But the 34-page summary devoted much less space to the Palestinian violations, and particularly slammed what it called Israel’s disproportionate use of force.
And it defended its own investigations carried out by the military and government ministries.
These were dismissed by Mr Goldstone as “pusillanimous” because, he said, they relied almost exclusively on testimony from Israeli soldiers and included virtually no evidence from Palestinian victims.
The expectation here is that Washington, Israel’s most reliable friend, would veto any UN Security Council resolution on the matter, as it has done in the past with UN resolutions to which Israel objects.
