Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: UK raises concerns over Israel's treatment of Palestinian children [View all]Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)about UNHRC...he reversed it because he found all their work flawed as
you do? lol. There are other countries in the world other than Israel.
You're funny.
Save your Bernstein article for someone else...this is old news so
save your breath.
Richard Goldstone, he has to live with his recantation, he owns it
and all its intended ambiguity...with it Goldstone did extend Israel a great
favor..for the Palestinians, no. One thing that did help the Palestinians
indirectly was the press coverage his recant produced and the other
authors of the report have voiced their own statements reaffirming
the report. But it was the Palestinian leadership in Geneva that ruined
the chances for the report to go forward..that was not Goldstone's
fault. AI and HRW condemned the HRC after the first postponement
and rightly so.
The HRC did not recommend the report at the time before
the recantation to the General Assembly and the Security
Council due to the Palestinian delegation...so this was more
complicated than you seem to recall it. With each follow up they
requested, which was about 3 months long each, they lost momentum.
They have to live with that too.
I think it is worth remembering that Goldstone called out the
Israeli government like no one had before, and they saw him
as an enormous threat.
The right wing neocons pummeled Goldstone, Bibi declared him one of the 3 main
threats to Israel after Iran, missiles, there was the Goldstone threat.
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=164050
The recant deeply hurt a movement but there
will be another way for the Palestinians to be heard.
There is no doubt in my mind about that.