U.N. Gaza Inquiry Panelist Desmond Travers Challenges Goldstone's Recantation of Key Finding

Democracy Now by Amy Goodman | May. 20, 2011 (Interview)

(Multimedia) Last month Judge Richard Goldstone, the chair of the United Nations' inquiry into the Israel’s 2008-2009 assault on the Gaza Strip, retracted his key finding that Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian civilians in its three-week assault. Israel, with backing of the United States, seized on Goldstone's comments and called for the United Nations to withdraw the report. Goldstone came under criticism from his co-panelists who co-authored the original ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - May 20, 2011 - 3:08 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - May 20, 2011 - 3:09 PM PDT

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