The decision this week of Israeli cabinet minister Moshe Yaalon not to fly to Britain for fear of being tried for an alleged seven-year-old war crime is seen as just the latest in a series of attempts to demonize Israel in the eyes of the world.
And with the release Sept. 15 of a United Nations report written by Richard Goldstone that alleged Israel took “actions amounting to war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity” during its 22-day military offensive in the Gaza Strip last winter, it is feared that thousands of Israeli soldiers could now face similar charges.