RichardGoldstone http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/636/all en Times Shields Disgraceful Goldstone Report Claiming Israel Targeted Civilians: 'Investigator On Gaza Was Guided By His Past' http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-shields-disgraceful-goldstone-report-claiming-israel-targeted-civilians-investigator- <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Judge Richard Goldstone, author of the notorious Goldstone report that blamed Israel, but not Hamas, for targeting citizens, has personally retracted the report&#039;s most incendiary charges. Yet the Times suggests cynicism on the part of Israel, while implying Goldstone was acting in good faith all along. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> Jerusalem Bureau Chief Ethan Bronner and reporter Jennifer Medina summarized on Wednesday the outcry after the dramatic reversal earlier this month by Judge Richard Goldstone. The judge authored the notorious "Goldstone report" for the United Nations Human Rights Council, blaming the state of Israel, but not the terrorist group Hamas, for making targets of civilians during the three-week Gaza war in 2008.<br /><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-shields-disgraceful-goldstone-report-claiming-israel-targeted-civilians-investigator-" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch EthanBronner GoldstoneReport Israel JenniferMedina liberalmediabias NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias RichardGoldstone TimesWatch Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:09:00 +0000 admin 271 at http://archive2.mrc.org