THE MILESTONE IN THE REPORT OF GOLDSTONE

Goldstone is retracting from his findings that Israel didn't deliberately targeted civilians during its war on Gaza in 2008. However, the judge doesn't give further evidence on how he had come to this conclusion. I wonder if the judge still remember the attack on the UNRWA and targeted attacks on schools accomodating families, targeted attacks on potential Hamas members (the israeli definition of a Hamas member is anyone who supports or have any contacts with Hamas - this basically makes all Gazans legitimate targets).

INGOs concerned with human rights have considered the report as a milestone for leashing Israel's war machine which enjoys impunity by the US and West.

From a legal point of view Goldstone's remarks doesn't bear any significance because the report is issued by a court of 4 invistigators. However, from a propaganda point of view Israel and its zionist supporters will use it as an evidence that Israel kills and destroy homes only to defend itself. This is a dangerous propaganda coming ahead of an immenant Israeli military escalation in Gaza and ahead of the launching of the 2nd Freedom Flotilla to Gaza. All of us remember that Israel attacked the 1st flotilla in international water and killed 9 activists in what it calls "self defence" as usual.