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Goldstone: As Jew, it's my duty to probe war crimes
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Published: 04.10.09, 15:10
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31. The more you talk, Godstone, the more I realize how biased
Fred   (10.04.09)
you have been, along with your colleagues, against Israel and by extension against the Jewish people as a whole. I can't pretend to know your real motives, as some here do, for having taken the task upon yourself, but the fact that you now attempt to justify your position by blaming Jews for criticizing you is telling... Silence is golden Mr. Gold----. You made an error of judgement. Accept it and withdraw from public affairs for a while because we, Jews, will not forget...
32. The Other Half of the Obligation
David ,   Jerusalem   (10.04.09)
As a Jew you are required to inquire dilligently (direct Biblical quote). The investigation needed to be deep, complete, and fully contemplated. The Goldstone Report showed an incomplete and poorly formed inquiry was conducted with one side being taken at face value without critical, relevant issues being weighed and included in the conclusion. One only serves the truth and common good when was does a thorough, complete job. That was not the case here - and even a cursory look at the report and other publicly available data proves that. Mr. Goldstone failed in his responsibilities as a Jew. Not because he conducted an inquiry, but because he did so in a slipshod, shallow manner.
33. Goldstone
Duchess   (10.04.09)
I hope you never visit Israel again. I do not think they welcome you. You are an enemy of truth and an enemy of Israel. You are a traitor.
34. "So what if I am a dirty, anti-Semitic Jew that hates Israel
Richard Goldstein ,   UN in NYC   (10.04.09)
that's none of your business." If you don't like the 8,000 rockets to Sderot, why don't you make 8,000 of your own and send them to gaza? Enough of this nonsense, I must get back to my harem.
35. Jews should defend Jews. He is a ghetto Jew
carlos ,   San Diego U.S.   (10.04.09)
He is not normal. He needs a shrink
36. UN's Kapo.
Michael ,   Toronto,Canada   (10.04.09)
Another self-hating Jew
37. goldstone should never be allowed to
jason white ,   afula,israel   (10.04.09)
enter Israel. he may call himself a "Jew|, but to me and many others he is not and never will be! he is as much of a Zionist as arafat or b.o.! he is the enemy within,just like emmanuel,falk, axelrod, finklestein and beilin.
38. Please will Judge Goldstone
Brian ,   Israel   (10.04.09)
explain to a layman. If Israel perpetrated a war crime, have the USA , UK and Germany also commited war crimes? If so, will they also be required to go through the same process as Israel is being subject to?
39. Goldstone works for UNHRC to further....
bernard ross ,   st.,anns bay,jamaica   (10.04.09)
...their hitlerite agenda. What more needs to be known about him?
40. Letter to editor published in NYT
I. Barr ,   Detroit   (10.04.09)
Two recent international commission reports on conflicts — in Georgia and in Gaza — have blamed both sides irrespective of who fired first. That is a worrisome trend that does not promote stability. Both conflicts involve long-running grievances, yet it is clear who started the latest rounds of violence: the Georgians with their shelling of Tskhinvali, and the Palestinians with their rocketing of Sderot, Israel. In both cases there are allegations of a disproportionate response. Yet without the initial attack, there would have been no response at all. No one would have died. If we want hard-won periods of calm to take root, we must unambiguously censure those who break them. Ilya Shlyakhter
41. lets be honest for just one time...
arabi ,   u.s.a   (10.04.09)
I BELIEVE THAT THE ZIONISTS WILL ACCUSE THEMSELVES IF THEY DARE TO CRITICIZE THE WRONG DOING OF THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT... SO IAM NOT SURPRISED AT ALL TO SEE THEIR REACTIONS AGAINST AN HONEST JEWISH JUDGE LIKE GOLDSTONE.....WE ALL AS HUMANS SHOULD STAND BY MR STONES REPORTSO THAT CRIMINALS GET THE PUNISHMENT THEY DESERVE...
