Exclusive: UN Palestine Inquiry members reportedly resigned
Our correspondent reported that the resignations followed a period of intensified Israeli campaigns aimed at undermining the commission's work, which ultimately rendered their continued role untenable. The UN is yet to confirm the resignations.
The commissioners had been appointed by the UN Human Rights Council in 2021 to investigate human rights violations in occupied Palestine and 'Israel.'
Israeli officials accused the commission of antisemitism, refusal to cooperate, and mounted diplomatic efforts to delegitimize the body's work. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously dismissed the inquiry as 'anti-Israel.'
In its reports, the commission found 'reasonable grounds' to conclude that Israeli forces committed war crimes in Gaza, including:
The findings also noted patterns of settler violence, demolition of infrastructure, and suppression of civil society in the West Bank.
Chris Sidoti, member of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, provided #AlMayadeen with insight into the report issued by the committee, which faced strong criticism from the occupation authorities. The report… pic.twitter.com/Gyu9fnauDwUN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric had recently admitted that 'the United Nations has failed to protect the Palestinian people.'
Speaking from New York, Dujarric added: 'The Secretary-General and all remaining UN humanitarian staff in Gaza are doing everything they can to help civilians survive, at the very least, by providing them with what limited resources we have.'
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