ONCE again, Israel’s supporters are calling upon the United States to shield it from censure by exercising its veto in the UN Security Council.
Despite Goldstone’s impeccable Zionist credentials, Israel obstructed the mission from the outset, to the point of denying it entry into Israel or the occupied territories. In the face of these obstructions, the investigators managed to enter Gaza via Egypt, interview Israeli witnesses and experts in Geneva and conduct phone interviews with West Bank Palestinians, who were denied exit visas by Israel.