Comments on: Legal row over Gaza report intensifies http://www.middleastpost.com/1471/legal-row-gaza-report-intensifies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=legal-row-gaza-report-intensifies Discuss And Analyze Middle East Political Issues Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:54:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Awamori http://www.middleastpost.com/1471/legal-row-gaza-report-intensifies/comment-page-1/#comment-2536 Awamori Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:22:00 +0000 http://www.middleastpost.com/?p=1471#comment-2536 Goldsone said, “We had to do the best we could with the material we had. If this was a court of law, there would have been nothing proven.” Goldstone emphasized that his conclusion that war crimes had been committed was always intended as conditional. He still hopes that independent investigations carried out by Israel and the Palestinians will use the allegations as, he said, “a useful road map.” Even the ICC holds the accused, innocent until proven guilty. Goldstone reverses this, holds Israel guilty, and requires her to prove her innocence. Goldsone said, “We had to do the best we could with the material we had. If this was a court of law, there would have been nothing proven.”

Goldstone emphasized that his conclusion that war crimes had been committed was always intended as conditional. He still hopes that independent investigations carried out by Israel and the Palestinians will use the allegations as, he said, “a useful road map.”

Even the ICC holds the accused, innocent until proven guilty. Goldstone reverses this, holds Israel guilty, and requires her to prove her innocence.

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