Showing posts with label Goldstone Report. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Goldstone Report. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Aluf Benn on the Questions over Gaza
Amid all the arguments on the Goldstone Report, the furor many Israelis have towards the whole idea of questioning the Gaza campaign, etc., it's always nice to be reminded that not all Israelis are totally on board: Haaretz' Aluf Benn today asks some key questions about the war in Gaza, and why it occurred.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
On the Goldstone Report
Except for remarks in passing about the Palestinian Authority's and Israel's wrangles over the Goldstone Report, I haven't expressed any opinions about the Goldstone Report. Why not?
Many of you are probably aware of the acronym RTFM in computer jargon, which stands for "Read the [censored] Manual!". Well, you see, the Goldsone Report is 452 pages long, and I have both a job and a blog, and I don't want to judge it based on somebody else's precis. And my leisure reading tends to be on non-Middle Eastern subjects. So I thought it might be useful, for those who want to argue the merits, pro or con, of the Goldstone Report: here it is. Have fun. I doubt if I'll have time to get to it soon, but I'm not going to denounce it or canonize it, either one, unread, or just based on the summaries.
Many of you are probably aware of the acronym RTFM in computer jargon, which stands for "Read the [censored] Manual!". Well, you see, the Goldsone Report is 452 pages long, and I have both a job and a blog, and I don't want to judge it based on somebody else's precis. And my leisure reading tends to be on non-Middle Eastern subjects. So I thought it might be useful, for those who want to argue the merits, pro or con, of the Goldstone Report: here it is. Have fun. I doubt if I'll have time to get to it soon, but I'm not going to denounce it or canonize it, either one, unread, or just based on the summaries.
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