Comments on: Goldstone, Oy! http://www.israelsituation.com/2010/02/goldstone-oy/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:26:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anthony Reich http://www.israelsituation.com/2010/02/goldstone-oy/comment-page-1/#comment-909 Anthony Reich Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:36:45 +0000 http://www.israelsituation.com/?p=1966#comment-909 My issue with Goldstone is not the nature of the NGOs that he may have been frolicking with, or whose advice he chose to take in the course of drawing up his report. I am concerned about Goldstone's reasons for agreeing to accept the job of drawing up the report in the first place, and his political considerations that may have gone into this decision. If the money was good, I suspect that former Irish Prime Minister Mary Robinson would have taken it on for the same price. Even a nice Catholic girl like Mrs. Robinson could see from a distance what a messy situation she would be getting herself into. Despite her close links with UN organisations, even she could somehow see that the UNHRC, the body which sponsored the report, had ulterior motives against Israel. So this returns me to the question of why Goldstone agreed to take on this role? Surely he is smart enough to understand what effect would be felt by a (token) Jew being prepared to tow the line set out by the UNHRC against Israel? The effect of a Jew authoring such a report is similar to the effect of Jewish minister in Hitler's cabinet. The power that it has given to the anti-Israel and anti-Jewish lobby is far greater than anything that the UNHRC could have dreamed of. The only thing that I can conclude is that Goldstone put his own personal status and ambition ahead of the interests of Israel. If he is one who believes that any publicity is good publicity, he may have achieved his objective. It seems as though his name will continue to be in the press for some time to come. The damage done to Israel in the process, however, may take decades to overcome. My issue with Goldstone is not the nature of the NGOs that he may have been frolicking with, or whose advice he chose to take in the course of drawing up his report. I am concerned about Goldstone’s reasons for agreeing to accept the job of drawing up the report in the first place, and his political considerations that may have gone into this decision.

If the money was good, I suspect that former Irish Prime Minister Mary Robinson would have taken it on for the same price. Even a nice Catholic girl like Mrs. Robinson could see from a distance what a messy situation she would be getting herself into. Despite her close links with UN organisations, even she could somehow see that the UNHRC, the body which sponsored the report, had ulterior motives against Israel.

So this returns me to the question of why Goldstone agreed to take on this role? Surely he is smart enough to understand what effect would be felt by a (token) Jew being prepared to tow the line set out by the UNHRC against Israel? The effect of a Jew authoring such a report is similar to the effect of Jewish minister in Hitler’s cabinet. The power that it has given to the anti-Israel and anti-Jewish lobby is far greater than anything that the UNHRC could have dreamed of.

The only thing that I can conclude is that Goldstone put his own personal status and ambition ahead of the interests of Israel. If he is one who believes that any publicity is good publicity, he may have achieved his objective. It seems as though his name will continue to be in the press for some time to come. The damage done to Israel in the process, however, may take decades to overcome.

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