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Failing to document Hamas' publicly stated use of human shields, Judge Goldstone instead accused Israel of targeting civilians.
(Photo: Armed Palestinian terrorists in Gaza rounding up a child to be used as a human shield.
Source: Israel Channel 2) |
Dear Julian,
This week, at the urging of Libya, the United Nations Security Council has moved up its next Middle East meeting at which the findings of the so-called 'Goldstone Report' will be raised.
This report, the latest outrage from the UN Human Rights
Council, written by a UN investigative team headed by Judge Richard
Goldstone, a South African Jew, alleges that Israel committed “war
crimes” and “crimes against humanity” during Operation Cast Lead in
Gaza last December and January.
Worse, the report, in effect, compares Israelis to Nazis and other tyrants by accusing Israel of deliberately targeting civilians.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has communicated our concerns to United States UN Ambassador Susan Rice urging the US to:
- Publicly and definitively denounce the so-called 'Goldstone Report'
- Veto any and all moves to bring the 'Goldstone Report' for consideration before the United Nations Security Council
- it is a 600-page hatchet job that falsely accuses Israel of “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity”
- if its outrageous recommendations are accepted by the
UN, Israeli soldiers and officials could be arrested and prosecuted by
the International Criminal Court
- left unchallenged, in the future, all nations could also
be subject to prosecution for the “crime” of defending their citizens
against terrorists
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