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Goldstone rethinks controversial report
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 02.04.11, 14:15
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31. Rushed to judgement
GOOD ,   USA/IL   (04.02.11)
Mr. Goldstone, You Knew very well at the time that your committee didn't have all the facts and you still rushed to judge Israel as the perpetrator of horrible crimes that for the most part didn't occur. You served as a tool at the hands of evil to further the delegitimization of Israel and the IDF. You have a heavy burden on your shoulders, Mr. Goldstone and hopefully now that you admit your roll in this scheme, you'll do the right thing and help bring the truth to light.
32. The UN used you for 21st century blood libel
USA   (04.02.11)
Goldstone, nothing ever changes dude. You and many other Jews, like Soros are on the wrong side of history and will answer to the Almighty.
33. Goldstone - go to hell
Amir ,   Israel   (04.02.11)
You know nothing of what we are going through by the Hamas terror group. No regret is accepted, you already sold us to the devil !
34. The greatest apreciation & respect I got 4 guilestone now is
Moshe ,   Usa   (04.02.11)
NONE. STILL NONE. Please do not beguilestone me & my Jewish family & friends again. Go live in ejypt, jooordumb, toneasia, glybia, sooody arabica, irun, booorain, or assoooserious. See how you like it. Give us a report. Moshe
35. lame
Gedalia ,   Perth, Australia   (04.02.11)
Israel didn't cooperate? The judges were sleeping while Israel presented evidence. Goldstone will go down in Jewish history as a traitor.
36. to slam your good anticipation, he has NOT said "was wrong"
observer ,   Egypt   (04.02.11)
all what he said: Had Israel cooperated, I would have been able to find excuses for Israel, but it HAD NOT. I, like him, also feel Sorry for you.
37. Repentance
Annmarie ,   USA   (04.02.11)
38. you bastard!
(04.02.11)
and this from a man, you, judge godstone, that sent to death many blacks in south africa when you presided over the apartheid judicial courts in south africa. how dare you, how dare you, miserable liar and hater created such a report against israel. now you are sorry? you miserable liar. do you know that your hands are full of the itamar family blood? do you realize what you did? do you realize that you knew that the un picked you because you were a jew so that they can give legitimacy to your lying report about israel. you miserable little gnat. it is too late for you to be part of the nation of jews. you are and will be forever an outcast and your family that lives in israel will suffer immensly because of what you did. you are perfidious liar and scum. you knew exactly what you did. israelis gave you their stories at the un and YOU FELL ASLEEP WHILE THEY WERE DOING THEIR TESTIMONY. THE DOCTOR WHO WAS WOUNDED DURING THE BARRAGE OF HAMAS MISSILES IN HER HOSPITAL WHILE TAKING CARE OF BOTH JEWISH AND PALESTINIAN PATIENTS TALKED TO YOU. YOU DIDN'T LISTEN. THEN SHE WROTE YOU A LETTER WHY YOU DIDN'T LISTEN TO HER. you knew all the truth, yet you skewed your report, you miserable miserable flea of a man.
39. Blowhole admits he made conclusions
Ron ,   US   (04.02.11)
without having sufficient evidenc, knowing. he did not have sufficient evidence. Despite this he STILL gave false, incorrect opinions. Oh my. A little late as this was known long ago. Also, he lies by omission: he says he asked to expand the scope of his inquiry and lies yet again by failing to say his request was denied.
40. Old school adage
Simms ,   Country   (04.02.11)
#4 also they call people like this change up artist
41. goldstone's interview
joelle ,   israel   (04.02.11)
The dammage is done, Judge Goldstone, you cannot just amend by giving an interview saying Ouuups, sorry ! if you really want to amend and clean up the mess, you better make your best to have your voice heard now as much and as worldwidely as your report wAsia America and if you are that courageous, why not also in Arab countries and UN. I'd love to watch!
42. For #19 Roger Hudson says...
Reuven ,   Israel   (04.02.11)
"the reverberations could be monumental." No Mr Hudson, there won't be any reverberations, because there won't be the coverage that his original dastardly report received. No, he stands guilty as the talkbacks responded.
43. Too Late
CS ,   USA   (04.02.11)
We all know that 1/2 the world won't notice reports of Goldstone's revelation of the truth. They'll remember only the initial report and act on that. In fact, I've yet to see this story in other sources. Really, nothing changes with Goldstone's admission. Our hater's will continue to hate. I doubt anyone will change sides.
44. WHAT AN HYPOCRIT - BLAIMING ISRAEL AGAIN !.
Orao. ,   Srbia.   (04.02.11)
The South African judge noted that while the crimes committed by Hamas during Operation Cast Lead, including the indiscriminately rocket fire toward civilian targets were intentional, "The allegations of intentionality by Israel were based on the deaths of and injuries to civilians in situations where our fact-finding mission had no evidence on which to draw any other reasonable conclusion." IF PROOFS OF INTENTIONS ARE LACKING, YOU AS A JUDGE SHOULD KNOW THAT IT EVADES A COURTS ASSESSMENT ONE CAN NOT JUST ASSUME A PARTS INTENTION IS EVI, BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS CAUSES AND REASONS FOR BEHAVIOUR. Goldstone said he regrets that the "fact-finding mission did not have such evidence explaining the circumstances in which we said civilians in Gaza were targeted, because it probably would have influenced our findings about intentionality and war crimes," adding that "Israel’s lack of cooperation with our investigation meant that we were not able to corroborate how many Gazans killed were civilians and how many were combatants." SO WHY DID YOU - ???. Orao.Srbia.
