Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

1. Goldstone Report - I have written before of the fantastic work done by Hillel Neuer of UN Watch. Here is another example.

Geneva, September 29, 2009 — The U.N. Human Rights Council plenary witnessed a dramatic face-off today when the head of its controversial "fact-finding" mission on Gaza -- in which Israel was declared guilty from the start -- was unexpectedly confronted by one of his own witnesses. In a surprise appearance arranged by the Geneva human rights organization UN Watch, Dr. Mirela Siderer -- an Israeli doctor who was brutally disfigured in 2008 by a rocket attack fired from Gaza into her Ashkelon medical clinic -- pointedly accused Goldstone of ignoring her July oral testimony in his report, and of failing to disclose material information concerning the prior statements of the Human Rights Council and panel members declaring Israel guilty in advance. The speech was published in full today by Canada's National Post, and covered widely in Switzerland, Israel and worldwide. Sitting on the dais, Goldstone was visibly shaken by Dr. Siderer's challenge and scrambled for a copy of her speech. His response to the plenary ignored 7 of her questions, and inadequately responded to the 8th. (my emphasis)

If you go to this page, you will see a link to the video of the confrontation.


2. A National Treasure - about the only good thing about the CBC, in my opinion - Rex Murphy on Canada’s Walk-out at the UN (sorry about the picture, Rex - could not resist)




4. Really Really? Report: Mel Gibson Wants Antisemitic Rant Off His Record – Forward.com - Hey Mel, you can take it off your formal record all you want, but the world knows what you are - remember, "a drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts." And what exactly did you do to Danny Glover to make him sign his name to the TIFF Declaration?

6. There's Something Weird About This - given the huge role of German U-Boats against the Allies in World War II - AFP: Israel gets two more German submarines


8. Want to Do Something About Boycotts of Israel? Try this great Canadian initiative - go here to sign up.


9. Sorry - have to say the "I" Word - Iran - today's links


11. In Memory of Those Who Died in 1973 to Defend Israel - Air-raid sirens filling the sky | In the spotlight | Jerusalem Post. 2,688 Israeli soldiers died in the war - a true Israeli national tragedy - for some unknown reason, in my mind I always contrast the figure (which I realize represents 2,688 individual persons with parents, spouses, children and grandchildren) with the 57,420 British casualties (including 19,420 dead) on the first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1917 - not to suggest in any manner that the sacrifice was in any sense proportional, but more to wonder aloud how any nation could sustain such casualties and keep fighting.




14. Interesting Conference #1 - Check out this very worthwhile event taking place in Ottawa on October 27th.




18. NFL Football - If you follow the NFL, you will know that on October 5th, Minnesota will play Green Bay. Big deal? Yep - it's the return of Brett Favre, whom many in Green Bay used to idolize but now think is a traitor. Emotions will be very high - should be a great game. And how are Packers fans doing - some have not moved on (like whoever designed this)


but some have moved on.....

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