In withdrawing his conclusion that there was a policy of intentional targeting of civilians by Israel, Goldstone has not said that his judgment, based on the evidence before him at the time, was wrong. Rather, he has said that subsequent investigations by the Israeli authorities have made him change his judgment.
在撤回以色列政策故意袭击平民的结论时，戈德斯通并没有承认根据当时证据所做出的判断是错的。他反而说是以色列当局的后续调查改变了他的看法。