Excerpt From Blog Post:
Maayana Miskin
A7 News
Former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Dore Gold faced off Thursday night against Judge Richard Goldstone in a debate hosted by Brandeis University over the United Nations Goldstone Report, which condemned Israel for alleged human rights violations during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. Let me begin by being very direct. The U.N. Gaza report is the most serious and vicious indictment of the State of Israel bearing the seal of the United Nations since the General Assembly adopted the 'Zionism is racism' resolution,” Gold stated. “The report simply distorts the very essence of what Israel stands for.”
Before addressing the Goldstone Report, Gold mentioned the Iranian weapons ship that was halted in the Mediterranean on Tuesday, bearing thousands of rockets. “Those rockets were intended to kill Israeli civilians,” he stated.
As Gold began to...