Goldstone and NGOs
THE GOLDSTONE REPORT “RECONSIDERED” – A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
(Updated May 2011)
(First Published October 2009)
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Table of Contents
NGO Monitor reports
NGOs vs. Goldstone: NGO Monitor Analysis, April 11, 2011
Goldstone’s Washington Post op-ed, retracting the substance of the UNHRC “Goldstone Report,” undermines the credibility of the NGOs that provided the false allegations. In response, NGOs and NGO officials have issued numerous statements distorting and rewriting Goldstone’s words, in an effort to preserve their credibility.
The Goldstone Myth: Book Review by Gerald M. Steinberg, SPME Reviews and Recommendations, March 29, 2011
A critique of The Goldstone Report: The Legacy of the Landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict as a “poisonous anti-Zionist cacophony.”
NGO Monitor Submission to Goldstone Follow-up Committee, March 17, 2011
Since the issuance of the Goldstone report and in order to bolster its one-sided conclusions and recommendations, many organizations claiming to promote human rights and humanitarian objectives have initiated a series of campaigns to discredit the Israeli justice system and to paint Israel as a rogue state in order to bolster politicized attempts to have Israeli officials arrested and tried in European capitals and to support the opening of an investigation against Israel at the International Criminal Court. NGO Monitor has prepared this submission to provide background information and context that may not be known to the Committee. We hope that this information will aid the Committee in preparing its report.
Factsheet: The Goldstone Report on Gaza, February 17, 2011
Summary of key issues surrounding the Goldstone Mission and Report.
NGO and Goldstone Casualty Claims Contradicted, December 29, 2010
In a November 2010 interview given by Hamas Interior Minister Fathi Hamad to the Al-Hayat newspaper, Hamad acknowledged that 600-700 Hamas members were killed in the Gaza fighting. This more than doubles the number of combatants published by the NGOs’ and Goldstone’s unreliable version of events, and is another example of false claims used to justify indictments against Israel. Based on these admissions, Goldstone and the NGOs have the moral obligation to immediately acknowledge the degree to which their allegations against Israel are unsupported.
NIF-Funded NGOs: Goldstone’s Building Blocks, February 9, 2010
NIF-funded groups and their publications were featured centrally in the Goldstone report. Many of these citations referred to speculative issues unrelated to the conflict in Gaza, seeking to brand Israeli democracy as “repressive.” B’Tselem, Adalah, ACRI, Gisha, PHR-I, and Yesh Din have continued supporting Goldstone and lobbying governments to legitimize the report’s extreme biases and endorse its recommendations. Some NIF grantees campaign against the legitimacy of Israel as a Jewish democratic state. Others are active in worldwide boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaigns targeting Israel.
List of 36 Incidents in the Goldstone Report, Anne Herzberg, December 11, 2009
The Goldstone Report apparently documents in detail 36 incidents that occurred during the Gaza War. According to Richard Goldstone, “they appear to represent situations where there was little or no military justification for what happened.” A list of these 36 incidents is not published in the report, nor is one available on the Mission’s website. Neither Goldstone, nor the Mission responded to requests for this information, but NGO Monitor compiled approximately 30-40 detailed incidents culled from a review of the report.
Who Wrote the Goldstone Report?, November 19, 2009
Since the beginning of September, NGO Monitor has been investigating questions relating to responsibility for researching and drafting the Goldstone report. The Mission’s webpage does not provide any information on this issue, and repeated requests by NGO Monitor to both Goldstone and the Fact Finding Mission office were ignored. Staff members from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights who were involved in preparing the report have strong links to NGOs.
Goldstone’s NGO partner: The Arab Thought Forum – E.U. funding to Promote Demonization, November 3, 2009
Goldstone chairs the Executive Committee of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation (IHJR) whose “Middle East Project” involves “establish[ing] a shared history” in partnership with the Arab Thought Forum (ATF) which refers to the “Palestinian holocaust”, “apartheid,” “ethnic cleansing,” “genocide,” and “collective punishment”. This reinforces criticism of the report.
