This book is an incredibly important contribution to the discourse on Israel/Palestine and American foreign policy in general. It brings this vital document into our living rooms for real dissection and digestion, and includes commentary from an all-star panel of thinkers to put the Goldstone Report into its historic context and the context of American and Israeli reactions and policies.
As Representative Brian Baird said, "I read the entire Goldstone Report, front to back, and I read it critically. And after all the flak it had taken, I thought, Well, what am I missing here? I didn't have any beef with it at all. In fact, it was absolutely consistent with everything we had seen and heard in Gaza and Sderot. I found the report and the conclusions to be fact-based, measured, and completely justified. So when a congressional resolution was put forward attacking the Goldstone Report and urging the administration to "unequivocally block any further consideration in any multilateral forum," I was deeply upset and determined both to speak out in support of the report and against the biased and distorted resolution that attacked it."
Alas, Baird is one of the very few to stand up in defense of truth, law, and justice. With this book, we have our own chance to "read the entire Goldstone Report, front to back," read intelligent commentary on it, come to our own conclusions, and act accordingly.