Comments on: Apparently an apology is due to Goldstone http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/11/apparently-an-apology-is-due-to-goldstone/ It's a Jewish Blog! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:17:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: themiddle http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/11/apparently-an-apology-is-due-to-goldstone/#comment-1384697 themiddle Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:57:46 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=11501#comment-1384697 Peres is probably in disbelief that this is the fight he's fighting after so many decades. I think you're right that in his heart he probably truly believed that there would be peace already. Instead, Israel is seemingly treated more and more like a pariah while the military threats against it may be different but continue. Still, he is not a politician right now but the symbolic head of Israel and his words represent Israel. The fact is that Goldstone is on a public stage now and the criticism of him looks petty and uncivil. Peres is probably in disbelief that this is the fight he’s fighting after so many decades. I think you’re right that in his heart he probably truly believed that there would be peace already. Instead, Israel is seemingly treated more and more like a pariah while the military threats against it may be different but continue. Still, he is not a politician right now but the symbolic head of Israel and his words represent Israel. The fact is that Goldstone is on a public stage now and the criticism of him looks petty and uncivil.

]]> By: Tori http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/11/apparently-an-apology-is-due-to-goldstone/#comment-1383933 Tori Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:04:10 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=11501#comment-1383933 I think Peres is just fed up. He truly believed in Oslo and then in the disengagement, and now he is seeing that there is just nothing Israel can do that is right in the eyes of this unjust world. How many times did we hear "after we leave Gaza, if they launch even one rocket!" and "the international community will definitely support our right to self defense once we leave every inch of Gaza." I also think it is kind of pathetic how Goldstone is on a PR tour now, with the first stop being at Al Jazeera and then afterwards to this day, every sympathetic media outlet there is. Every time I turn on the TV there he is. I think this report is more about him and his ego than anything and that is why I believe Peres attacked him directly. I'm not sure he was right to do so, but I am sure that it doesn't really matter either way. I think Peres is just fed up. He truly believed in Oslo and then in the disengagement, and now he is seeing that there is just nothing Israel can do that is right in the eyes of this unjust world. How many times did we hear “after we leave Gaza, if they launch even one rocket!” and “the international community will definitely support our right to self defense once we leave every inch of Gaza.”

I also think it is kind of pathetic how Goldstone is on a PR tour now, with the first stop being at Al Jazeera and then afterwards to this day, every sympathetic media outlet there is. Every time I turn on the TV there he is. I think this report is more about him and his ego than anything and that is why I believe Peres attacked him directly. I’m not sure he was right to do so, but I am sure that it doesn’t really matter either way.

]]> By: grandmuffti http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/11/apparently-an-apology-is-due-to-goldstone/#comment-1383270 grandmuffti Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:59:48 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=11501#comment-1383270 Muffti has to agree - <i>ad hominem</i> attacks are the mark of refusing to take something seriously, when it ought to be taken seriously. Muffti has to agree – ad hominem attacks are the mark of refusing to take something seriously, when it ought to be taken seriously.

]]> By: Tom Morrissey http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/11/apparently-an-apology-is-due-to-goldstone/#comment-1383254 Tom Morrissey Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:52:59 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=11501#comment-1383254 As presonal attacks go, this one is unusually unconvincing; you'd think Peres would know better. Unfortunately, this whole matter is taking on the character of a protracted cause celebre in which no one gets to move on. Perhaps both sides have an interest in such a result. As presonal attacks go, this one is unusually unconvincing; you’d think Peres would know better. Unfortunately, this whole matter is taking on the character of a protracted cause celebre in which no one gets to move on. Perhaps both sides have an interest in such a result.

]]> By: AlexK http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/11/apparently-an-apology-is-due-to-goldstone/#comment-1383253 AlexK Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:50:33 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=11501#comment-1383253 I'm taking a break from this site again. We haven't learned a thing from the Shoah. I’m taking a break from this site again. We haven’t learned a thing from the Shoah.

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