In addition to the report itself, I have devoted a significant amount of time and energy to reading opinion articles, critiques, counter-critiques, letters, and resolutions all pertaining to the Goldstone report. Having done this, I realize that the most irksome thing about all of it are those who criticize the critics.
"When it comes to Israel, hard-core censorship and intimidation by those claiming to speak in the name of the Jewish people have been the order of the day." That is a quote in a letter signed by some hundreds of Jews world-wide.
This quote in a 'Letter to American Jews' is arguably as hypocritical as it is inaccurate.
Since the release of the Goldstone report, there have been more articles and papers than I care to count that literally have combed through the entirety of the report to show exactly where the report errors. These papers looks at the evidence cited by Goldstone and his committee and evidence explicitly ignored by that committee to show that many incidents where the Goldstone 'facts' simply do not sync up with reality.
That is NOT censorship. That is how you have an open debate. If you so strongly believe in the 'Truth' of the Goldstone Report, read it. Read all of the critiques. If after you have done this, you still believe that the critics are being unfair, then you have to explain that to those of us who take issue with the report. We can then look at your counter-arguments and make other claims and responses.
That is how open debate works. I pride myself both on my ability to comprehend critiques and change and alter my views because of well-articulated, well-reasoned arguments. I have seen plenty describing the Goldstone Reports faults. I have seen none to repudiate those claims.
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