Amnesty International’s Goldstone Campaign, with a review of statements from other NGOs, October 22, 2009
Amnesty International has issued 15 statements in support of the Goldstone Mission. Members of the commission and its staff have conflicts of interest involving Amnesty. Diakonia, Trocaire, Amnesty-Europe, FIDH, Adalah, PCHR, and Al Haq have used the Goldstone report to bolster their calls for “war crimes” cases. Palestinian NGOs’ press release calling on states to “re-evaluate their relationship with Israel.” B’Tselem condemned the Israeli government for not cooperating with the Goldstone mission and “provided assistance to the investigative staff….”
Human Rights Watch: Selling Goldstone’s Indictment, October 15, 2009
HRW is leading the campaign to promote the widely criticized “Goldstone report” on the Gaza War, with close to thirty statements to date. Repeatedly equates Israel to Hamas, immorally compare its response to attacks on civilians to the genocide in Sudan, and falsely accuse Israel of “willfully” killing civilians and “deliberate infliction of suffering on civilians.” The close links between Goldstone and HRW continue to constitute a clear conflict of interest. HRW’s extensive media campaign diverts attention from the criticism and scandals that plague the organization.
House of Cards: NGOs and the Goldstone Report, October 1, 2009
The Goldstone report relies on material from highly politicized and biased NGOs. Adopting the NGOs’ flawed methodologies, false claims, and distortions of international law renders the entire report and its conclusions invalid. Goldstone and other commission members have conflicts of interest involving close links to HRW, Amnesty International, and PCHR.
Made in Europe: How government funded NGOs shaped the Goldstone report, October 1, 2009
Many of the highly politicized NGOs that are cited extensively by Goldstone are European-funded. This funding links European governments to the Goldstone report, and its contribution to anti-Israel demonization. European-funded groups also spearhead the “lawfare” movement, which abuses universal jurisdiction provisions to make allegations of “war crimes.”
Goldstone Report: 575 pages of NGO “cut and paste”, September 16, 2009
By relying on NGO material, the Goldstone report copies the NGO biases, flawed methodology, and baseless claims. The report follows Amnesty International and HRW in ignoring evidence of human shields and repeats NGO distortions of international law, including the false legal claim that Gaza remains occupied.
The Goldstone “Fact Finding” Mission and the Role of Political NGOs, September 7, 2009
Officials from radical anti-Israel NGOs were chosen to “testify” before the Mission, including the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP) which used “Nazi” rhetoric. HRW obsessively supports Goldstone, a former board member. Seven NIF-funded Israeli NGOs claimed that Israel acted “punitive[ly].” The Mission violated the London-Lund guidelines, lacking objectivity, transparency, neutrality, and professionalism.
NGO Monitor’s Submission to the Human Rights Council Inquiry on the Gaza War, Led by Judge Richard Goldstone, June 9, 2009
NGO Monitor’s submission details NGO abuses of international law – including distortions and demonization by PCHR, HRW, Amnesty, and Al Mezan, and “lawfare” campaigns – and urges Goldstone to carefully examine the credibility and biases in NGO claims.
NGO Monitor Op-eds
- The human rights sham, Gerald M. Steinberg, Ynetnews.com, May 5, 2011
- Judge Goldstone vs. the Goldstone Report?, Gerald M. Steinberg, Washington Jewish Week, March 23, 2011
- Manipulating the marketplace of ideas, Gerald Steinberg, Haaretz, November 29, 2009
- What ails Human Rights Watch?, Anne Herzberg, Jerusalem Post, October 20, 2009
- What about Gilad Schalit?, Dan Kosky, Jerusalem Post, October 4, 2009
- Analysis: Judge Goldstone’s other religion, Gerald Steinberg, Jewish Chronicle, September 24, 2009
