Goldstone's outcome

The motion to accept the Goldstone Report in the General Assembly of the UN was sponsored by 20 Arab/Muslim countries. With the automatic support of all Muslim countries and many so-called non-aligned or third world countries, the motion was passed.
However, Israel has been mounting a campaign to try and persuade the democratic and non-Muslim countries to vote against it in principle. As Israel's UN representative, Gabriella Shalev, said in her speech at the UN, "this Report was conceived in evil and born in sin." The basic problem with the Report, apart from the errors in fact and bias, is that it equates a democratic sovereign country defending itself against terrorism, with the terrorist organization attacking it. In the 525 page Report, barely 3 pages are devoted to Hamas war crimes, while the rest is devoted to Israel. If ever there was an example of anti-Semitism this is it, with Israel being the only country in the World singled out for such treatment. If democratic countries support it, they too will then be setting a precendent and they too will be open to similar treatment.
That is why it is thought that even though the GA will pass the non-binding resolution and accept the Report, the Security Council will reject it. Can you imagine Britain and the US being similarly equated with the Taliban or al Qaeda and being singled out for war crimes for the deaths of civilians in Iraq or Afghanistan? Can you imagine Russia being pilloried for war crimes in Chechnya (where there were indeed such crimes) or China in Tibet, etc? Such a Report opens up a Pandora's box of biased and one-sided so-called human rights abuses that the Muslim majority could impose on any country they don't like. The precedent must be rejected.
By taking this approach to attack and demonize Israel, the Arab and Muslim countries are demonstrating that they are not really interested in peace and are pushing back even further the possibility of peace negotiations. Today it was announced that Pres. Abbas of the PA will not run in the upcoming PA elections. But, he has no obvious successor, and this may be another ploy to try to pressure the US to put further pressure on Israel to make the concession of freezing building on the West Bank prior to negotiations restarting. But, Obama has learnt that he cannot just issue commands and expect them to be obeyed, it doesn't work that way. He has to consider the real interests of each side, and such concessions don't come unilaterally.
In any case if Abbas does not run then it is likely that Hamas will gain in the elections and a period of instability will follow that could be very dangerous for the region. Also, the Israeli interception of the huge amount of arms being shipped from Iran to Hizbollah in defiance of UN resolutions should be a sign to everyone that the situation is very dangerous. Shalev is bringing this case to the Security Council as a clear case of Iranian breaching of UN resolutions.
It has been asked why Goldstone as a Jew would knowingly put his name to such a Report when he is certainly not naieve. It has been pointed out that Goldstone was a Judge under the apartheid regime, when many others in conscience refused to serve. But, then he turned around and became a Judge under the ANC Government. He is ambitious, adaptable and unprincipled. He is not specifically anti-Israel, but he is ambitious enough to see his current notoreity as a stepping stone to a higher appointment. The Muslim coutnries owe him, and since they have the majority at the UN, expect to see Goldstone become their front man at the UN some time soon.