The Goldstone Report: Killing the Messenger admin, October 7, 2009February 1, 2025 Foreign Policy In Focus/Institute for Policy Studies, October 7, 2009 & Alternet On October 1, the Obama administration successfully pressured the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva to drop its proposal to recommend that the UN Security Council endorse the findings of the Goldstone Commission report. The report, authored by renowned South African jurist Richard Goldstone, detailed the results of the UNHRC’s fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict. These findings included the recommendation that both Hamas and the Israeli government bring to justice those responsible for war crimes during the three weeks of fighting in late December and early January. If they don’t, the report urges that the case be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for possible prosecution. [source] Alternet Foreign Policy in Focus FPIF Commentary Human Rights Israel Israel and Palestine Obama Foreign Policy