Daniel Schwammenthal

Now that Mr. Goldstone has retracted, the EU member states must do the same. There can be no other choice for them but to call on Mr. Goldstone to ask the U.N. Human Rights Council to withdraw the original report. Mr. Goldstone cannot simply settle this serious matter on the op-ed pages of a newspaper. EU foreign ministers, meeting again later this month, should urge Mr. Goldstone to present his updated conclusions to the U.N. Human Rights Council, as well as to the General Assembly, and press for the approval of a new report that reflects Mr. Goldstone’s new thinking. The European Parliament, which endorsed the report in a tight vote last year, must now also retract that decision. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703712504576244610475660534.html