Goldstone report: Israel's failings

Los Angeles Times by George Bisharat | Sep. 19, 2009 (Opinion)
A U.N. report finds war crimes in last winter’s fighting; now Israel must be held accountable.

Will Israel's decades-long impunity from international law finally come to an end? That is the question facing the international community in the aftermath of the just-released Goldstone report. Full Story »

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Bisharat provides background for the UN report of war crimes, and the extensive campaign by the right wing Israeli extremists to discredit the reporter and report.

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