ISRAEL IN ANOTHER ‘WAR’ Must Defend Itself Against Goldstone Report
The initial conflict took 22 days a little more than a year ago. But the reverb from it is still rattling the cages of an Israeli tiger tired of being attacked.
Back in December of 2008, Hamas began launching missiles into Israeli civilian territories, unprovoked. Israel eventually responded militarily, with an attack on Hamas and the state’s infrastructure. Like many similar Arab–Israeli conflicts in recent decades, the war ended as quickly as it began.
What followed was a U.N.-sanctioned inquiry into the use of force by both adversaries, as conducted by former South African judge Richard Goldstone (pictured). Shocking to anyone but those familiar with the confusing tendency by the international community to hold the Palestinians to one standard and the Israelis to another, the Goldstone report concludes that Israel is guilty of “war crimes” for terrorizing the Palestinian people.
As Israel prepares to deliver a stern rebuttal to the report—one that classifies Israel’s actions as a violation of international and humanitarian law subject to a U.N. Human Rights Council judgment—Avi Lipkin is prepared to field interviews for his unique perspective on the situation as a former member of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and a former translator inside the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office.
How can the Goldstone commission possibly see the three-week Gaza war this way? Is the international community in a policy war with Israel and, if so, why? How does Israel plan to respond, and will U.S. President Obama back its ally up?
For answers to these an other questions about the troubling issues related to the Goldstone report and Israel’s increasing role as one nation against the world, schedule an interview with Avi Lipkin by calling Special Guests today.
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE MAY BE USEFUL FOR SHOW PREP:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/world/middleeast/24goldstone.html
ABOUT YOUR GUEST, AVI LIPKIN:
AVI LIPKIN is an author, speaker and cofounder of Israel Today Magazine, who has served 30 years in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Reserves, 16 years in the IDF Artillery Reserves and 14 years as an IDF spokesman.
Avi served two years as senior editor and translator in the Israeli Prime Minister’s office.
Since leaving that office, Avi has had the opportunity to be a guest on many popular US talk shows including Sean Hannity and Fox & Friends.
Avi has also been a popular guest on international programs including Israel National TV Channel 1 in Hebrew in response to Pope Benedict XVI's remarks Islam, on Revelation TV in London, and on Vision Norge Norwegian Television.
Avi has been a keynote speaker in hundreds of churches and synagogues across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, The UK, Switzerland, France, Greece, Norway, Finland, Russia, Germany, Belgium, Holland and Israel.
Mr. Lipkin speaks six languages and has received his B. A. from Hebrew University, 1973, majoring in Sovietology/Russian Studies and East European Studies. Between 1991-1994 Avi studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary for three years in the framework of the MA program.
Avi is well versed in the centuries of Islamic wars. Avi was born in the U.S. but immigrated (made Aliyah) to Israel in 1968.
Avi has written several books under the pen name Victor Mordecai, including “Is Fanatic Islam a Global Threat?" which in 1997 predicted 9/11-type attacks by Islamic terrorists against the United States.