42. Stop identifying a person by religion
Mariam Ghanam ,   Dearborn   (10.04.09)
Again and again people are identified by their religion. Certainly people do not act by their religion and "good" Jews devastated other Jews. Goldstone is identical to Madoff who robbed Jewish money. Goldstone robbed Israel of her decency, humanity, integrity and moral values. Hamas started the war , Hamas has to pay. Gazan who put a terror organization in power must share responsibility. Goldstone will never understand this simple truth because he cannot see Jews have rights.
43. He has all my respect.
David ,   Tel Aviv   (10.04.09)
Kol hakavod to a good real jew!!
44. Judge Golstone, then investigate Russia, China, the USA ....
David ,   Karmiel, Israel   (10.04.09)
The UK, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Somalia and in fact the whole bloody world! Investigate your self for the crimes you committed against blacks as a Judge of the Transvaal Bench under Apatheid! I suppose you will say the you were only obeying the law. Isn't that what Eichmann said?
45. goldstone is a disgrace!
OZ   (10.04.09)
not just to the jewish people, but to mankind! this one-sided, skewd reprot paints israle's war action to surpass hamastan from firirng thousands of missles into israel, as a war crime-- what a joke. any international tribune would dismiss this as a lunatic humor. hamas, used civilians, and civilains homes as bases to launch rockets into civilians centers in israel-- THAT'S WAR CRIMES. INVESTIGATE THIS!
46. As a Jew.Why did you allow 8000 rockets to fall on Israel
Alan ,   SA   (10.05.09)
BEFORE the IDF entered Gaza . Why didn't you indict the Hamas instigators of those Rockets as War Criminals . Why did you wait to be "even handed" until after Jan 2009.Now you say the Hamas rocketers ARE War Criminals . Only once Israel responded with CAST LEAD did you and your masters talk "War Crimes" What suddenly changed from 8000 no War Crimes to War Crimes.
47. He accepted a position on BENCH of Apartheid regime S.Africa
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48. JEW OR NOT, HE IS A DUMMY
MOSHE ,   US   (10.05.09)
49. because...
tom ,   toronto, canada   (10.05.09)
because his mandate was not "truth" or "justice", but to report on "israeli war crimes in gaza". he had no mandate to investigate anything else; neither hamas' atrocities within gaza, nor attacks against israel. and given that context, his entire investigation was just an exercise in israel bashing. and most of his "evidence" was carefully choreographed palestinian propaganda. the lip service paid to palestinian crimes was only window dressing, and only as a result of israeli and jewish protests. even though israeli victims testified before his inquiry, their evidence was crudely swept under the rug. as a judge, he should be ashamed of the obvious bias that his report presents. but as a paid lapdog of the un, he has served his masters well.
50. #42 You know, Dearborn used to be a nice place to live till
the muslims took it ,   over.Rochester Hills   (10.05.09)
51. Chickens...
EW ,   Baltimore, USA   (10.05.09)
Stil I defend Mr Godstone for his inclusion in report mournful death of several thousand chickens. Chikens , boiled or baked , they want to live. To kill them is war crime by IDF. As a Jew he understands that chickens' death from the knife of designated Jew is sacred but from IDF it is a war crime. But I believe with time he would dismiss this distinction and " Israel -chickens killer" would become on par with " Jews - Christ killers and Jews- wells poisoners ' . Is not chickens murder amounts to cannibalism ? In search for his soul Israel must stop killing chickens. Mr Goldstone should not be sadden by the fact that Jews feel he should not be investigating Israel. They feel he should not be eating chickens. I apologize if he does not. I
52. His name is not Goldstone....
Moshe ,   Israel   (10.05.09)
Its Goldsta-INAJAD. And he is not a Jew. He is a shoe.
53. Goldstone report was biased
Guy ,   Sherman Oaks, USA   (11.12.09)
Whether Judge Goldstone was impartial or not is largely irrelevant. The mandate of the investigation was to investigate Israeli war crimes in Gaza. This puts Goldstone in the backward position of having an a priori conclusion before the investigation. http://lfacc.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/to-fareed-zakaria-and-the-producers-of-fareed-zakaria-gps/
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