Today we journey from Operation Cast Lead to Operation Cast Doubt. Almost as serious as committing war crimes is covering up war crimes, pretending that war crimes were never committed and did not exist.
Because behind every such deception is the nullification of humanity, the destruction of human dignity, the annihilation of the human spirit, the triumph of Orwellian thinking, the eternal prison of the dark heart of the totalitarian.
The resolution before us today, which would reject all attempts of the Goldstone Report to fix responsibility of all parties to war crimes, including both Hamas and Israel, may as well be called the "Down is Up, Night is Day, Wrong is Right" resolution.
Because if this Congress votes to condemn a report it has not read, concerning events it has totally ignored, about violations of law of which it is unaware, it will have brought shame to this great institution.
How can we ever expect there to be peace in the Middle East if we tacitly approve of violations of international law and international human rights, if we look the other way, or if we close our eyes to the heartbreak of people on both sides by white-washing a legitimate investigation?
How can we protect the people of Israel from existential threats if we hold no concern for the protection of the Palestinians, for their physical security, their right to land, their right to their own homes, their right to water, their right to sustenance, their right to freedom of movement, their right to the human security of jobs, education and health care?
We will have peace only when the plight of both Palestinians and Israelis is brought before this House and given equal consideration in recognition of that principle that all people on this planet have a right to survive and thrive, and it is our responsibility, our duty to see that no individual, no group, no people are barred from this humble human claim.
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The issue is bias. While we are morally responsibl
Thank you!
You miss the point on this report.
Pure and simple it was too important a report to have members whose credibilit
I agree all parties involved need their rights protected, however how do you accomplish that task with a biased committee.
The UN should have gone out of there way to make sure those involved were beyond reproach.
If they had done therir job then the findings of the committee would have had some meaning.
The Goldstone report was wasted opportunit
you can only acheive this if you have true balance.
A new team should try again.
1400 dead, 1/3 of whom were children. destructio
documented use of white phosphorou
If Israel truly wanted justice as opposed to simply avoiding it, they would have cooperated with the investigat
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My point is this was too important a commission to have questional members.
You may think they are beyond reproach - but far too may of us feel they are not.
Though I don't agree with assessment (you put no blame on how Hamas fights - i can show you film of them using the Palistinia
What made it worse was the commission was also flawed.
You need to open your eyes this is a two-sided struggle and if judgements are to be made find honest people who don't prejudge.
FIRST SGT. AMIR: Not that I recall. There were no rules of engagement
AMY GOODMAN: “The rules of engagement were [to] shoot.” So said Amir, the Israeli soldier in Gaza, collected on the Breaking the Silence website. The significan
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Tell it like it is. A beacon of integrity in a night of darkness.
I don't understand why a man with your integrity and courage is still a member of the Democratic party. Regardless
Thank you for this post.
I'm kidding, I'm sure he's a very nice man but just not up to the job or, as I read recently, is at the mercy of the power structure itself in this country.
If the world seeks peace in the Middle East, reports like this must be weighed carefully. The passions, prejudices
The world long ago woke up from its "dogmatic slumbers" vis a vis Palestine-
Dennis, how on earth would that be any different from any other day in Congress when the peoples' representa