Mediocrates
02-05-2010, 06:02 AM
This bears constant repeating. The organization often cited as the main source of Goldstone material is the 'legal' arm of Hamas.
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2010/02/goldstone-and-tawtheq.html
... previously mentioned (http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2009/09/goldstone-commission-problems-part-8.html) the disturbing fact that the Goldstone Report relied in a large part on a Hamas organization called TAWTHEQ as a source on basic facts in Operation Cast Lead. The organization's entire purpose is to document alleged Israeli "war crimes."
Jonathan Dahoah Halevi (http://www.shalomlife.com/eng/4664/Hamas%27_Line_of_Defence_to_Goldstone_Report/Page1/) has revealed that Hamas' legal defense of its actions during the war were written by the exact same people who head TAWTHEQ. Their legal arguments rest on assumptions such as Hamas has the legal right to shoot rockets to Israel; that all of Israel is "occupied territory;" that Israel has no legal right to defend itself; that Hamas rockets were not aimed at civilians; that Sderot and other towns near Gaza are "occupied" because it was supposed to be part of the Arab state in the 1947 partition that Arabs rejected; and that there are legally no legitimate targets in Gaza.
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2010/02/goldstone-and-tawtheq.html
... previously mentioned (http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2009/09/goldstone-commission-problems-part-8.html) the disturbing fact that the Goldstone Report relied in a large part on a Hamas organization called TAWTHEQ as a source on basic facts in Operation Cast Lead. The organization's entire purpose is to document alleged Israeli "war crimes."
Jonathan Dahoah Halevi (http://www.shalomlife.com/eng/4664/Hamas%27_Line_of_Defence_to_Goldstone_Report/Page1/) has revealed that Hamas' legal defense of its actions during the war were written by the exact same people who head TAWTHEQ. Their legal arguments rest on assumptions such as Hamas has the legal right to shoot rockets to Israel; that all of Israel is "occupied territory;" that Israel has no legal right to defend itself; that Hamas rockets were not aimed at civilians; that Sderot and other towns near Gaza are "occupied" because it was supposed to be part of the Arab state in the 1947 partition that Arabs rejected; and that there are legally no legitimate targets in Gaza.