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Goldstone, Gold Debate UN Report on Gaza
[Boston Globe] James F. Smith - International jurist Richard Goldstone offered a spirited defense Thursday of his bitterly disputed UN report on Gaza at Brandeis University, where he faced an equally spirited rebuttal from former Israeli diplomat Dore Gold, who called the report "the most serious and vicious indictment of the State of Israel bearing the seal of the United Nations" since an infamous resolution equating Zionism with racism in 1975. Gold said the Goldstone report all but ignored Israel's right to defend itself despite years of Palestinian rocket attacks and suicide bombings. "There's no question there was enormous damage in Gaza," Gold said. "But why doesn't Hamas appear as a responsible party for what happened? Who booby-trapped the buildings in Gaza? Who launched an eight-year war against Israel? Who built tunnels under people's homes? The Hamas political leadership, which seems to get off the hook."