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The UN's latest blood libel against Israel - Israel National News
The UN's latest blood libel against Israel - Israel National News The UN's latest blood libel against Israel A UN commission of inquiry claims without evidence in a new report that Israel is committing genocide. Nitsan Tzur Jun 23, 2026, 9:09 PM (GMT+3) UN Blood Libel Danny Danon Genocide 1 minutes Danny Danon UN The UN continues to incite against Israel. A new report by a UN commission of inquiry accuses Israel of committing genocide and claims that IDF soldiers are deliberately directing fire at Palestinian Arab children. According to the new report: “Israeli authorities and security forces have intentionally committed acts that caused death and serious physical and mental harm to hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children. The killing continued even after the ceasefire in Gaza last October. We have reasonable grounds to conclude that these acts form part of a deliberate strategy to destroy the future of Palestinians in Gaza by targeting their children." The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem firmly rejected the new report. “We completely reject the commission’s report. It is an outrageous piece of propaganda, like its predecessors." Related articles: Part 2: The weaponization of …
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Israel slams UN report as 'political blood libel' for alleging ...
Israel slams UN report as 'political blood libel' for alleging ... Israel slams UN report as 'political blood libel' for alleging deliberate targeting of Palestinian children June 25, 2026 Israel's U.N. ambassador and analysts slam a new report alleging the deliberate targeting of Palestinian children, calling it a biased political attack. Israel's Ambassador to the U.N., Danny Danon, told Fox News Digital that "this is not an investigative report. It is a political blood libel disguised as a U.N. document. This commission reaches its conclusions before examining the facts and repeatedly publishes reports that serve one purpose only: to vilify Israel. Instead of addressing Hamas' crimes, the October 7 massacre, the hostages, and Hamas' cynical use of children and civilians as human shields, the commission has once again chosen to place Israel in the dock." Danon added that "Israel will continue to defend its citizens and fight terrorism, regardless of how many false reports are published by fringe actors within U.N. institutions." Representatives from the COI and Human Rights Council did not respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment on the concerns addressed about the rep…
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Israel Fires Back at UN Report Alleging Deliberate Targeting of ...
Israel Fires Back at UN Report Alleging Deliberate Targeting of ... Up next Published on 26 June 2026 Author Internewscast Share article The post has been shared by 0 people. Facebook 0 X (Twitter) 0 Pinterest 0 Mail 0 Israel sharply criticized a newly released United Nations Commission of Inquiry report that accused the country of the “deliberate targeting of Palestinian children.” Earlier findings from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel have previously drawn allegations of antisemitism and of fueling hostility toward Israel. The newest report, published Wednesday, stated that “based on the evidence reviewed, and consistent with its previous reports,” the commission had reasonable grounds to conclude that Israeli authorities and security forces continued to commit genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, as well as war crimes in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. A woman kneels at a memorial in Kibbutz Kfar Aza in southern Israel, where the community honored residents killed, abducted, or who died in captivity after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack. (Hannah McKay/Reut…
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Israel slams UN report as 'political blood libel' for alleging ...
Israel slams UN report as 'political blood libel' for alleging ... Israel reacted angrily over a new United Nations’ Commission of Inquiry report alleging the Jewish state had engaged in the “deliberate targeting of Palestinian children.” Prior reports from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including East Jerusalem, and Israel garnered accusations of antisemitism and incitement to violence . The latest report , released Wednesday, said that, “based on the evidence reviewed, and consistent with its previous reports, the Commission finds on reasonable grounds that the Israeli authorities and the Israeli security forces have continued to commit the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.” UN EXPERT REPEATS ISRAEL ‘GENOCIDE’ CLAIMS AFTER US CALLS FOR HER REMOVAL Israel’s Ambassador to the U.N., Danny Danon , told Fox News Digital that “this is not an investigative report. It is a political blood libel disguised as a U.N. document. This commission reaches its conclusions before examining the facts and repeatedly publishes reports that s…
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Meanwhile ~ Last week, a team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations accused Israel of deliberately shooting children in Gaza and repeated accusations that Israel has carried out a ...
Meanwhile ~ Last week, a team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations accused Israel of deliberately shooting children in Gaza and repeated accusations that Israel has carried out a genocide. Israel called the report a “libelous sham.”
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'Targeting of Palestinian children has not stopped': Independent UN investigator sounds alarm
'Targeting of Palestinian children has not stopped': Independent UN investigator sounds alarm Independent UN investigators are calling for action after releasing a report detailing what they call “deliberate killing of Palestinian children” by Israel. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry says that since October 7, 2023, the "essence of childhood" has been "destroyed" in Gaza and the West Bank. Speaking with FRANCE 24, Commission Chair Srinivasan Muralidhar said that among the vast evidence collected were testimonies from doctors who said children were admitted to their care with "gunshot wounds specifically targeted at the head and the neck to cause maximum damage".
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'Reasonable grounds': Israel's 'deliberate targeting' of children part ...
'Reasonable grounds': Israel's 'deliberate targeting' of children part ... Israel is deliberately targeting Palestinian children in what has become a key factor in an ongoing "genocide" in Gaza, United Nations investigators charged on Tuesday, in a report slammed by Israel. The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry said it had found evidence that "Palestinian children have been deliberately targeted and killed by Israeli security forces". This, it said, was a key factor in establishing "the genocidal intent of the Israeli authorities and security forces to destroy the larger Palestinian group in Gaza". The three-member investigative team, which does not speak for the UN itself, first determined in a report last September that Israel had committed "genocide" in the war in Gaza -- a finding Israel flatly rejected. In Tuesday's follow-up report, they said the intense scale and systematic nature of Israeli military operations had continued, resulting in the "unprecedented" death, injury and trauma of Palestinian children. There were "reasonable grounds" to conclude that Israel's authorities and security forces "have continued to commit the crime of genocide" in Gaza,…
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Meanwhile ~ Last week, a team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations accused Israel of deliberately shooting children in Gaza and repeated accusations that Israel has carried out a ...
Meanwhile ~ Last week, a team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations accused Israel of deliberately shooting children in Gaza and repeated accusations that Israel has carried out a genocide. Israel called the report a “libelous sham.”