45. I HAVE CONTEMPT FOR GOLDSTONE
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (04.02.11)
A nasty little man.
46. Goldstone, betrayer his own people
Howie ,   Montreal, Canada   (04.02.11)
Goldstone intentionally betrayed his own people, selling them out for fame, fortune and acclaim by the enemies of Israel and the Jewish people. He pretends now that he believed Hamas would investigate the allegations of war crimes against Hamas. He pretends he thought Israel deliberately targeted civilians for death. He knew Israel was innocent but stuck a knife in Israel's back. Goldstone should be forever shunned by all Jews and denied the right to enter Israel.
47. i always sed Goldy and Obama are the 2 greatest idiots of our era
alan ,   sa   (04.02.11)
48. APARTHEID JUDGE ADMITS HE
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (04.02.11)
Was wrong.....how mighty white of him ,jumped up little bastard.
49. HOW MANY INNOCENT BLACKS??
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (04.02.11)
I wonder how many innocent black south africans Goldstone the jew sentenced to death ? dozens or perhaps hundreds maybe ?
50. DROP DEAD GOLDSTONE
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (04.02.11)
Do the world a favour.
51. TRUE NATURE OF JUDGE
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (04.02.11)
Condemns innocent victims to death because he is too lazy to listen to evidence. An evil little man.
52. Goldstpme regrets
Syd Chaden ,   Palermo Calif.USA   (04.02.11)
If Goldstone has a conscience and a truthful bone in his body, he will schedule speeches at universities in the UK, Norway, Canada, the US and Israel, acknowledging that if he had known what he was talking about, he would not have said what he said.
53. I´d be surprised if this will be reported in western media
Jonas ,   Oslo, Norway   (04.02.11)
54. becoming an 'outcast.....
tiki ,   belgium   (04.02.11)
He 'changed his tune somewhat, ONLY because he is 'shunned by his own community, world Jewry and the non biased, intelligent people of the world. He 'gambled and lost, because his game was to get an international job at the UN. The same UN who used & scr**** him as a Jew, only to 'sc*** other Jews, I mean 'brutal Israeli's.
55. "If I had known then what I know now"...Idiot!
flyingdoc57   (04.02.11)
Whatever you didn't "know then" was solely because you DIDN"T WANT TO KNOW! The damage you've done to Israel is already done, and your backtracking is about as ineffective as Hitler's would be if he were still alive and expressing regret for the holocaust. So why don't you just shut up, drop dead, and join him in hell. At this point, the best thing you could do for us would be to strap a bomb around your waist, sneak into some Hamas meeting in Gaza, and blow yourself up. At that, we MIGHT think about offering a little forgiveness.
56. goldston you are a basterd!!!!
Texan   (04.02.11)
Mr Goldstone You time is up .You sold you people out The I.D.F it is the most moral army in the earth ... Why not start the new investigation to the murder of Itamar family Fogels and they baby . There is you investigation over due...How you going to defend the palestinia terrorist ????against they crimes..humanatie ..they only killed Jewesh family and they childrens Three cheers for Israel .I.D.F and the people of Israel...........
57. Does he want to unhang the men he
jason white ,   afula, israel   (04.02.11)
sent to the gallows when he was a judge in south africa?
58. golstone and lieberman
alexi   (04.02.11)
it was under lieberman FM, that goldstone reconsidered his original report, as Fm dissseminated information that goldstone concluded negated much of his report. It wasn't under the ineffective livni that this happened. Not only does lieberman not back up, he resolutely defends israel from turkey and others , while olmert and livni ran with cup in hand begging obama and bush, with obama now being humilitated by kadaffi and rightfully so. The french ,spanish and other europeans would have trouble beating kadaffi in land battles as you cannot win a war from the air. Goldstone at the very least has to publish a formal rejoinder to his report to shut the filth of the human rights council up including self righteous pillay. This also will impress the turkish armed forces since erdgoan has been defending hamas and like groups like the HRC .Now the turkish report on the marmora, a hamas fraud, will be seen in a different light. Weinstein had better not indict lieberman as israel desperately needs him in the place of the incredible cowards of livni, beilin, hasson, ben meir, olmert and peres.. If israel votes for livni,t hen it is the dumbest nation on earth as she is just olmert in a dress. Like goldstone,better late than never, peres should publish a rejoinder to olso given the facts and lies of the palestinians. He has caused israel untold damage.
59. No Jewish burial for this Judge Goldstone
Howie ,   Montreal, Canada   (04.02.11)
You may as well be cremated when you die because where you're going, you're going to keep on burning for eternity. Your toxic soul shouldn't contaminate any Jewish cemetery. Any one who is going to say what a great person you were at your funeral will be a very deluded and naive person or an enemy of Israel and the Jewish people.
60. #16 - who says the UN is even listening?
William ,   Israel   (04.02.11)
People at the UN were salivating over the report conclusions even before Goldstone began the investigation. It took no time for the Arab bloc and UNHRC to jump on the report, which they believed was the holy grail to destroy Israel once and for all. As you can see, it has failed, and the author is now remorseful for doing such a shotty, biased job. Doesn't matter now - the UN is on a mission and damned be any facts that would ruin it.
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