NYTimes: Past Holds a Clue to Goldstone’s Shift on the Gaza War

"In trying to understand why he published an essay on April 1 in The Washington Post retracting his harshest accusation against Israel and toughening his stand toward Hamas and the United Nations — an essay that has been rejected by the fellow members of his investigation panel — the South African precedent is important. For Mr. Goldstone, it was the model of how the Gaza report would work. Instead, it helped drive Israeli politics farther to the right, gave fuel to Israel’s enemies and brought no notable censure on Hamas." Ethan Bronner and Jennifer Medina

Past Holds a Clue to Goldstone’s Shift on the Gaza War