Richard Goldstone, Party Pooper

Judge Goldstone may have tried to undo the damage done by his infamous report, but that doesn't wash with the pathological professional  Zion-loathers, some of whom have gathered in South Africa:

PROMINENT Gaza human rights lawyer Raji Sourani has called South African judge Richard Goldstone a liar, following recent comments he made in the New York Times regarding apartheid in Israel.

Speaking at a Palestine Solidarity Campaign event in the city yesterday, ahead of the weekend Russell Tribunal, the founder of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights in Gaza lashed out at Goldstone for saying apartheid did not exist in Israel.

Last month, Goldstone criticised the Russell Tribunal in an opinion piece in the New York Times, entitled “Israel and the apartheid slander”. He wrote that there was no apartheid in Israel, and called the suggestion a “particularly pernicious and enduring canard”.

“It is an unfair and inaccurate slander against Israel, calculated to retard rather than advance peace negotiations,” he said.

But Sourani hit back yesterday, saying that Goldstone “is lying”.

“When he says there is no injustice in Israel, he is lying.”

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign also hit out at Goldstone in a statement read out by the organisation’s Martin Jansen. “The very recent but weak attack by Richard Goldstone on the tribunal not only exposes him as an ardent Zionist, but his shameful U-turn on the Goldstone report demonstrates his bias as a ‘juror’.”

The Russell Tribunal on Palestine, being held this weekend at the District Six Museum, was established to “investigate violations of international law perpetrated against the Palestinian people”, its website says.

This year marks the third time the tribunal will be held, with this session calling witnesses to testify as to whether Israel’s policies can be classified as apartheid under international law.

Among those expected to attend are Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, former Intelligence minister Ronnie Kasrils, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and US author Alice Walker. Also in Cape Town for the event are Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairead Maguire, retired judge of the supreme court of Spain José Antonio Martin Pallin and 93-year-old Holocaust survivor Stephane Hessel.

Speaking at yesterday’s event, Palestinian refugee Leila Khaled drew parallels between South Africa’s apartheid regime and her own experiences in Palestine.

“I am optimistic, because in South Africa there was an apartheid regime and you ended your struggle with the support of the international community,” she said...

What a fun group. I bet for kicks they're throwing darts at a Judge Goldstone dart board or thrashing a Judge Goldstone pinata.