UNDERSTANDING
THE GOLDSTONE REPORT

The Goldstone report explicitly and implicitly adopts a narrative that reflects Palestinian claims: sequence of events the "explain" the "blockade," the military incursions into Gaza including the reasons for Operation Cast Lead, the status of Gaza as "Israeli-occupied," consistently promote the chronologically challenged contention that Hamas firing at Israeli populations is a response to Israeli aggression.  Here we examine the cases where the Report makes such determinations of narrative causality and consider their validity.