Israel must face up to the fallout from a UN report accusing it of war crimes in Gaza, a top international lawyer and former Israeli diplomat told the JC this week.
Alan Baker, former legal adviser to Israel’s Foreign Ministry and ex-ambassador to Canada, dismissed hopes in Jerusalem that the document, presented last month to the UN by South African judge Richard Goldstone, would be shelved.
“It cannot be ignored by Israel. It is too damaging to be ignored. I think that Goldstone’s own intentions were honourable but the report will be used in an attempt to prosecute and condemn Israel.”
Mr Baker was speaking after he had delivered a Foreign Office-sponsored lecture to mark the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Convention.