- U.N. Smears Israeli Self-Defense As ‘War Crimes’, Gerald Steinberg, Wall Street Journal, September 16, 2009
- Goldstone’s sins of omission, Dan Kosky, The Guardian, September 16, 2009
- Analysis: Goldstone’s kangaroo court report, Gerald Steinberg, Jerusalem Post, September 15, 2009
- Isolating Israel through the language of human rights, Gerald Steinberg, Jerusalem Post, August 30, 2009
- NGOs dominate Gaza fact-finding commissions, Anne Herzberg, Jerusalem Post, June 8, 2009
NGO Monitor Press Releases
- Three “Goldstone Committee” Members Continue to Promote False Allegations, April 14, 2011
- False Allegations by NGOs Rejected by Judge Goldstone, April 3, 2011
- NGO Monitor to Goldstone: Return your University of Johannesburg Honorary Degree, March 28, 2011
- HRW’s Continued Anti-Israel Bias: 2009 in Review, January 5, 2010
- One Year Later, NGOs Recycling the Gaza Myths, December 27, 2009
- New HRW Middle East Board – Reinforcing the Bias, November 11, 2009
- NGO Monitor: HRW’s Founder Condemns Moral Failure, October 20, 2009
- European Govts Fund NGO ‘Lawfare’ vs. Minister Barak, September 30, 2009
- B’tselem and PCHR Reports on Gaza War Casualties are not Credible, September 9, 2009
- NGO Monitor Report: Human Rights Watch on Israel – Experts or Ideologues?, September 8, 2009
- NGO Monitor Warns Goldstone Inquiry on Dangers of Biased NGO Claims, July 6, 2009
- NGO Monitor: Drones Latest Weapon in HRW Campaign Against Israel, June 30, 2009
NGOs in Support of Goldstone
(HRW, Amnesty, B’Tselem, Israeli and Palestinian NGOs)
NGO Statements to UNHRC debate on Goldstone
HRW
- Moving Beyond the Goldstone Report, Joe Stork, Al Sijjil, November 9, 2009
- On Israel, Congress Tolerates Abuse, Fred Abrahams, Huffington Post, November 4, 2009
- UN: Endorse Goldstone Report, HRW, November 3, 2009
- Middle East Human Rights Groups Call on the General Assembly to Adopt the Goldstone Report, HRW, November 3, 2009
- UN: Endorse Goldstone Report, HRW, Nov 3, 2009
- Middle East Human Rights Groups Call on the General Assembly to Adopt the Goldstone Report, HRW, November 3, 2009
- General Assembly: Support Goldstone Recommendations on Gaza, HRW, November 2, 2009
- US: Congress Should Reject Impunity for Israel and Hamas, HRW, November 2, 2009
- Hamas: Investigate Attacks on Israeli Civilians, HRW, October 20, 2009
- Obama administration should endorse Goldstone report at UN Security Council, Joe Stork, the Jurist, October 12, 2009
- Nobel Spotlights Need for Obama to Act on Rights, HRW, October 9, 2009
- UN: US Block on Goldstone Report Must Not Defer Justice, HRW, October 2, 2009
- On the Goldstone report, Singapore, free trade, aircraft air, BRICs, Ken Roth, The Economist, October 1, 2009
- Why No Justice in Gaza? Israel Is Different, and so …, HRW, October 1, 2009
- UN: US, EU Undermine Justice for Gaza Conflict, HRW, September 30, 2009
- Goldstone Report: Conference Call with Fred Abrahams and Jessica Montell, Fast for Gaza, September 30, 2009
- US: Endorse Goldstone Report on Gaza, HRW, September 27, 2009
- EU: Demand Justice for Victims of Gaza War, HRW, September 25, 2009
- Letter to European Union Foreign Ministers regarding the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, HRW, September 25, 2009
- Israel/Gaza: Implement Goldstone Recommendations on Gaza, HRW, September 16, 2009
- Any chance for justice for victims of the Gaza war?, Joe Stork, Al Sijjil, September 11, 2009
- Right of Reply: Don’t Smear the Messenger, Ken Roth, Jerusalem Post, August 25, 2009
- Letter to Prime Minister Gordon Brown regarding Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, HRW, August 19, 2009
- Israel: Investigate ‘White Flag’ Shootings of Gaza Civilians, HRW, August 13, 2009
- Gaza/Israel: Hamas Rocket Attacks on Civilians Unlawful, HRW, August 6, 2009
- Israel: Misuse of Drones Killed Civilians in Gaza, HRW, June 30, 2009
