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IDF nearly done with Goldstone counter-report

The Jersusalem Post
Posted on Friday January 15, 2010

The IDF is close to completing a comprehensive report that will respond to the accusations that were leveled at the military by the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, more commonly known as the Goldstone Report.

Work on the report began immediately following Operation Cast Lead but picked up speed several months ago with the appointment of Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yuval Halamish, a former senior intelligence officer, to compose the report and coordinate between the different IDF branches that have been conducting investigations into Goldstone’s claims that Israel perpetrated war crimes against the people of Gaza.

IDF sources said that Halamish – together with Southern Command, the Air Force, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories and the Military Advocate-General – were close to completing the report following which it would be released to the public.

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