Richard Goldstone

...of the United Nations Human Rights Council on last winter's war between Israel and Hamas, which was chaired by the South African jurist Richard Goldstone and just approved by the Human Rights Council, condemns both Israel and Hamas for "war...

In this article: Israel, Gaza, Hamas, United Nations Human Rights Council, Kofi Annan, and Darfur

...military operation in Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009, but judges declined to hear the case. A UN report by international prosecutor Richard Goldstone accused both Israel and Hamas of war crimes. Israel rejected its findings.

In this article: Moshe Yaalon, Israel, UK, Palestinian militants, Gaza, Hamas, Ehud Barak, Legal advice, and Allegations

...Criminal Court in The Hague if Israel and the Hamas rulers of Gaza fail to conduct credible investigations into the war. From the outset, Israel rejected the Goldstone report as biased and refused to cooperate with the UN inquiry panel.

In this article: UN, Ban Ki-moon, Israel, Security Council, Gaza, European country, and Hamas

...Ban Ki Moon spoke with Abbas on Sunday about the matter and said he would support Abbas' proposal to reopen discussion of the Goldstone report at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. In contrast to predecessors who have used...

In this article: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, U.N., Hamas, Human Rights Council, Jerusalem, and Ban Ki Moon

...into war crimes in Kosovo. Time and again he has placed himself in harm's way and smack in the middle of controversy, but a few months ago he took on what was to become the greatest challenge of his legal career. It came after years of Hamas...

In this article: Bill Moyers, Israel, Gaza, Hamas, United Nations Human Rights Council, United Nations, Allegation, and Democracy

...crimes. Israel's closest allies, the United States, Britain and France urged it to investigate war crime allegations raised by the fact-finding missions headed by Richard Goldstone, a former international war crimes prosecutor. Defence...

In this article: Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, Allegation, UN, Gaza, UN Human Rights Council, Avigdor Lieberman, and Hamas

...and January. The Goldstone report accuses Israel of deliberately targeting civilians The Goldstone report concluded that Israel had "committed actions amounting to war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity" by using disproportionate...

In this article: United Nations, Israel, Security Council, Gaza, Palestinian militant groups, Hamas, Ban Ki-moon, and US

...and Arab nations on the other. The Goldstone report accuses Israel of using disproportionate force and deliberately harming civilians during the 22-day conflict, which began on 27 December 2008. Palestinian Hamas militants are...

In this article: UN, Israel, UN Human Rights Council, Gaza, Hamas, Allegation, UN Security Council, and Benjamin Netanyahu