On Tuesday, members of Congress voted on a house resolution to condemn the United Nations’ Goldstone Report. Orange County’s very own Loretta Sanchez was predictably among the 179 Democratic lawmakers who cast their lot against the nearly six-hundred page examination of war crimes committed late last December into early January in Gaza. The fact finding report was overwhelmingly affirmed recently by a vote in the U.N. and takes Israel to task for violations committed during the conflict while condemning Hamas as well.
As opposed to the Goldstone Report, Sarah Whitson of Human Rights Watch characterized the non-binding congressional resolution as “one-sided and biased” in her interview with the Inter-Press Service. She followed by saying that “This sort of resolution sends a terrible message to the international community about American willingness to believe in international justice for all.”
Much of the controversy in the debate is unfortunately based on false premises. As the Goldstone Report moves to the U.N. Security Council, it is truly regrettable that Congress has chosen to call on the President and the Secretary of State to dismiss it outright. Locally, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, whose 47th Congressional District includes an area of Anaheim known as ‘Little Gaza,’ failed her constituents once again. She may pride herself on her international profile, but at the end of the day, she’s just another Blue Dog Democrat…
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