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Dore Gold Illustrates UN Goldstone Report Bias Against Israel In Brandeis Debate
Joel
Leyden Jerusalem ---- November 5, 2009 ..... Israel's defensive war against Hamas terrorism in Gaza moved tonight to the sleepy and tranquil academic halls of Brandeis University. Former Israel UN Ambassador Dr. Dore Gold articulated in the most enlightened manner Israel's right to self-defense against a recognized terror group - Hamas. Justice Richard Goldstone who was appointed to lead the UN Human Rights Council Fact-finding mission on the Israel Gaza Conflict was left stuttering. In all fairness, one could witness that Goldstone is not a stupid individual nor even anti-Israel. But in the category of being naive as to reality in the Middle East and the suffering that Israel civilians sustained by unprovoked Hamas terror rocket attacks over a period of 8 years, he could easily win an Olympic medal.
Goldstone complained openly about a nightmare that he had about being kidnapped by Hamas before entering Gaza as a Jew. But how can Goldstone compare that one imagined nightmare with the bloody and tearful reality of one million Israeli civilians suffering under constant terror rocket attacks for eight years?
"Let me begin by being very direct. 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 General Assembly adopted the 'Zionism is racism' resolution,” Gold stated. “The report simply distorts the very essence of what Israel stands for.” The 575-page UN report, created by a four-member panel led by the South African judge Richard Goldstone, details evidence of so called war crimes committed by Israel. The debate, which was the equilvant of the Israel Gaza PR battle, was held in the shadow of the the United Nations General Assembly voting in favor of a resolution endorsing a UN sponsored report into war crimes committed during Israel's war on Gaza. The Goldstone report was endorsed by the UN assembly on this evening by a margin of 114 to 18, after two days of debate. On Tuesday the US House of Representatives dismissed the Goldstone report as being "irredeemably biased" against Israel. Goldstone, who had written in his report: “the mission concluded that actions amounting to war crimes and possibly, in some respects, crimes against humanity, were committed by the Israel Defense Force (IDF),” throughout the debate at Brandeis would refer to Hamas as a "group of armed men" or as "militants" while Gold would correct him in defining who Hamas actually is. Hamas is an Islamic terror organization, funded by Iran, given the sole purpose to destroying Israel and or attempting to wipe Israel off the map. In stating that Hamas fully governs Gaza, Goldstone slipped badly on a banana peel for which he had referred to Gaza as being occupied in earlier statements. Goldstone was critical of Israel for having blockaded Gaza, while Gold reminded the South African judge that Israel allows humanitarian aid into Gaza on a daily basis while pointing out to the other border for which Gaza shares with Egypt. "Why doesn't Egypt open her border up wider to Gaza, why is the UN only looking at Israel," said an angry yet determined Gold. Dore Gold, who serves as the President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, used video evidence to illustrate how Hamas used the civilian population of Gaza as human shields. Further more, Gold provided audio tapes of the IDF warning Palestinian civilians to leave and separate themselves from Hamas locations which were being used to fire at the IDF. "How much more could Israel have done in displaying herself as a humanitarian force, we dropped millions of leaflets, used radio, we even sent messages to thousands of mobile phones to warn the civilian population to stay away from Hamas, how can the UN state that Israel intentionally targeted civilians," said Gold. “What would you do if your population was facing repeated attacks for eight years?” Gold asked, after showing videos showing the damage created by Hamas terror rockets. Gold pointed out, with help from aerial maps, that Hamas positions were embedded within the Arab civilian population.
Gold further explained that Israel would not cooperate with the Goldstone UN Report as it was born directly out of politics, not human rights. That the UN systematically attacks Israel whenever and where ever it can. Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson, had already stated this fact saying: "I am afraid the resolution is not balanced. This is unfortunately a practice by the Council: adopting resolutions guided not by human rights but by politics. This is very regrettable." It should be noted that Brandeis University performed an excellent job in providing both speakers, especially Gold the opportunity to speak without being silenced by protesters. As two protesters started to heckle Gold, representatives of Brandeis immediately reminded the audience that both men had the right to freedom of speech. Gold, reinforced that note by saying the the US had fought wars for that right and the audience should respect it. One Palestinian protester was criticized for making comments and not asking questions. She then asked why their was no Palestinian representative at the debate. Gold, without hesitation, asked her who should they invite - Hamas or the Palestinian Authority? Dore Gold was in excellent form. At the start of his address, he needed to clear his throat and start over, but once he got warmed up, he spoke with the brilliance of Abba Eban. Gold, who received much applause after taking Goldstone to task on each and every detail, made every Jew, every human being who believes in democracy and justice both in the audience and around the world who watched the Web 2.0 Webcast feel proud of their democratic heritage. Gold illustrated the hypocrisy of the UN as he mentioned the Iran terror weapons ship that was halted in the Mediterranean on Tuesday, carrying hundreds of tons of rockets and weapons. “Those rockets were intended to kill Israel civilians,” he stated. When asked about the extent of damage done to civilian buildings in Gaza, Gold pointed out that the UN report did not mention that Hamas had booby-trapped buildings in Gaza, had dug tunnels under the civilian homes. "This war never would have happened if rockets had not been fired at Israel," he stated. "Remember, Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, and never wanted to go back there." Gold concluded his address by having a video tape played of former Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan (ret.) Richard Kemp telling the UNHRC: "During Operation Cast Lead, the Israeli Defense Forces did more to safeguard the rights of civilians in a combat zone than any other army in the history of warfare. Israel did so while facing an enemy that deliberately positioned its military capability behind the human shield of the civilian population." The pressure must have been enormous on Dore Gold. The Israeli chosen to represent Israel's basic right to defend herself against over 12,000 unprovoked Hamas terror rocket attacks from Gaza. And Dore came through with flying colors. Gold was pure shining gold as the debate was updated minute by minute through Facebook and Twitter. Dore made us all proud this evening of the Israel Defense Forces, of the Israel justice system and of our cherished and respected age old Jewish humanitarian values. Former Israel Prime Minister Golda Meir must have been smiling from above as Gold spoke with sharp mental edge and pure Zionistic passion. One could hear her say to Egypt President Anwar Sadat after the 1973 Yom Kippur War: "we can forgive you for killing our boys, but we can never forgive you for making our boys kill yours."
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