Israeli ex-diplomat: We were wrong to boycott Goldstone Report

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Israel's former ambassador to Germany Avi Primor criticized his country's response to the Goldstone Report in a newspaper interview Monday.

The Goldstone report accused both Israel and Hamas of committing war crimes against civilians during this year's 22-day conflict that ended January 18.

"The Israeli government was wrong to boycott the investigation led by South African war crimes prosecutor Richard Goldstone," Primor told German daily Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung. "We should submit our position, our arguments and not stay away," Primor said.

The former diplomat said that, while everybody in Israel rejected the report, nobody dared to ignore it.

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