- Human Rights: Canada Reigns Large No More, HRW, June 8, 2009
- Obama Mid-East Speech Supports Rights, Democracy, HRW, June 4, 2009
- Egypt/US: Obama Should Press Mubarak on Rights , HRW, June 2, 2009
- US: Ask Israel to Cooperate with Goldstone Inquiry, HRW, May 17, 2009
- Gaza: Pursuit of the Laws of War, HRW, May 8, 2009
- UN: Support Goldstone Investigation into Gaza War Violations, HRW, May 6, 2009
- Israel/Gaza: Israeli Military Investigation Not Credible, HRW, April 23, 2009
- Israel/Gaza: Cooperate With Goldstone Investigation, HRW, April 14, 2009
Amnesty
- UN vote on Goldstone report a defining step for accountability, Amnesty, November 6, 2009
- UN General Assembly must end war crimes whitewash, Amnesty International, November 3, 2009
- Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: Human Rights Council divisions must not obstruct Gaza accountability, Amnesty International, October 16, 2009
- UN must urge Israel and Palestinians to carry out Gaza investigations, Amnesty International, October 15, 2009
- Action, not words, needed from Foreign Affairs Committee on Gaza report, Amnesty Ireland, October 8, 2009
- Amnesty International Calls for UN Secretary General to Refer Goldstone Report on Gaza to UN Security Council for Action, Amnesty USA, October 2, 2009
- Israel leaves crucial questions unanswered as Goldstone report discussed at UN, Amnesty International, September 30, 2009
- Gaza: New letter to Miliband urges UK to fully support Goldstone report at United Nations, Amnesty UK, September 24, 2009
- Irene Khan urges US government to examine Goldstone report, Amnesty International, September 18, 2009
- Shooting the messenger (and everyone else): investigating war crimes in Gaza, Neil Durkin, Press Officer, Amnesty UK, September 16, 2009
- Justice Now Deters Future Crimes in Israel and Gaza, Amnesty USA, n.d.
- UN must ensure Goldstone inquiry recommendations are implemented, Amnesty International, September 15, 2009
- Israel-Gaza: Implementation of UN Fact finding mission recommendations crucial for justice, Amnesty International, September 15, 2009
- Israel/Occupied PalestinianTerritories:Impunity for war crimes in Gaza and southern Israel recipe for further civilian suffering, Amnesty International, July 2, 2009
- Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: UN Security Council must move from rhetoric to concrete measures for accountability and peace, Amnesty International, May 14, 2009
- Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: Israeli army probe lacks credibility and is no substitute for independent investigation, Amnesty International, April 23, 2009
- UN urged to ´find truth´ about Gaza conflict, Amnesty International, March 16, 2009
B’Tselem
- Israel must investigate army’s conduct in Operation Cast Lead, B’Tselem, October 19, 2009
- A time for soul-searching, Jessica Montell, Jerusalem Post, October 1, 2009
- Goldstone Report: Conference Call with Fred Abrahams and Jessica Montell, Fast for Gaza, September 30, 2009
- Independent apparatus needed for investigation of Operation Cast Lead, B’Tselem, April 22, 2009
- Israel and the Palestinians must assist the UN mission investigating human rights violations during the fighting in Gaza, B’Tselem, April 6, 2009
Israeli and Palestinian NGOs
- Joint letter to Assistant Secretary of US State Department Michael Posner on the US State Department Annual Human Rights Report, ReliefWeb, December 1, 2009 SIGNED BY: Adalah, Al Dameer, Al Mezan, Badil, PCHR, Addameer, Al Haq, HRA, DCI-PS, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, CCR, Ittijah, etc.
- Palestinian and Israeli NGOs write to the EU on Goldstone, November 19, 2009 SIGNED BY: DCI-PS, PCATI, PHR-I, Al Dameer, Addameer, Al Mezan, Badil, Al Haq, etc.
- Letter for Euro states which voted in favour, November 17, 2009 SIGNED BY: Al-Dameer, Al Mezan, BADIL, DCI-PS, PCHR, PHR-I, PCATI, JLAC, WCLAC, HRA, Al Haq, Addameer, Adalah, etc.
