The United Nations has added Israel to its list of parties suspected of conflict-related sexual violence.

The UN added Israel to its list of parties credibly suspected of conflict-related sexual violence. The Israeli Prison Service is named alongside Hamas and ISIS. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-05-28/ty-article/.premium/israel-added-to-un-sexual-violence-in-conflict-zones-blacklist-ambassador-says/0000019e-6ce6-d1b9-a9bf-fceed22b0000 The 2025 UN report documented 12 verified incidents by Israeli forces including rape, attempted rape, and genital beatings. Guterres put Israel on notice in August 2025. https://www.un.org/unispal/document/conflict-related-sexual-violence-report-of-the-secretary-general-s-2025-389/ The Sde Teiman case: CCTV showed soldiers stabbing a blindfolded detainee's rectum. Charges dropped in March. B'Tselem called Israeli prisons "a network of torture camps." UN experts said sexual violence "has become a tool of Israeli occupation." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2xrz71zm3o https://www.btselem.org/press_releases/20260120_living_hell https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/04/sexual-and-gender-based-violence-against-palestinians-driving-displacement Israel froze relations with the UN Secretary-General's office, canceled the UN envoy's visit, threatened to sue the NYT over the Kristof op-ed (14 Palestinian accounts of sexual assault), and banned 40 activists from Euro-Med Monitor, the NGO whose reporting was cited. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-05-28/ty-article/.premium/israel-added-to-un-sexual-violence-in-conflict-zones-blacklist-ambassador-says/0000019e-6ce6-d1b9-a9bf-fceed22b0000 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/israel-sue-new-york-times-sexual-abuse-palestinian-prisoners https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1yrjehlgx The Israeli government claims Euro-Med's founder is Hamas-linked. No independent body has verified this. In 2021, Israel designated six Palestinian human rights groups as terrorist and the US, EU, and UN called it baseless. https://www.un.org/unispal/document/un-high-commissioner-for-human-rights-bachelet-calls-israels-terrorism-designation-an-unjustified-attack-on-palestinian-civil-society-press-release/ CAMERA, a $4M US-based pro-Israel group, was caught in 2008 running a secret sockpuppet operation to infiltrate Wikipedia; its editors were banned by the Arbitration Committee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/CAMERA_lobbying UN Watch fabricated the claim that Euro-Med board chair Richard Falk endorsed 9/11 conspiracy theories; Falk formally denied it through the UN in 2011. https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-200060/ The government that drops charges against soldiers caught on video stabbing a detainee's rectum bans human rights organizations and calls documented abuse a blood libel. #gazagenocide #israel #warcrimes #zionism #palestine

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