Truth in Goldstone

Your correspondent, Sydney Kaye, regularly spews ill-informed venom, most recently when he assured your readers with no supporting evidence whatsoever that South African judge Richard Goldstone had become “a leading anti-Israel United Nations cheerleader” following the Goldstone mission’s report on aspects of the conflict in Gaza.

Nothing could be further from the truth. In support of this assertion I quote from a statement issued by B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights and reported in the Jerusalem Post: “It is absurd to talk about Goldstone, a lifelong Zionist and Jew and supporter of Israel, as someone with a bias against Israel.

“Rather Israelis should focus on Goldstone’s call for ‘justice to be done at home’ and for Israel to investigate the very severe allegations that have been raised, such as the bombing of central civilian infrastructure in Gaza including chicken coops and flour mills.”

The B’Tselem statement added: “We can continue to shoot the messenger and bury our heads in the sand or we can initiate a genuine process of truth-telling and taking responsibility. The Goldstone report may yet yield good results.”

Errol Friedmann

Meridien Group Companies