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The U.N. Genocide Report Against Israel Is an Assault on Critical Thinking
John Spencer
September 17, 2025

The United Nations Human Rights Council’s latest report on Gaza, which concludes Israel is committing a genocide, is a case study in how international bodies can dress propaganda in the language of law. Presented as a “legal analysis” from a trio led by Navi Pillay, the former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, anyone who reads the text with even a modest degree of critical thinking will see that it is not an impartial investigation. It is an advocacy document that begins with a verdict and works backward, collecting fragments of information that support its claim while excluding anything that would complicate or contradict it. The most surprising aspect of the report is not what it claims, but what it omits. READ MORE

JPOST UN overwhelmingly approves Palestinian statehood resolution as Israel calls it ‘theatre’ The proposal, initiated by France and Saudi Arabia, was approved as part of the New York conference held in July.

US DEPARTMENT OF STATE Marco Rubio: Sanctioning Foreign NGOs Directly Engaged in ICC’s Illegitimate Targeting of Israel Today, I am designating three foreign NGOs—Al Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights (Al Mezan), and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)—pursuant to Executive Order 14203, “Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court.” These entities have directly engaged in efforts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute Israeli nationals, without Israel’s consent. This administration has been clear: the United States and Israel are not party to the Rome Statute and are therefore not subject to the ICC’s authority. 

ARUTZ SHEVA UNIFIL’s well-earned obituary After 49 years and $6 billion in US taxpayer funding, UNIFIL, the so-called UN peacekeeping force in Southern Lebanon, is disbanding. Under a U.S.-led compromise in the Security Council, UNIFIL’s 10,000 troops will exit by the end of 2027. This is UNIFIL’s first obituary. Over its nearly half-century tenure UNIFIL has not saved lives. Its weakness, incompetence, corruption, and complicity with terror have cost lives, including 47 Israeli civilians and 82 soldiers in the war sparked by Hezbollah’s October 7, 2023 attacks.