- Request to implement Goldstone recommendations regarding investigation of law enforcement authorities’ handling of dissenters to military attack on Gaza (Hebrew), Adalah, November 5, 2009
- The Goldstone Report at the UN General Assembly: States Must Uphold International Law to Ensure Accountability for the Victims of War Crimes in Gaza, November 4, 2009
SIGNED BY: Adalah, Addameer, Al Dameer, Al-Haq, Al Mezan, Arab Association for Human Rights, Badil, DCI-PS, , PCHR, etc. - Israeli groups call for Gaza war investigation, JTA, November 3, 2009
- General Assembly Must Vote To Fight Impunity and Uphold the Rule of Law, PCHR, November 3, 2009
- Joint Letter: Re: The Goldstone Report – Time for Action, letter to Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, October 21, 2009 SIGNED BY: DCI-PS, Al Mezan, Nord-Sud XXI, Al Haq, Addameer, Al Dameer, Badil
- Ensuring the Implementation of Human Rights Council Resolution on the Goldstone Report: PCHR Director Addresses EMHRN Meeting in Madrid, PCHR, October 18, 2009
- Al Mezan Commends HRC Endorsement of Goldstone Report Recommendations; Calls for Ensuring the Rule of Law and Accountability, Al Mezan, October 17, 2009
- PCHR Welcomes Hamas Decision to Investigate Allegations of War Crimes, Comply With Goldstone Report, PCHR, October 16, 2009
- PCHR Director Attends 12th Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council, Meeting of International Commission of Jurist’s Executive Committee, and Meets with ICC Prosecutor and Palestinian Minister of Justice (Ramallah), PCHR, October 15, 2009
- Calling for HRC Special Session to endorse Goldstone recommendations, SIGNED BY: Adalah, Adameer, Al-Dameer, Al-Haq, Arab Association for Human Rights, Al-Mezan, Badil, Defense for Children International – Palestine Section (DCI-PS), October 13, 2009
- Human Rights groups in Israel provide initial response to Goldstone Report, SIGNED BY: Association for Civil Rights in Israeli (ACRI), Adalah, Bimkom, B’Tselem, Gisha, HaMoked, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHR-I), Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) and Yesh Din, October 4, 2009
- Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Decision of Palestinian Leadership and International Pressure an Insult to the Victims, SIGNED BY: Adalah, Addameer, Al Dameer, Al Haq, Al Mezan, Arab Association for Human Rights, Badil, DCI-PS, Ittijah, Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) and others, October 3, 2009
- PCHR: Human Rights Council Must Endorse Findings and Recommendations of Goldstone Enquiry, PCHR, September 29, 2009
- URGENT APPEAL: The Goldstone Report – An end to impunity?, DCI-PS, September 26, 2009
- The PHR-Israel Stand upon the release of the Goldstone Commission report, PHR-I, September 19, 2009
- Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Support Work and Recommendations of UN Fact Finding Mission: Demand Effective Judicial Redress and the Protection of Victims’ Rights, SIGNED BY: Adalah, Addameer, Al-Dameer, Al-Haq, Al-Mezan, Arab Association for Human Rights, DCI-Palestine, PCHR, and others, September 16, 2009
- Israeli Human Rights Groups Respond to Goldstone Report, SIGNED BY: ACRI, Adalah, Bimkom, B’Tselem, Gisha, HaMoked, PHR-I, PCATI, and Yesh Din, September 15, 2009
- Briefing provided to the EU ahead of the release of the Goldstone Report, PHR-I, HaMoked, B’Tselem, September 3, 2009
- Submission of Human Rights Organizations based in Israel to the Goldstone Inquiry Delegation, SIGNED BY: ACRI, Gisha, PCATI, HaMoked, Adalah, PHR-I, n.d.