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broadly confirmedA UN commission of inquiry released a report accusing Israel of deliberately shooting/killing Palestinian children and committing genocide.
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bluesky“a team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations accused Israel of deliberately shooting children in Gaza and repeated accusations that Israel has carried out a genocide.” france24“Independent UN investigators are calling for action after releasing a report detailing what they call “deliberate killing of Palestinian children” by Israel. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry says that since October 7, 2023, the "essence of childhood" has been "destroyed" in Gaza and the West Bank.”

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The UN report states that Israeli authorities intentionally committed acts causing death and serious harm to hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children.
israelnationalnews.com
The UN report states that the killing of children continued after the ceasefire in Gaza last October.
israelnationalnews.com
The UN report concludes that these acts form part of a deliberate strategy to destroy the future of Palestinians in Gaza by targeting their children.
israelnationalnews.com
UN Commission Chair Srinivasan Muralidhar stated that doctors reported children admitted with gunshot wounds specifically targeted at the head and neck.
france24
Israel called the UN report a “libelous sham.”
bluesky
Israel's Foreign Ministry firmly rejected the UN report.
israelnationalnews.com
A panel of scientific experts from the U.S. Census Bureau, dissolved by the Trump administration earlier this year, is reestablishing itself without official endorsement or formal connection to the statistical agency.
internewscast.com
The reestablished group was formerly the Census Scientific Advisory Committee and has been rebranded with “Independent” as a prefix.
internewscast.com
No Census Bureau staffers will be involved directly or indirectly during the reestablished group's Thursday conference.
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Barbara Entwisle, committee chair, stated she is uncertain whether their scientific guidance will be received by the Census Bureau.
internewscast.com
In an Economist/YouGov Poll, 37% of Americans approve and 56% disapprove of Donald Trump's job handling, resulting in a net approval of -18.
yougov.com
The last time Trump's net job approval was higher than -15 was September 2025.
yougov.com
Trump's net approval for handling crime is -4 (43% approve, 47% disapprove).
yougov.com
Trump's net approval for handling the situation in Iran is -20.
yougov.com
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said the adoption of Georgia's “foreign agents” law seriously undermines freedoms of expression and association.
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Georgia's Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence requires media, NGOs, and nonprofits receiving more than 20% of funding from abroad to register as pursuing the interests of a foreign power.
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Georgia's Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence was adopted on Tuesday.
news.un.org
The adoption of the law sparked protests in Tbilisi.
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Georgia's opposition denounced the law as an effort to crackdown on independent media, civil society, rights activists, and government critics.
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Volker Türk said authorities and lawmakers chose to disregard warnings raised by rights defenders and civil society regarding the law.
news.un.org
Volker Türk warned that the impacts on the rights to freedom of expression and association in Georgia risk being significant.
news.un.org
Alice Edwards is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture.
universal-rights.org
Thousands of individual complaints sit unanswered in the UN’s online platform.
universal-rights.org
Governments often ignore UN communications or respond months or years later with formulaic denials.
universal-rights.org
The UN Special Procedures system continues to expand even as resources shrink and expectations rise.
universal-rights.org

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bluesky “Israel called the report a “libelous sham.”” → Israel rejected the report.
france24 “Independent UN investigators are calling for action after releasing a report detailing what they call “deliberate killing of Palestinian children” by Israel. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry says that since October 7, 2023, the "essence of childhood" has been "destroyed" in Gaza and the West Bank.” → UN investigators released a report on the killing of Palestinian children and the destruction of childhood in Gaza and the West Bank since October 7, 2023.
internewscast.com “symbolizing a bold move by the research community in opposition to the Trump administration’s decision to dismantle three advisory committees comprised of external experts from academia and private sectors earlier this year.” → The reestablishment of the committee is seen as opposition to the Trump administration's dismantling of advisory committees.

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