Netanyahu: Dismiss the Goldstone Report

The Jerusalem Post reports:

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Saturday said that the Goldstone Report should be dismissed in light of comments by judge Richard Goldstone in which he stated that his findings would be different if he had known all of the information when the report was completed.

"Everything we said has been proven as true," Netanayahu said. "Israel did not maliciously attack civilians," he added.

"Israel's investigatory bodies are worthy, whereas Hamas investigated nothing," Netanyahu stated.

He added that "the fact that Goldstone changed his mind should lead to the dismissal of the report once and for all."

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Saturday praised Goldstone for the op-ed article published in the Washington Post on Friday, in which he stated that Israel did not intentionally target civilians during strong>Operation Cast Lead<.

Lieberman said in an interview with Channel Two's Dana Weiss on the program "Meet the Press," that while he praised Goldstone's comments he was not surprised that the judge came to the conclusions that he did.

"We had no doubt that the truth would come out eventually," said Lieberman.