To friends and acquaintances, Mr. Goldstone has noted several points of new information that swayed him — besides the undue focus on Israel at the United Nations and its refusal to condemn continuing rocket fire by Hamas, and the fuzzy drone picture, he has rethought the question of combatants versus civilians killed in Gaza.
Relations with the US are at a low, with Washington condemning continued Israeli settlement construction in East Jerusalem which scuppered hopes of new peace talks with the Palestinians.
The announcement of the summit earlier in April came as the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, indicated he would put on hold plans to seek a UN security council resolution condemning continued Israeli settlement-building in the occupied Palestinian territories while the French initiative played out.
And last week, London-based Amnesty International issued a report condemning continued rights violations in Guatemala.
The embassy statement referred to a low-budget film believed to have sparked protests and said the U.S. condemned "continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims – as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions".
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We strongly condemn the continued and repeated use of chemical weapons by the regime in Syria, including the latest attack on Douma, which is a grave breach of international law and an affront to human decency.
In the responsibility for human justice, which, I believe, must be upheld and expressed by all citizens of our world, I condemn the continued prosecution and incarceration of the Cuban Five by the United States of America.
'I strongly condemn the continued heavy shelling, including the use of barrel bombs by the Syrian government forces in residential areas," Ban Ki-Moon concluded in the report.
"This is such an incomprehensible form of barbarism, such an incomprehensible form of stupidity, that every sane person in the world, from whichever faith, should condemn," he continued.
