And yet – except for those of us who have examined the facts about this commission as I just outlined – there is going to be a lot of credibility given by people who are mostly uninformed about this. The high minded name of being a committee that is supposed to be concerned about human rights will no doubt convince many people that read their report or hear about its Israeli bashing conclusions from the media – and think it was a fair and thorough investigation… and end up believing it.
I don’t know what to do about that. Other than to keep underscoring just how biased this panel is in the public square every chance we get. My hope is that the United States will join Israel in delegitimizing this panel and reject any of its biased conclusions – just as it did with the Goldstone report. Wouldn’t it be nice if – for a change – the media cared more about ethical journalism than it cared about its revenue stream and completely ignored this UN panel or any of its conclusions?
Unfortunately there are only 2 chances of that happening: 1) slim and 2) none.