The Goldstone Commission Report harshly criticizing Israel for its conduct of last winter's campaign in Gaza has ignited a firestorm of reaction.

As is our custom at ARZA E-ALERTS, we present a small, but diverse, selection.

1. ARZA's statement as it appears on the website of URJ's Religious Action Center
2. Op-Ed by Judge Goldstone that appeared in the New York Times
3. The official reaction of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
4. Essay by Alan Dershowitz for the Hudson Institute
5. Column by Larry Derfner in the Jerusalem Post
6. Op-Ed by J. J. Goldberg, former editor-in-chief of The Forward
7. Op-Ed by David Landau, former editor-in-chief of Ha'aretz

I hope these will be of help in sorting out the issues raised by the Report, especially for those colleagues who are planning to address them on Yom Kippur.

G'mar Tov,

Rabbi Ira Youdovin

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