Israel is loosing the public relations war. It's enemies have mighty friends in New York and Washington, whom speak with "one" voice "thanks" to their suppressing any diverging viewpoints. So little "news" is coming out of authoritarian countries. Therefore many assume these regimes are doing quite well. On the contrary Israel is always in the limelight. Nobody needs to fear life or limb in squeezing the Jews. Seems become a world sport today. Goldstone's mandate from UN HRC appears an important step in the media battle, bearing a possibly vital impact on next conflict with the Arabs. Whatever future battle Israel wages, whatever precautionary measures the country takes, something will go wrong and this be unscrupulously exploited by well-connected adversaries. On 29/10 Hamas put through a missile test over the Mediterranean. The projectile flew 60 km. With a warload of 30 kg Hamas now has the capability of hitting Tel Aviv. Inviting retribution from Israel ? All the better to the Islamists, the more civilian blood, the more publicity, the harder Israel gets hit on the head. And the UN is not going after a "bunch of militants". Nobody is going to offer help. I guess the only message these guys understand is utter force-the same rules they apply to their terrorised subjects. Go after them wherever they are, with less scruples. Hit them hard and turn your back on the do-gooders. Otherwise you'd keep running around in circles.

The Muslims in general and the Palestinians specifically always play the victims when their preemptive acts of homicide and terror against the innocent, which includes the elderly, women and children, is finally challenged or retaliates in response. The cowardly, liars that hide among the sick and innocent in order to commit their atrocities and hide in caves like the snakes their father is, the father of lies, are not worthy of the time it takes to debate their cause.

Justice Goldstone is unable to go beyond his own report. He is a self-righteous, pompous Jurist, unable to be impartial to his own conclusions and besmirching the State of Israel. He should be ashamed of himself. He was used willingly by the UN, and was their Company Jew. I am sorry that he feared going in to Gaza, and sorry that he had many sleepless nights. The citizens of Sederot had eight years plus of both sleepless nights and days.

Avrom Aaron Levy Brandeis, 1956