The Goldstone Report - Ian Williams, Foreign Policy In Focus: "Judge Richard Goldstone's report on the war in Gaza threatens the Obama administration's global public diplomacy options and its scrupulously graduated approach to whatever passes for a Middle East Peace process. State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly complained that Goldstone opted for 'cookie-cutter conclusions' about Israel's actions, while keeping 'the deplorable actions of Hamas to generalized remarks.' However, Kelly urged the Israeli government to investigate further."
http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/6437
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ICC may try IDF officer in wake of Goldstone Gaza report - Yotam Feldman, Haaretz: "A senior prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague said Monday that he is considering opening an investigation into whether Lt. Col. David Benjamin, an Israel Defense Forces reserve officer, allowed war crimes to be committed during the IDF's three-week offensive in the Gaza Strip this winter. … Benjamin served for many years as legal adviser to the GOC Southern Command, and later headed the Military Advocate General's department on international law.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1116647.html
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