Comments on: Libya Forces UN Security Council to Take Up Goldstone Report

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:17:52 +0000

The subject isn’t Hamas, so we’re not “coming down hard” on them. And I agree, I don’t see where Israel can claim any unfairness in the report, especially when it comes after so many other reports saying pretty much the same things. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck…

To my mind, most of the people who came out immediately after its release claiming this bias on Goldstone’s part could not possibly have read the report so quickly. The noise is purely political, the hasbara is in full swing working 24-7 to bury the report, and AIPAC is knocking down doors in Washington and calling in favors.

Whether any legal action against Israel comes of it or not, I think it is the beginning of the end of Israeli mass violence against Palestinians; I certainly hope so.

By: editorsteve

editorsteve — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:03:45 +0000

Also, under the Rome Statute countries must get a chance to prosecute locally before the ICC can act, so the “recommendation” is required.

BTW, I’m on a long trip to Europe and have been slogging through the report in airports and on flights. If you don’t have the time to read the whole 600 pages, at least do the summary material in the first 40 or so.

It evaluates evidence carefully and comes down hard on Hamas for some things as well — unlike most of the people who post to this list. But even if it didn’t, I do not see where Israel’s claim of bias or sloppiness has any basis whatsoever. READ THE REPORT.

By: itzikl

itzikl — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:42:11 +0000

A vision of how something smells would always be unusual (synaesthesia).

By: Richard Silverstein sheds light on some … « Talk Islam

Richard Silverstein sheds light on some … « Talk Islam — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:10:21 +0000

[...] Richard Silverstein sheds light on some interesting facts about Libya’s status at the UN that makes the Goldstone report – which indicts Israel for war crimes – an issue that can’t be easily dispensed with a security council veto from the US. Libya not only sits on the Security Council, it also is president of the General Assembly. So that means that Qaddafi has the U.S. over a boulder twice over. If the U.S. vetoes Security Council consideration of the Report, Libya can introduce it before the General Assembly, where we don’t have veto. If Abbas hadn’t singed himself so badly in mishandling this affair, he might’ve been able to weasel out of this by telling Libya to take a hike. But Hamas already has his ass in a sling over his betrayal of the Gazans. He can’t very well dump Goldstone twice. [...]

By: LD

LD — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:44:20 +0000

Antisemitic? This is so damn idiotic. If I had a nickel for every time a Zionist cried about ‘hatred’ (Orwellian) I’d be rich.

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:39:52 +0000

They never pay for their crimes against the Palestinian people. Maybe times are changing for Israel. Another tired old cliche – the chickens are coming home to roost.

By: bernard g

bernard g — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:28:51 +0000

“Israel will turn the whole thing into a circus, and come out smelling like a rose – as always.”
I have to say that this is an unusual vision of how Israel alway smells.

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:54:30 +0000

The thing is, Qaddafi is a nutjob. Recently he tried to go before the UN recently and abolish Switzerland. Apparently this was in retaliation for the arrest of his son and daughter-in-law in Switzerland last year on charges of beating their servants.

The Palestinians need Qaddafi’s help like a hole in the head. Israel will turn the whole thing into a circus, and come out smelling like a rose – as always.