he forgot to mention that Goldstone adressed the media so many times on unclosed legal issue witch so unproffetional and can influence the outcome, usually judges on much smaller legal issue don't adress the media, not even on something silly like heritance, that is for the lawyers to do, judge should be non biased in order to get fair trile that's y during any trile the jury r not allowed to get news papers and so on, Goldstone stink of personal vandeta and should be disbar for not resigning due to conflict of intrest. oh but I guess he knew that.

..and the name Dershowitz will mean protector of Israel. Dershowitz is brilliant and brave. May Goldstone crawl back under his rcok and dissolve into the forgotten history of reptiles.

is that incompetent Goldstone still on the Hebrew Universties' board of governors?

Its already a TKO if Goldstone cannot face the debate. Simply put, Dershowitz has him by the balls.

everybody with commonsense can judge himself that israeli moral is only for its people and that is not universal. for one boy they kill 1430 people. this is israeli moral, with or without goldstone.

arab moral is 22,000 Israelies dead since 1948. so you were saying? I can't hear you.

If the IDF had really gone deliberately after Gaza civilians they would have had thousands of dead civilians instead of a measly 3-400, as most of the 1166 Gazan casualties were armed fighters aka terrorists. During Cast Lead there were 13 Israeli dead which makes it one in less than 100 Arabs. Now compare the Israeli morality to that of the Arabs: Hamas is demanding 1000-1400 convicted terrorists in exchange for one conscripted and kidnaped soldier, doing his duty in his own country!

rockets. this is what the anti-jewish want- more attacks on jews.

Dershowitz.refuses to Debate Finkelstein and he spits on law everytime he justifies Israel's violations.

That it is generally accepted that the Human Rights Council is a farce is not okay. It's not good enough. The fact that Kahlad Mashaal is allowed to walk around London freely while Ehud Barak runs the risk of being arrested should not be accepted lightly. All of us should be shouting and screaming about this. Apathy and indifference encourages wrongdoing, and in my opinion, we are all much too apathetic.

If Israel had nothing to hide they would have helped with the investigation of Goldstone's initial report. If Israel had nothing to hide Peres wouldn't call Goldstone a little man when in fact , Peres looked sooooo little after those childish remarks. If Israel had nothing to hide they wouldn't get Dershowitz to debate Goldstone. Anyway, When Goldstone asked Israel's help for the report, they said NO, now Goldtone is giving the finger to Dershowitz & to Israeli public. I guess goldstone is the one who has Dershowitz & Israel by the balls. This is a good day.

Being in Netherlands, maybe you have no idea what a war is. In a war, since humans are, people are dieing. The purpouse is to kill the enamy before he kills you. If the enamy is hideing behind civilians, these civilians are in danger to be killed. If the shooting is from a school, that school is a target. It has nothing to do with morals, just facts. You should studdy a bit more. You can take Goldstone by his hand and go together for a walk.

He must be treated as one of Israels enemies - his actions will cause further jewish causalties. He must be fought like an enemy!

Same crooked lawyer

It's only a matter of time before the Goldstone report blows up in the Palestinians' faces. Goldstone was very clear in his report: "... the report contains the clearest finding that Hamas and other militant Palestinian groups committed serious war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity. The acceptance of those findings by the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly has been ignored completely..." Richard Goldstone, Interviewed by Ha'aretz, Nov 13 2009 Once Israeli and human rights groups wake up to the facts, the Palestinians will be forced to hide in their holes again. There is no doubt that because of Goldstone, both Hamas and Fatah leaders are going to be charged with war crimes. The end result, of course, is that peace isn't going to happen because there will be no Israeli or Palestinian leaders around to negotiate - they'll all be worried about their trials and defense cases. Goldstone simply is another stooge in the long line of idiots who try to impose one-sided decisions on us that backfire.

Goldstone told the truth, Israel committed war crimes!

to Israels reasons for not assisting Goldstone. The outcome is already decided. The difference is that Goldstone's results were chosen by those who sent him (IE the Arab arm of the UN) while Dershowitz's win would be the result of well known and obvious truths. Stil Goldstone cannot cry about Israel not talking to him after this.

Why a reputable judge wants to debate a crooked lawyer like Dershowitz? A second good call for Goldstone Jason, Alabama

He is claiming there are allegations that deserve investigation and that he would not be surprised or upset if every single one of the allegations turned out to be false. I assume you know something he doesn't

Alan, I don't respect your liberal, left wing, democrat politics. However, when it comes to the defense of Israel and the repudiation of the self loathing, hypocritical Goldstone: You are a mensch!

Alan Dershowitz is, quite simply, one of the greatest legal minds in the United States today. Between Laurence Tribe (Constitutional Law) and Alan Dershowitz (Civil Rights and Liberties), Harvard could claim the greatest Jewish tag team of legal scholars in the history of the United States. Next to either of them, Goldstone is a rank amateur. Goldstone isn't fit to polish their shoes.

Goldstone turned down the invitation to a debate because he knows full well that Alan Dershowitz will make him look like a babbling idiot. Prof. Dershowitz would toy with Goldstone the way a cat toys with a mouse, and then destroy him. Goldstone would never again be able to hold his head up in public, and he knows it. Dershowitz 1, Goldstone 0.

How would you characterize eight years of daily missile barrages targeting a civilian population? How would you characterize caching weapons in schools, mosques and hospitals, thereby turning them into legitimate military targets? How would you characterize deliberately using human shields and firing at Israeli troops from within civilian areas? You are clearly not the sharpest knife in the drawer, so I will help you. All of the above constitute war crimes. All of the above describe the actions of Hamas. Q.E.D., Hamas are war criminals. Go back to your Guiness and stay away from matters which might actually require logical thought. You're not up to the task.

dershowitz is a dsgrace to the jewish people. He has been debated (and owned) by numerous other jewish intellectuals including Finkelstein and Chomsky, yet he still never learns to stay quiet. His views do not represent the majority of jews in america.

...is his defense of OJ Simpson. Yeah, every accused deserves a defense, but a lawyer doesn't have to defend anyone who shows up with a big fat purse. I would rather my defenders have cleaner hands.

You have some nerve criticizing Israel. I remind you that Israel acted following eight years of daily missile barrages targeting civilian areas. I remind you further that Hamas cached weapons in mosques, schools and hospitals, thereby turning them into legitimate military targets. Care to justify Dutch war crimes against Jews? Follow the link below, and be ashamed: http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp412.htm

Crooked lawyer? I do realize that the rule of law hasn't always meant terribly much in the great state of Alabama, but I invite you to document your accusation nonetheless. Do you consider Morris Dees to be "crooked," too?