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Goldstone: Deep Attachment to Israel Motivated Inquiry
The head of the recently released United Nations Human Rights Council inquiry into Israel's invasion of Gaza last winter published today an explanation of why he took on the role. Published in the right-wing newspaper, the Jerusalem Post, he describ...
BRIEF: Betrayal in Geneva
Palestine Center Brief No. 182 (5 October 2009)By Naseer Aruri, Ph.DThe news coming out of Geneva these days is indeed very shocking and depressing. The Abbas government, whose term in office has expired long ago, has succumbed to pressure being exer...
Abbas May Reverse Course on Goldstone Report
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas is "seriously considering" asking that a United Nations Gaza war report be passed on to the Security Council, a senior official said. Last Friday, the PA agreed to delay a vote in the UN Human Rights Council condemn...
Controversy Over PA\'s Goldstone Stance
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is being widely criticized for his decision to back away from supporting the UN Goldstone Report in the UN Human Rights Council. Critics accuse him of conceding to U.S. pressure by postponing action on a ...
Turkish PM Reminds UN of Failed Promises to Gaza
Despite eight months having passed since the declaration of a ceasefire that ended the conflict in Gaza, the humanitarian tragedy in Gaza still goes on, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday in an address in the general debate of the ...
Norway to Investigate Goldstone Report Claims in Gaza
The Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store has advised that Norway will be actively following up on a UN Human Rights Council report, which came after a fact-finding mission during the recent Gaza conflict. The report claims human rights and hum...
Goldstone Commission: Israel Violated International Law
The United Nations Human Rights Council published its report of the fact finding mission on the Gaza conflict (PDF), otherwise referred to as the Goldstone Commission.The UN Fact-Finding Mission "concluded there is evidence indicating serious violati...
Richard Goldstone on Al-Jazeera, English
Former international prosecutor and judge Richard Goldstone led a UN panel investigation of the Israeli invasion of Gaza earlier this year. His team released its report yesterday.Your donations support our work. Give to the Palestine Center today!...
