On April 1, 2011, Goldstone retracted his claim that it was Israeli government policy to deliberately target citizens, saying "If I had known then what I know now, the Goldstone Report would have been a different document".
This retraction led to clearly anti-Semitic cartoons to be published in the Arab world. Above is a cartoon from the Palestinian paper, Filastin, April 5, 2011. The “Jew” cuts Goldstone’s tongue out.
South African jurist Richard Goldstone was appointed to head the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict. The team was established in April 2009 by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during the Gaza War (January 2009) as an independent international fact-finding mission to investigate alleged violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in the Palestinian territories, particularly the Gaza Strip, in connection with Gaza War.
The report, known as the Goldstone Report, was released on September 15, 2009. The report accused both Israel Defense Forces and Palestinian militants of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity.
From the Saudi paper Al-Watan, April 7, 2011
From the Jordanian paper, Ad-Dustur, April 7, 2011. (The writing in Arabic reads “Goldstone Report”.)
From the Arabic-language website of the Qatari-based TV netowrk Al-Jazeera, April 7, 2011
From the Qatari paper, Ar-Raya, April 6, 2011
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