Safranim shalom, The following is an excellent resource for information dealing with the Goldstone Report.
I highly recommend reading the New Republic article and viewing Dori Gold's presentation at Brandeis University. Be sure to share these with your library patrons - newsletters, e-mails, etc. All the best, David Elazar [email protected] Debating the Goldstone report (source: Lookjed Digest XII:9 http://www.lookstein.org/) [With the Goldstone report showing up in the news on a regular basis, teachers may want to make themselves aware of some of the discussion going on about it in Israel and the US. In this New Republic article, Moshe Halbertal examines the report and offers an overview of some of the issues that it raises - http://www.tnr.com/article/world/the-goldstone-illusion?page=0,0 Dore Gold, former Israeli ambassador to the U.N. faced Richard Goldstone who authored the report in a debate that took place at Brandeis University. The debate is described here, in the Brandeis student newspaper - http://www.thejusticeonline.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=0a1be9be-ccb5-4f12-a8c0-16de0676b7f4 In the post below, there are links to part of the debate as well as to Dore Gold's visual presentation. Shalom] From: Information Dept. <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Amb. Gold debates Judge Goldstone at Brandeis - Source Material - 5Nov09 "The Goldstone Report Distorts the Very Essence of What Israel Stands For" - Amb. Dore Gold at Brandeis Ambassador Dore Gold and Judge Richard Goldstone discussed the UN Report on war crimes in Gaza on Nov. 5, 2009, in an event sponsored by the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University. Gold: The UN Gaza Report is the most serious and vicious indictment of the State of Israel bearing the seal of the United Nations since the UN General Assembly adopted the infamous Zionism is racism resolution in 1975 which was subsequently repealed. The language of the report and its assertion that Israel intentionally attacked Palestinian civilians amounts to an assault on Israeli society as a whole. The report simply distorts the very essence of what Israel stands for and provides fuel for those seeking its delegitimization. * Watch Dore Gold's Presentation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7TscGnxINo * Q&A Session - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxv9XgSLxdQ * View the Visual Presentation by Amb. Gold - http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/showpage.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=84&FID=452&PID=3131 * View the Videos in the Presentation: Hamas has been attacking Israeli civilians with rocket and mortar fire for 8 years. -- Missile Attack on Israeli Town of Sderot, September 1, 2007 http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/showpage.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=702&FID=783&PID=0 -- IDF Aircraft Target Hamas Operative, January 2009 http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/showpage.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=702&FID=789&PID=0 -- Israeli Security Forces Warn Gaza Residents, Hamas TV http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/showpage.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=722&FID=791&PID=0 -- Hamas Uses Human Shields, Hamas MP Fathi Hammad, Hamas TV, February 29, 2008 http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/showpage.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=702&FID=782&PID=0 -- Hamas Uses Mosques to Store and Launch Weapons: ~ Zeitun Mosque, Gaza, January 3, 2009 http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/showpage.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=722&FID=788&PID=0 ~ Tel El-Awa Mosque, Gaza, December 31, 2008 http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/showpage.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=702&FID=786&PID=0 ~ A Missile in a Mosque Yard, Gaza, January 7, 2009 http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/showpage.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=702&FID=787&PID=0 -- "The IDF did more to safeguard the rights of civilians in a combat zone than any other army in the history of warfare." Col. Richard Kemp, former commander of the British forces in Afghanistan, at UN Human Rights Council, October 16, 2009 http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/showpage.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=702&FID=784&PID=0 --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [email protected] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