- Israeli Human Rights organizations respond to UN Report on Gaza, SIGNED BY ACRI, B’Tselem, Gisha, PHR-I, Yesh Din, PCATI, Bimkom and HaMoked, May 5, 2009
Defensive Responses
- ‘Probe by Israel would stop UN push’, Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post, October 19, 2009
- My mission – and motivation, Richard Goldstone, Jerusalem Post, October 18, 2009
- Justice in Gaza, Richard Goldstone, New York Times, September 17, 200
- Who’s being unfair?, Richard Goldstone, Jerusalem Post, September 21, 2009
- Right of Reply: Don’t smear the messenger, Kenneth Roth, Jerusalem Post, August 25, 2009
Articles of Interest
- Why the Schabas Report Will be Every Bit as Biased as the Goldstone Report, Hillel Neuer, The Tower, March 2015
- Gaza Operation Investigations: Second Update, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, July 19, 2010
- Gaza Operation Investigations: An Update, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 29, 2010
- The Operation in Gaza – Factual and Legal Aspects, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, July 29, 2009
- There Was No Goldstone Investigation, Avi Bell, American Thinker, April 24, 2011
- To the remaining members of the UN fact-finding mission, Maurice Ostroff, Jerusalem Post, April 24, 2011
- The Mysteries of Richard Goldstone, Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic, April 21, 2011
- The Goldstone Report Was Signed Even Before the Investigation Was Carried Out, Ben-Dror Yemini, Ma’ariv, April 17, 2011 (original Hebrew article)
- The UN’s Book of Judges,Ed Morgan, Global Governance, April-June, 2010
- Celebrated Iraq war veteran’s view of the Gaza conflict, Colonel Tim Collins, BBC, January 19, 2010
- Blaming Israel First: Business as usual at the U.N., Peter Berkowitz, Weekly Standard, January 18, 2010
- The Application of IHL in the Goldstone Report: A Critical Commentary, Laurie R. Blank, Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, Vol. 12, 2009
- The Soros Connection: Leading the Goldstone Lobby, Hillel Neuer, UN Watch, December 24, 2009
- Goldstone, Gaza and (Dis)Proportionality: Three Strikes, Laurie Blank and Gregory Gordon, JURIST, November 4, 2009
- IDF: 30 ‘war crimes’ cases ‘baseless’, Yaakov Katz, Jerusalem Post, December 11, 2009
- Law professor clashes with Goldstone Report, Samantha Cook, Washington Square News, December 2, 2009
- U.K. Zionists ‘bemused’ by British Jews’ support for Goldstone report, Cnaan Liphshiz, Haaretz, December 2, 2009
- Academics behaving badly, Ben-Dror Yemini, November 24, 2009
- From Dreyfus to Goldstone, Gerald Steinberg, Canadian Jewish News, November 19, 2009
- The Goldstone Report & Int’l Law – Part 1: Sarah Whitson, Human Rights Watch, UCLA Burkle Center for International Law, November 16, 2009
- The UN Gaza Report: A Substantive Critique, JCPA, November 5, 2009
- Dershowitz slams Goldstone for ‘spreading lies’, Yitzhak Benhorin, Ynet, November 23, 2009
- ‘J Street not promoting Goldstone tour’, Gil Hoffman, Jerusalem Post, November 19, 2009
- The Goldstone Illusion: What the U.N. report gets wrong about Gaza–and war, Moshe Halbertal, The New Republic, November 18, 2009
- A Formal Letter to Justice Goldstone, Ricki Hollander, CAMERA, November 17, 2009
- Israel feels tarnished as critics apply apartheid tag, Peter Hartcher, Sydney Morning Herald, November 17, 2009
- War unchecked, Editorial, Washington Post, November 15, 2009
- What happened at mosque?, Jonathan Dahoah Halevi, Ynet, November 12, 2009
- GOLDSTONE DEBATES GOLD: The Great Debate – A first hand account, Ben-Dror Yemini, Maariv, November 10, 2009
- Authors of IDF ethics code demand Gaza war probe, Amos Harel, Haaretz, November 9, 2009
- The Goldstone Report: A Study in Duplicity, CAMERA, November 3, 2009
- US House backs resolution to condemn Goldstone report, E.B. Solomont, Hilary Leila Krieger & Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post, November 3, 2009
- Berman’s Response to Goldstone on House Gaza War-Crimes Resolution, Specncer Ackerman, Washington Independent, November 2, 2009
