Goldstone defends his work

The U.N. Human Rights Council is debating the Goldstone Report today and then considering resolutions on the report later in the week. Richard Goldstone testified earlier today; he's trying to defend the report against charges of bias and push for international action on his conclusions.

"The lack of accountability for war crimes and possible war crimes against humanity has reached a crisis point; the ongoing lack of justice is undermining any hope for a successful peace process and reinforcing an environment that fosters violence," Goldstone said.

Israelis and Americans -- even some left-leaning American Jews -- think the report is biased. We're blogging our way through the 575-page report; I've finished almost one-third of it, and I have yet to see any blatant examples of bias. I have some minor quibbles with the report -- I'll write about them when I'm done reading the whole thing -- but nothing huge.

Then again, I stand by my contention that most of the report's critics have not actually read it.