Goldstone co-author: Hamas fired 'something like two' rockets before Gaza war
By Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent
A co-author of the Goldstone Gaza report, which accuses both Hamas and Israel of war crimes, claims the Gaza militant group fired only two rockets at Israel prior to last year's winter conflict, according to a new report published by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
The center, headed by Dore Gold, former Israel Ambassador to the UN, revealed the report at a press conference on Wednesday.
The report refers to recent remarks made by Desmond Travers, a retired Irish army colonel, who was one of four members of the fact-finding mission to Gaza and Israel.
Travers rejects the idea that Israel launched the offensive in Gaza on December 27, 2008, as an act of self-defense in response to Hamas rockets.
The Jerusalem center report says he bases this idea on a "fact" that he presents that in the month prior to start of the war, only "something like two" rockets that fell on Israel.
Goldstone co-author: Hamas fired 'something like two' rockets before Gaza war
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