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Hague court rejects Palestinian suit against Israel over Cast Lead

Hague court rejects Palestinian suit against Israel over Cast Lead

April 4, 2012 | Amb. Dore Gold
In a major, and rare, victory for Israel, the International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled on Monday that it could not judge cases involving the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The ruling was a blow to the Palestinian Authority, which had submitted a lawsuit against Israeli officials in 2009 over what it alleged were "war crimes" the Israel Defense Forces committed during its incursion into Gaza in Operation Cast Lead in 2008-9 against Hamas' terror.

Dore Gold vs. Richard Goldstone: Israel Fought a War of Self-Defense

December 8, 2011 | Amb. Dore Gold
On Thursday, November 5, 2009, Amb. Dore Gold and Judge Richard Goldstone discussed the UN report on Gaza war crimes. Dr. Gold shows in his presentation at Brandeis University that Israel engaged in Operation Cast Lead, the Gaza War, as an act of self-defense. Gold shows how Sderot was attacked constantly by rockets from Gaza […]