All posts tagged "Richard Goldstone"

Responding to an Israeli call for retraction, the principal researchers behind the United Nations' Goldstone Report -- which was highly critical of the Israeli military's actions during the major assault on Gaza in 2008-2009 -- insisted that no details have come to light that would contradict their findings.

JERUSALEM — Israel's military advocate general is to close an investigation into the shooting deaths of four Palestinian civilians who were carrying a white flag, a military spokeswoman told AFP on Tuesday.

An Israeli military court on Sunday convicted two soldiers of using a Palestinian child as a human shield by forcing him to check for booby traps during the 2008-2009 Gaza war.