It is a beast at almost 600 pages, so i was necessarily more quick than thorough. The answer to that question will also determine whether goldstone achieves his stated objective of expanding the u. The goldstone report, two years later atlantic sentinel. Refworld is the leading source of information necessary for taking quality decisions on refugee status. During its visits to the gaza strip, the mission held meetings with senior members of the gaza authorities and they extended their full cooperation and support to the mission. Goldstone report was critical of israel and hamas in gaza fighting.
Report on the israeli military offensive on the gaza. United nations fact finding mission on the gaza conflict mr. Goldstone report dealt with the planned destruction of the entire infrastructure of a community, aimed at punishing palestinians in gaza for their support of hamas. The goldstone report accused israel of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and deliberately targeting the people of gaza as a whole. The legacy of the landmark investigation of the gaza conflict horowitz, adam, ratner, lizzy, weiss, philip, klein, naomi, tutu, archbishop desmond on. Gaza police the goldstone report spends a lot of space paragraphs 414421 trying to justify its contention that the hamas police force was a civilian force, and that israel was not justified in attacking it. The united nations fact finding mission on the gaza conflict, also known as the goldstone report. The goldstone report is a fair and balanced assessment of the gaza massacre of 2009. More than 1,400 gazans and israelis were killed in the gaza war from 27 december to 18 january 2009.
Part of theinternational law commons this article is brought to you for free and open access by the student journals at case western reserve university school of law scholarly. Fact sheet on richard goldstone and the goldstone report. The international zionist community and organized jewry have tried to bury this report and were successful in coercing justice richard goldstone, former judge of the constitutional court of south africa and former prosecutor of the international criminal tribunals in retracting the report s findings. The goldstone report report of the united nations fact finding mission on the gaza conflict. In an interview with al jazeeras shihab rattansi, justice richard goldstone challenged the.
Oct 19, 2009 the goldstone report does give greater weight to israels military activity in gaza but there was so much more of it. Read more about free expression group pen america gets sponsored by apartheid israel. Not to be confused with united nations fact finding mission on the 2014 israel gaza conflict. The goldstone report turned out to be heavily flawed. Eoz goldstone critiques elder of ziyon israel news. This article provides a critical assessment of the crisis between israel and turkey, the two most prominent military powers in the eastern mediterranean region. Richard goldstone, who led the committee that produced the goldstone report, said in a. I have just skimmed through the goldstone factfinding missions report on gaza that was released yesterday. Apr 03, 2011 judge goldstone expresses regrets about his report into gaza war this article is more than 9 years old. Statement by richard goldstone on behalf of the members of the. Since the release of the advance version of the report two weeks ago, we. Norman finkelstein speaks up on israelpalestine conflict and what is gaza one year after goldstone report.
The goldstone report, like the amnesty report and the others, you have to. The legacy of the landmark investigation of the gaza conflict, will allow many more people to read the text of the report, along with contextualizing analysis. Report of the united nations factfinding mission on the gaza conflict. The goldstone report is that report of the fourperson committee, chaired by justice richard goldstone, who undertook a fact finding mission on the gaza conflict, published 16 sept. It aims to fill in some otherwise puzzling gaps, presenting missing information from a neutral point of. The report effectively ignores israels right of self defense, makes unsubstantiated claims about its intent and challenges israels democratic values and rule of law.
This article is an adjunct to the wikipedia article goldstone report. English human rights council twelfth session agenda item 7. Israel, turkey, and the gaza blockade daniel benoliel 0 0 assistant professor, university of haifa, faculty of law. This is a unilateral, political report which ignores the thousands of hamas missiles which. The purpose of the goldstone report was never to prove a foregone conclusion against israel. Edited by three progressive american jews, adam horowitz, lizzy ratner and philip weiss, the goldstone report is an edited and annotated edition of the report that contains analysis, original essays and a context for the debate. United nations fact finding mission on the gaza conflict. Goldstone returns plus not free speech, silver jew, and more.
The legacy of the landmark investigation of the gaza conflict, an abridged version of the report, will put into the hands of the public a great deal of material considered too toxic for general distribution. Mission led by justice goldstone reaffirmed that justice remains the primary guarantee of peace. Headed by south african judge richard goldstone, the missions 575page report pdf format found that. Report of the detailed findings of the commission of inquiry on the 2014 gaza conflict ahrc29crp. Factfinding mission on the gaza war, known more popularly as the goldstone report, best illustrates the fundamental problems associated with reliance on international mechanisms for assuring true accountability in a conflict like operation cast lead. Not to be confused with united nations fact finding mission on the 2014 israelgaza conflict. The landmark investigation of the gaza conflict of 20082009 will change this. What exactly did goldstone retract from his report on gaza. The goldstone report and international law hoover institution. United nations fact finding mission on the gaza conflict statement. After working for 17 years as a commercial lawyer, he was appointed by the south african government to serve on the transvaal supreme court from 1980 to 1989 and the appellate division of the supreme court of south africa from 1990 to 1994.
How the international human rights lawyer could help save gaza and lebanon. Israel is appalled and disappointed by the report published on 15 september 2009 by the gaza fact finding mission. Judge goldstone expresses regrets about his report into. I had hoped that our inquiry into all aspects of the gaza conflict. Authors reject calls to retract goldstone report on gaza. Goldstone report undermines faith in international law. The report generated an extreme amount of rhetoric on both sides of the israeli divide. Richard goldstone, who led the committee that produced the goldstone report. A failure of intelligence richard landes, boston university 45 ngos and the goldstone report anne herzberg, ngo monitor 69 report of an expert meeting which assessed procedural criticisms made of the u. Norman finkelstein shares goldstone report on gaza one. The information has been carefully selected and compiled from unhcrs global network of field.
