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Countries aiding Israel’s occupation may be ‘complicit’: UN experts

Independent UN commission calls on Israel to halt settlement expansion and return occupied land to Palestinians.

Al Jazeera · Oct 18, 2024

'Relentless, deliberate' attacks by Israel destroying Gaza's healthcare, say UN experts

A UN report said that Israel's targeted and "wanton destruction" in Gaza was destroying the healthcare system in the Palestinian enclave. The report found evidence that both Palestinian prisoners and Israeli hostages have been tortured and sexually abused.

France 24 · Oct 10, 2024

UN peacekeepers in Lebanon say Israel has fired on their bases deliberately

Unifil says two peacekeepers were injured after Israeli tank fired on one observation point and soldiers fired on another

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2024

Israel’s actions in Gaza ‘intentional attack on civilians’: UN inquiry

New report says Israeli military and Palestinian groups committed war crimes and rights abuses since October 7.

Al Jazeera · Jun 19, 2024

Israel and Hamas have both committed war crimes since 7 October, says UN body

Parallel reports describe serious crimes during Hamas attack and Israel’s subsequent offensive in Gaza

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2024

U.N. Report: Israeli Forces And Palestinian Militants Commit War Crimes

U.N. report details war crimes and rights violations by Israeli forces and Palestinian militants, highlighting a concerning pattern of sexual violence.

Top News · Jun 12, 2024

Israeli forces killed Abu Akleh ‘without justification’, UN inquiry says

UN-mandated body says Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh victim of ‘excessive and disproportionate force’.

Al Jazeera · Oct 16, 2023

Pro-Israel Watchdog Alleges ‘sham Hearings’ By UN Commission

The U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva created the three-person commission last year to investigate activities in Gaza. 

Zenger · Nov 15, 2022

Israel Mainly to Blame for Conflict, Says UN Report

Israel's occupation and discrimination against Palestinians are the main causes of the endless cycles of violence, UN investigators said Tuesday, prompting angry Israeli protests. A high-level team of investigators, appointed last year by the United Nations Human Rights Council to probe "all underlying root causes" in the decades-long conflict, pointed…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 7, 2022

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With immigration bill in flux, Democrats mull executive action

Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2022