Thursday, September 17, 2009

Judge Goldstone doing the Jane Fonda Dance

Now Judge Goldstone tries in the New York Times to downplay the criticisms of Israel: "In Gaza, hundreds of civilians died. They died from disproportionate attacks on legitimate military targets and from attacks on hospitals and other civilian structures. They died from precision weapons like missiles from aerial drones as well as from heavy artillery. Repeatedly, the Israel Defense Forces failed to adequately distinguish between combatants and civilians, as the laws of war strictly require. Israel is correct that identifying combatants in a heavily populated area is difficult, and that Hamas fighters at times mixed and mingled with civilians." I will ignore the rest of the article and just say a word about "legitimate military targets". What are those? And will judge Goldstone EVER refer to "legitimate military targets" for the Palestinians to bomb? Will he ever consider that the Palestinians may have the right to attack legitimate Israeli targets? When you answer the question you realize that this person is in no position to judge.