Documents obtained by al jazeera confirm previous revelations of palestinian authoritys work to foil the goldstone report. Supporters of israel branded goldstone a self hating jew who compromised the very existence of the jewish state. Israel did not deliberately target the civilian population of gaza and. The united nations fact finding mission on the gaza conflict, also known as the goldstone report, was a team established in april 2009 pursuant to resolution ahrcress91 of the united nations human rights council unhrc of 12 january 2009, following the gaza war as an independent international factfinding mission to investigate all violations of international human rights law and. Oct 21, 2009 the united states has criticised the goldstone report into israels war on gaza, calling it onesided. Richard joseph goldstone born 26 october 1938 is a south african former judge. Its impact will be felt most impressively on the growing civil society movement.
Human rights council factfinding mission on the gaza conflict, chaired by justice richard goldstone hereinafter hrcff report. Key points of the goldstone report israel news al jazeera. May 08, 2009 the human rights council on 12 january 2009 created the united nations fact finding mission on the gaza conflict by resolution s9 to investigate all violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law by the occupying power, israel, against the palestinian people throughout the occupied palestinian territory, particularly in the occupied gaza strip. Judge goldstone expresses regrets about his report into gaza war this article is more than 9 years old. The goldstone report report of the united nations fact finding. Key points of the goldstone report news al jazeera. Goldstones gaza report is balanced financial times. Critics of israel cheered goldstone for his courage in denouncing a state that, according to them, has been given a free pass on war crimes. Goldstones sins of omission, dan kosky, comment is free. Farer et al, the goldstone report on the gaza conflict.
The goldstone report ebook by 9781568586649 rakuten kobo. Human rights laws, regulations and rules military maneuvers military operations war international law. The 2014 gaza conflict israel ministry of foreign affairs. Some of the incidents it examines the bombing of hospitals and. That this was israeli policy seems to have been admitted.
Israel must be held to account for its apartheid measures inflicted on gaza. Human rights in palestine and other occupied arab territories the international zionist community and organized jewry. The goldstone report reached this extraordinary conclusion without comparing the israeli system with others, and well before israel could possibly have made substantial progress in undertaking the investigations involving not ropedoff and lockeddown crime scenes but in many cases battlefields in enemy territory of the allegations that arose out of operation cast lead. The legacy of the landmark investigation of the gaza conflict. The president appointed justice richard goldstone, former judge of the constitutional court. Now a peace activist, he is remembered especially for his part in resisting the israelis murderous assault in international waters on the mavi marmara, the lead vessel in the free gaza flotilla last year.
Report of the united nations fact finding mission on the gaza conflict. The gaza civilian population under operation protective edge fidh. Sep 15, 2009 the united nations fact finding mission on the gaza conflict was established by the president of the united nations human rights council, richard goldstone, on april 3, 2009 following the 20082009 gaza war. The first possible view is the need to leave factfinding members free from. Refworld contains a vast collection of reports relating to situations in countries of origin, policy documents and positions, and documents relating to international and national legal frameworks.
Goldstone report details a massive crime scene in gaza. Factfinding mission on the gaza conflict the goldstone report. The goldstone report on gaza the goldstone report on gaza. Judge goldstone expresses regrets about his report into gaza. The detailed goldstone report concludes that the israeli military operation was directed at the people of gaza as a whole, in furtherance of an overall and continuing policy aimed at punishing. Apr 14, 2011 more than 1,400 gazans and israelis were killed in the gaza war from 27 december to 18 january 2009. All in all, my impression of the report is that it is balanced, corroborated and credible. Political science commissions of inquiry, international analysis international investigations technical reports evaluation war crimes investigations. Sep 15, 2009 fact sheet on richard goldstone and the goldstone report november 06, 2011 imeu in response to israels 22day assault on gaza in 20082009, the united nations human rights council established a fact finding mission on the gaza conflict in april 2009.
The legacy of the landmark investigation of the gaza. In response to israels 22day assault on gaza in 20082009, the united nations human rights council established a fact finding mission on the gaza conflict in april 2009. Richard goldstones strange oped, in which he backtracked on his report claiming israel targeted civilians, does not seem to be grounded in the uns final report on cast lead. The following report the 2014 gaza conflict 7 july 26 august 2014. Like its predecessors, the socalled goldstone report is devastating in its critique of israeli actions. Israel, turkey, and the gaza blockade pdf paperity. Read the report of the united nations fact finding mission on the gaza conflict pdf.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity. United nations fact finding mission on the gaza conflict statement by richard goldstone on behalf of the members of the united nations fact finding. Report on israels actions in gaza south african judge richard goldstone says he no longer believes gazan civilians were deliberately targeted as a matter of. Inside story the goldstone report 18 oct 09 youtube. Lawfare by case western reserve journal of international law. Apr 02, 2011 read the report of the united nations fact finding mission on the gaza conflict pdf cnn the chairman of a u. Gaza emergency situation report as of 16 july 2014, 15. The human rights council on 12 january 2009 created the united nations fact finding mission on the gaza conflict by resolution s9 to investigate all violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law by the occupying power, israel, against the palestinian people throughout the occupied palestinian territory, particularly in the occupied gaza strip. United nations fact finding mission on the gaza conflict wikipedia. The goldstone report fails to justly present the facts about israels war crimes in gaza. Israels analysis of the goldstone report september 2009.
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