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Last update - 11:33 30/09/2009
Netanyahu wants panel of inquiry over UN Gaza report
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service
Tags: Gaza, Goldstone Gaza report 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to present a proposal to his cabinet Thursday for the establishment of an investigative committee to probe the findings of the Goldstone Commission report on the Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas.

The report, which accuses both Israel and Hamas of war crimes during the Israel Defense Forces' three-week offensive in the Gaza Strip this January, was formally presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council Tuesday.

The Palestinian Authority is urging the council to adopt the Goldstone Commission report in full and pass it on to the General Assembly for action.
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Top officials in Jerusalem have stated that the report is full of lies and distortions, which demand an examination of how Goldstone arrived at his conclusions.

Sources in Defense Minister Ehud Barak's bureau denied Wednesday reports that Barak had called for the establishment of an investigative committee into the Goldstone report, but confirmed that Barak asked former Israel Chief Justice Aharon Barak to support efforts to challenge the UN report's findings.

In an op-ed piece which appeared Friday in the Wall Street Journal, Barak slammed criticism of the Israel Defense Forces during the offensive as "a theater of the absurd."

On Tuesday, a British court deferred until further notice an appeal by local pro-Palestinian groups to issue an arrest warrant against Barak for his conduct as defense minister during Operation Cast Lead. Israel launched the three-week offensive in December, in an effort to halt rocket fire on its southern communities, but came under fierce criticism for the conduct of its soldiers during the operation.

The president of one of Israel's leading academic institutions warned Tuesday that if Israel does not investigate the operation in Gaza, it will be forced to do so by the international community.

"A commission headed by a Supreme Court justice must immediately be established to examine Operation Cast Lead. And although the [Goldstone] report is very much not fair and borders on incitement, it also raises questions regarding our actions in Gaza," said Prof. Uriel Reichman, president of the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.

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      1.   `Transparent` is the key world 10:19  |  Sarahgit 30/09/09
      2.   The goyim wont be satified with our examination of their report 10:19  |  Jew 30/09/09
      3.   "possible crimes against humanity" 10:47  |  Sarahgit 30/09/09
      4.   Israel has nothing to hide 10:49  |  Henry Lacrousse 30/09/09
      5.   Charge British Poms and world for their war crimes 11:04  |  Don Lary 30/09/09
      6.   Phosphorous bombs; is that a war crime? 11:11  |  Anton Siniora 30/09/09
      7.   Common sense is starting to prevail 11:18  |  sh 30/09/09
      8.   The answer is quite simple 11:19  |  Rollin 30/09/09
      9.   World won`t accept unless some IDF get prosecuted. 11:22  |  Michael 30/09/09
      10.   answer to Jew 11:41  |  flo 30/09/09
      11.   Murdered arab children..... 11:50  |  Maureen 30/09/09
      12.   Destroying the myth of Israeli moral superiority will help peace 12:07  |  Michael 30/09/09
      13.   sarah nischt git - hamas responsible for all deaths 12:40  |  joe frazier 30/09/09
      14.   Credibility 12:41  |  Murray 30/09/09
      15.   Maureen, Saraghit Exaggerates. Only 320 Arab Children Murdered. 12:55  |  Reader 30/09/09
      16.   #2 - you make a good point. 13:04  |  Erastus CoupeDeVille 30/09/09
      17.   Prostitutes & Goldstone Part 1 13:16  |  The Teacher/Instruct 30/09/09
      18.   Maybe if 13:18  |  Censored 30/09/09
      19.   What a laugh!!!!! 13:18  |  Johnboy 30/09/09
      20.   #7 No, actually, it isn`t, sh. 13:25  |  Johnboy 30/09/09
      21.   #14 Of course it can, Murray 13:29  |  Johnboy 30/09/09
      22.   A country lead by a rapist and an embezzler 13:30  |  AD 30/09/09
      23.   Prostitutes & Goldstone part 2 13:43  |  The Teacher/Instruct 30/09/09
      24.   Thanks for putting me right Johnboy 13:52  |  sh 30/09/09
      25.   Proof that Goldstone`s report is just trash 14:02  |  Maurice 30/09/09
      26.   Why stop at the Goldstone report? 14:10  |  Haaretz hater 30/09/09
      27.   Lies? 14:15  |  Pablo Luis 30/09/09
      28.   inquiry 14:23  |  yerushalmi 30/09/09
      29.   Smells like... The Hague. 14:25  |  The Hague 30/09/09
      30.   START with human rights abusing thugs who run UNHRC 14:37  |  PETER SM 30/09/09
      31.   #29 The Hague?: No way! 14:46  |  Eric 30/09/09
      32.   justic 14:59  |  oz 30/09/09
      33.   justic 15:01  |  oz 30/09/09
      34.   To Maurice 15:17  |  sencar 30/09/09
      35.   #33 oz 15:24  |  BDS 30/09/09
      36.   #32 - Oz - The obvious answer to your questions. 15:35  |  Maurice 30/09/09
      37.   Arab mail child by Arab statistics - anybody with 15:51  |  17 30/09/09
      38.   We need an enquiry into a Muslim complot in UN 16:01  |  CM 30/09/09
      39.   Goldstone has international credibility 16:01  |  Brian 30/09/09
      40.   #11 Gee Maureen, it must be nice to live in your world.... 16:05  |  John 30/09/09
      41.   Jew 16:08  |  White Russian 30/09/09
      42.   Out of the mouths of babes, Johnboy 16:11  |  The Prophet 30/09/09
      43.   Teach people about love? 16:13  |  harvey 30/09/09
      44.   Dershowitz? LOL... 16:14  |  BBSNews 30/09/09
      45.   Ha ha ha, good joke Jew! 16:23  |  r cummings 30/09/09
      46.   blames 16:49  |  Yaron 30/09/09
      47.   Read the Geneva Conventions 16:50  |  r cummings 30/09/09
      48.   Maureen 17:00  |  White Russian 30/09/09
      49.   Hey Goldstone 17:52  |  Mine 30/09/09
      50.   Bibi has joined the traitorous left,in its quest to destroy israe 17:58  |  chaim 30/09/09
      51.   A positive step forward. 18:06  |  Stephen. 30/09/09
      52.   is Netanyahu doing all the wrong things to make sure 18:15  |  think about it 30/09/09
      53.   War Crimes? 19:44  |  David 30/09/09
      54.   Gaza Report 19:45  |  Steve Burstein 30/09/09
      55.   Dear Yours, Israel Refused to Participate in the Inquiry. 21:52  |  Reader 30/09/09
      56.   Jew n. 2 from Jerus. Palestine. 02:55  |  john Spear 01/10/09
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