Cookies For Cancer Camp Friends of Camp Mak-A-Dream, Michigan Chapter, is partnering with the Somerset Collection and 17 area bakers to present the 11th Annual Cookies N' Dreams event. Proceeds will enable children, teens and young adults with cancer to attend Camp Mak-A-Dream, a cost- free camp in Gold Creek, Montana. There they experience a full range of recreational activities as well as meet others who share similar challenges with cancer. Cookies N' Dreams will be from 5-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Somerset Collection North, 2800 Big Beaver, Troy. In addition to samples of gourmet cookies, there will be entertainment and children's activities throughout the evening, celebrity cookie judging and complimentary food and beverages. Cost is $60 for adults; children 3-17 pay their age; children younger than 3 are free. For more details, (248) 723-5575 or go to www.campdreammich.org . Prisoner Swap Jerusalem/JTA Israel completed the trade for a videotape of kid- napped soldier Gilad Shalit by releasing a 20th female Palestinian prisoner. The two-minute tape shows Shalit to be alive and seem- ingly well. The Oct. 4 transfer sent the woman prisoner to the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu watched the tape and said in a statement that "he believes the importance of the tape is in put- ting the responsibility for Gilad's health and well-being squarely on Hamas's shoulders." — Goldstone Debate Deferred New York/JTA Palestinian dip- lomats deferred until March an effort to advance within the United Nations system the Goldstone report charging Israel and Hamas with war crimes. The Palestinian Authority repre- sentation had garnered sufficient support among the 47 nations on the U.N. Human Rights Council to win the council's endorsement, but failed to win the backing of the United States and other Western nations. Without such backing, the Palestinian resolution stood little chance of consideration by the U.N. Security Council, the only U.N. body capable of making international law. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin — Netanyahu had threatened to sus- pend the peace process were the report to advance out of the Human Rights Council. Its meeting ended Oct. 1 in Geneva without a recom- mendation; its next gathering is in March. The Western nations want a reso- lution that describes the report on last winter's Gaza war as flawed and delegates' consideration of its find- ings of human rights abuses solely to independent Israeli bodies. U.S. officials indicated that they would not allow the report to reach the Security Council. Israel refused to cooperate with the fact-finding mission, headed by Richard Goldstone, a former South African judge. Israel's government said the Human Rights Council, which commissioned the report, has an implacable anti-Israel basis and noted that the fact-finding mission's mandate drew pre-emptive conclu- sions, accusing Israel of "violating" laws. Goldstone, who has strong ties to Israel and a number of Jewish groups, attempted to address such concerns by expanding the mandate to consider Hamas abuses during the war; Israel said the commission's mandate undermined whatever report might emerge. It accused Goldstone, in the final report, of ignoring Hamas' agenda of wip- ing out Israel, of not sufficiently addressing the difficulties of combat in built-up areas and of drawing far-reaching conclusions not based on fact. A number of human rights and Jewish groups have acknowledged such flaws but say the report includes enough substance that it deserves Israel's further attention. For his part, Goldstone defended the report at an Oct. 1 confer- ence at the National Press Club in Washington, saying every possible measure was taken to ensure that the report was compiled in an even- handed and fair manner. Goldstone maintained that the report did not look at the justifications for either side's actions, but rather at the manner in which military force was applied. "We went to great lengths to get the full story:' Goldstone said, stress- ing that a public acknowledgment of both Israeli and Palestinian victims was necessary and important for the healing process. "Without that, there can not be an R.OLAND OPTICC Voted #1 Optical 2009 HOUR DETROIT MAGAZINE pffvetiew gap al, ot3rilegoio Oliver Peoples • Prada • Lindberg • Dior • Versace • Gucci now thru October 17, 2009 400 /0 off with purchase of Rx lenses • some restrictions apply $9 cc!plete includes frame & single vision polycarbonate lens Comprehensive Eye Exams • Medical Treatment Custom Contact Lenses • Laser Vision Correction Most Medical & Vision Insurance Welcome Dr. Max Gottesman Dr. Lorne Gottesman Dr. Michael Weishaus Dr. Randall Weishaus 0 PTO M ETR I STS Applegate Square 29983 Northwestern Hwy at Inkster Road Southfield 248.358.2920 1538790 October 15 2009 23