- Exclusive: ‘Goldstone report – the terrorists’ Magna Carta’, Daniel Friedmann, Jerusalem Post, October 29, 2009
- Israeli Colonel Refutes Damning U.N. Report, Kenneth R. Timmerman, Newsmax.com, October 30, 2009
- Israeli doctor: ‘Dear Goldstone, they cheated you, you’re wrong’, Carl in Jerusalem, Israel Matzav blog, October 27, 2009 (original Hebrew in Maariv)
- Cotler and Goldstone, Amir Mizroch, Jerusalem Post, October 27, 2009
- Who is Goldstone to judge?, Douglas Davis, Spectator, October 24, 2009
- Goldstone report undermines faith in international law, Ed Morgan, The Star, October 22, 2009
- Letter from Trevor Norwitz to Goldstone, October 19, 2009
- Palestinians, in Reversal, Press U.N. Gaza Report, Sharon Otterman, New York Times, October 14, 2009
- New Word: Goldstoned, Yisrael Medad, My Right Word blog, October 1, 2009
- A betrayal of Israelis and Palestinians alike, Aharon Leshno Ya’ar, Jerusalem Post, September 30, 2009
- Ad Hominem Attack on Israel, Alan Dershowitz, Front Page Magazine, September 27, 2009
- How Goldstone erred, Benjamin Pogrund, Haaretz, September 27, 2009
- GOLDSTONE IS THE CRIMINAL, Ben-Dror Yemini, Maariv, September 25, 2009
- The U.N.’s Anti-Antiterror Report, Wall Street Journal, September 24, 2009
- Double Standard Watch: The Goldstone report is a barrier to peace, Alan Dershowitz, Jerusalem Post blog, September 22, 2009
- Goldstoned, editorial, Jerusalem Post, September 16, 2009
- Double Standard Watch: Goldstone investigation undercuts human rights, Alan Dershowitz, Jerusalem Post, September 17, 2009
- Politics: Joining the in crowd, E.B. Solomont, Jerusalem Post, September 18, 2009
- Goldstone: IDF must punish officers for Gaza war crimes, Haaretz, September 21, 2009
- A moral atrocity, Harold Evans, Guardian, October 21, 2009
- How ‘human rights’ have turned into inhuman wrongs, Melanie Phillips, Spectator, October 20, 2009
- A biased war report, Robert O. Freedman, Baltimore Sun, October 20, 2009
- Israel, the U.S. and the Goldstone Report, John Bolton, Wall Street Journal, October 19, 2009
- A poisonous outcome, Editorial, The Australian, October 19, 2009
- Answer this, Judge Goldstone, Haviv Rettig Gur, Jerusalem Post, October 18, 2009
- The U.N. sides with terrorists, Editorial, Washington Times, October 19, 2009
- Think Tank: new ideas from the 21st Century: Your honour is taking an injudicious kick at Israel, RW Johnson, Times Online, October 18, 2009
- ‘Goldstone Report a disgrace to justice’, Staff, Jerusalem Post, October 15, 2009
- End wretched charade over human rights, Editorial, Miami Herald, October 14, 2009
- Goldstone Backs Away from Report: The Two Faces of an International Poseur, Alan Dershowitz, HudsonNY, October 13, 2009
- UN’s Israel frame-up, Editorial, New York Post, September 20, 2009
- Venom and destruction, Yisrael Harel, Haaretz, September 17, 2009
- Israel Rejects Call for Gaza Inquiry, Isabel Kershner, New York Times, September 16, 2009
- The Moral Inversion of Richard Goldstone, Melanie Phillips, Spectator, September 16, 2009
- Goldstone Report Endorses Unreliable Witnesses, CAMERA, September 16, 2009
- Right of Reply: False accusations in the mirror, Irwin Cotler, Jerusalem Post, September 15, 2009
- Lawyers, watchdog allege Goldstone bias, Haviv-Rettig Gur, Jerusalem Post, September 14, 2009
- The Goldstone show-trial, Melanie Phillips, Spectator, September 11, 2009
- Fears over UN Gaza report, Jewish Chronicle, September 10, 2009
- HRW’s Kenneth Roth misstates facts & law, Hillel Neuer, Jerusalem Post, August 30, 2009
- The Goldstone Mission – Tainted to the core (II), Irwin Cotler, Jerusalem Post, August 18, 2009
- The Goldstone Mission – Tainted to the core, Irwin Cotler, Jerusalem Post, August 16, 2009
- Goldstone walks a fine line in an ancient war zone, Business Day, South Africa, August 4, 2009
- The United Nations Kangaroo “Investigation” of Israeli “War Crimes”, Alan Dershowitz, Huffington Post, June 30, 2009
- UN probe into Gaza conflict, Christian Science Monitor, June 29, 2009