“A wave of joy is sweeping through Israel at this time, with great degree of justification. The Goldstone Report’s assertion that Israel carried out war crimes was difficult and bothersome, and the judge’s expression of regret in his Washington Post article is certainly a cause for celebration.

However, I propose that we keep the celebrations in check. While Goldstone’s article indeed softens the image of the IDF and its officers, and while the United Nations praised the IDF for probing itself, the State of Israel’s international problems do not start with the Goldstone Report and do not end with the Goldstone article. The road to mitigating the level of hostility closing in on Israel on all directions is still long.”

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