Security Council discussion will not yield a binding resolution.

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      1.   "Lukewarm"? More like "Icy"? 14:29  |  The Prophet 08/11/09
      2.   What did hje Judge had thought? 14:31  |  Inyaki 08/11/09
      3.   Not only 14:51  |  ron 08/11/09
      4.   Narcisstic, narcissism... 14:53  |  Abecassis 08/11/09
      5.   goldstone 14:57  |  nocountry 08/11/09
      6.   Goldstone forgot that some countries are above any law. 15:05  |  Mark 08/11/09
      7.   He dreamed of a role of the "Overseer of the Ghetto" 15:10  |  Absolute Sweden 08/11/09
      8.   Well If you investigated Sudan Iran Chechnia wed be less lukewarm 15:30  |  What is he smoking 08/11/09
      9.   Cold as can be 15:43  |  WHG 08/11/09
      10.   Such a blind lying putz , and 15:52  |  Knute 08/11/09
      11.   Surprize, surprize! 16:01  |  S 08/11/09
      12.   Why surprised, Mr. Goldstone, that is exactly what happens.... 16:15  |  Swiss (Dino) 08/11/09
      13.   "Lukewarn" reception for: Leveling Slanderous Blood Libels 16:22  |  David P. 08/11/09
      14.   goldstone did not report the truth or investigate Hamas.US knows 16:53  |  ks 08/11/09
      15.   8 Years Too Late 17:03  |  Ron 08/11/09
      16.   ks, you are a perfect example of self-imposed ignorance... 17:34  |  BBSNews 08/11/09
      17.   US Israeli Lobby imtimidated Congress to vote against Report. 17:47  |  Ed 08/11/09
      18.   #16 more b/s from michael at very bad news 17:56  |  vhardman 08/11/09
      19.   I thought the Goldstone report was particularly 18:02  |  r cummings 08/11/09
      20.   About Goldstone surprises... 18:45  |  ana 08/11/09
      21.   Goldstone was treated like an apostate 18:48  |  Basil 08/11/09
      22.   The education of Goldstone AKA Candide 19:00  |  David 08/11/09
      23.   GOLDSTONE IS A GREAT MAN! 19:18  |  EL 08/11/09
      24.   Goldstone, Madoff and the other liar too 19:30  |  Mea 08/11/09
      25.   Seems the Casualty Numbers are starting to Deflate 19:47  |  Gil 08/11/09
      26.   PATHETIC POMPOUS PREACHERS OF PAL PROPAGANDA 19:54  |  Steve of Mevaserret 08/11/09
      27.   US reaction was proper 20:07  |  US CITIZEN 08/11/09
      28.   I know ... it hurts .. 20:08  |  Max 08/11/09
      29.   Richard the Narcissist 20:09  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 08/11/09
      30.   "Israel has criticized the report as unbalanced" 20:13  |  hollingsworth 08/11/09
      31.   Crimes Against Humanity Should Awaken All Jews 20:17  |  Vladek 08/11/09
      32.   Bravo, Steve of Mevaserret, Bravo!! 20:20  |  flyingdoc57 08/11/09
      33.   #.12 Dino. Yes its a surprise. 20:43  |  Stephen. 08/11/09
      34.   Swiss (Dino) #12 wants Gideon Levy on prime time TV 21:09  |  Gil 08/11/09
      35.   Swiss (Dino) #12 wants Gideon Levy on prime time TV 21:10  |  Gil 08/11/09
      36.   Goldstone 21:31  |  Joshua 08/11/09
      37.   #6 Mark...yes, and that would be most Islamic 21:39  |  Lynn 08/11/09
      38.   # 33 Stephen, I`m afraid it will rather be future Israeli..... 22:14  |  Swiss (Dino) 08/11/09
      39.   #28 Max...all this was a set up to attack all Western countries 22:15  |  Lynn 08/11/09
      40.   # 34 Gil, you may have failed, to notice, but I was talking...... 22:15  |  Swiss (Dino) 08/11/09
      41.   Countries above the law 22:23  |  Suzy 08/11/09
      42.   #30 try this for size hollingsworth as to real 22:45  |  vhardman 08/11/09
      43.   #19 cummings rates a work of fiction from a far 22:54  |  vhardman 08/11/09
      44.   Goldstone have you no shame 23:09  |  Leah 08/11/09
      45.   Goldstone -tell everyone whyApartheid SA Govt appointed U Judge 23:13  |  Alan SA 08/11/09
      46.   Steve, ever shot a civilian carrying a white flag? 23:18  |  BBSNews 08/11/09
      47.   Mark 23:51  |  Brad 08/11/09
      48.   Goldstone Exposes His Game 23:56  |  Brad 08/11/09
      49.   Ed 00:04  |  Brad 09/11/09
      50.   Goldstone is a dirty word now 00:34  |  Terry 09/11/09
      51.   Man, he just won`t go away, will he? 05:33  |  Johnboy 09/11/09
      52.   What did he expect? 19:10  |  a wandering Jew 09/11/09
      53.   UNPROVEN ACCUSATIONS 01:18  |  Steve of Mevaserret 10/11/09
      54.   criticizes `lukewarm` U.S. response 02:51  |  a wandering Jew 10/11/09
      55.   He has found evidence of war crimes Johnboy? 13:58  |  Daniel 10/11/09
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