On May 5th, 2011, Adam Horowitz and Philip Weiss, co-hosts of the Mondoweiss blog, and co-authors with Lizzy Ratner of "The Goldstone Report,: The Legacy of the Landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict," spoke in Oakland on behalf of the Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA) about the famous and controversial report on Israel's Cast Lead assault on Gaza from December 2008 through January 2009. They were introduced by Prof. George Bisharat of the UC Berkeley Law School who provided background on the Israel-Palestine conflict.