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Feb242015

Spy Cables: Trying to suppress the Goldstone Report

DateTuesday, February 24, 2015 at 01:53PM

Leaked secret South Africa intelligence reports – dubbed the Spy Cables - include an account of the head of Israeli intelligence, Meir Dagan, lobbying on behalf of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in an effort to suppress the Goldstone Report.

The Spy Cables which have been obtained by news organisation Al Jazeera, span a period from 2006 to the end of 2014, and include detailed briefings and analyses written by the operatives. The broadcaster began breaking details of the documents on Monday.

Jurist Richard Goldstone had led a UN Human Rights Council fact-finding mission that established war crimes were committed by both sides during Israel's 2008-2009 assault on Gaza which killed 1400 Palestinians.

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