MK Danon: Report is ‘2010 version of blood libel’
YNET
Judge Richard Goldstone is expected to stand trial for libel following his retraction of his Operation Cast Lead report, in which he accused Israel of war crimes.
Knesset Member Danny Danon (Likud), currently in the United States, has enlisted the help of a number of Jewish-American attorneys who agreed to file a lawsuit against the South African judge at no charge.
A petition will be filed with a New York District Court next week, in which the plaintiffs will demand a formal apology and a symbolic financial compensation for the State of Israel. A second lawsuit may be filed in an Israeli court if Goldstone arrives in Israel.
Minimize the damage
The decision to file the lawsuit is a direct response to the judge’s op-ed in the Washington Post in which he claimed his report caused significant damage to the State of Israel in the United Nations and internationally.
Despite his retraction, Goldstone announced he does not intend to try and nix the report.
“The Goldstone Report is the 2010 version of a blood libel. The twisted image Goldstone painted of the State of Israel caused damage, is still causing damage and will continue to damage Israel and its citizens for years to come. A public apology published in every country might lessen the harm already done,” Danon explained.
The Chicago Tribune in an editorial rips into the UN and its Human Rights Panel and excoriates the Goldstone panel, asking them how could you do this, why did you do this, how could you get it so wrong?
It said the United Nations has not been an honest broker in the Middle East. It must acknowledge its Human Rights Panel is an embarrassment that is undermining its standing. It says the United Nations, after these developments, _does not_ have the moral authority to designate boundaries in the Holy Land, because it has not been an honest broker. Not even close.
Goldstone says his panel didn’t have Israeli evidence that has emerged since the report’s publication “explaining the circumstances in which we said civilians in Gaza were targeted…” Oh, well, absent facts, they made up their own.
Who bought off Goldstone and corrupted the UN Human Rights panel? My opinion: The UN Human Rights panel should be dissolved. Get rid of the Secretary General. This was too huge a mistake for heads not to roll.
Anybody know how this all came about?
No not the religious right idiot, they are a forgiving lot but the secular right would hang him by his Jewels and deservedly so.
I think that Hamas and its regional sponsors bought Goldstone
The Goldstone Reports LIBEL defamation of Israel is confirmed by the UN
http://txlady706.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/the-goldstone-reports-libel-defamation-of-israel-is-confirmed-by-the-un/
This man has done more to damage Israel than all the Palestinians combined through today.
He created false “truths.” And for all these years that they have been spread and built upon, it’s going to take 3 times as long to try and rectify the FALSE truths. And I’m sure that some won’t ever really die.
This is ridiculous, and harmful to Israel. For the sake of enriching a few Jewish lawyers, MK Danon wants to drag Judge Goldstone through the dirt. Goldstone has done a GOOD thing, in retracting his accusations, and now the Religious Right is persecuting him for it. What idiots some Jews can be sometimes!