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Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz criticized a United Nations report accusing Israel of genocide, warning that the Trump administration and Congress had instruments at their disposal to sanction these behind it.
The report, issued Tuesday by the United Nations Impartial Worldwide Fee of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory (COI), stated, “the State of Israel bears duty for the failure to forestall genocide, the fee of genocide, and the failure to punish genocide towards the Palestinians within the Gaza Strip.”
In a press release to Fox Information Digital, Cruz stated, “This newest announcement by the United Nations isn’t any completely different than any of the opposite antisemitic smears and libels which were leveled towards Israel of their ongoing response to Hamas’ atrocities on Oct. 7.
“This marketing campaign instantly undermines American nationwide safety pursuits by eroding Israel’s freedom of motion towards Hamas terrorists who killed People and fueling worldwide lawfare towards Israel, which can be turned towards American servicemembers, and certainly Americans basically. The Republican Trump administration and Republican Congress have developed instruments and sanctions to cope with these threats, and they need to be used towards everybody concerned on this travesty,’ his assertion concluded.
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Chair of the Impartial Worldwide Fee of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, together with East Jerusalem, and Israel, South African Decide Navi Pillay speaks throughout a press convention in Geneva on September 16, 2025. The Inquiry Fee on September 16, 2025 accused Israel of committing “genocide” in Gaza in a bid to “destroy the Palestinians” there, and blamed Israel’s prime minister and different prime officers for incitement. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP through Getty Photos)
Anne Bayefsky, director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust and president of Human Rights Voices, informed Fox Information Digital that “the newest report of the U.N.’s phony ‘inquiry’ promotes genocide – towards Jews.”
Bayefsky stated the report “obscenely rationalizes the crimes against humanity committed by Hamas and different Palestinians on Oct. 7 as an comprehensible response to prior Israeli wrongs,” and “downgrades the mass homicide, rape, torture, and trauma of Israelis by suggesting that not sufficient Jews have been harmed to pose an ‘existential risk’ to Israel.”
Bayefsky stated that the COI, which has beforehand been accused of omitting important facts from its reporting, “makes zero suggestions for Hamas.” She additionally stated the report mentions the fear group’s tunnel community, which was “integral to the Oct. 7 atrocities,” solely “within the context of criticizing Israel.”
Sen. Ted Cruz condemned the newest assault towards Israel by the U.N. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Photos)
Salo Aizenberg, director of media watchdog group HonestReporting, pushed again on the COI report’s assertion that Israel has “impos[ed] measures meant to forestall births.” He informed Fox Information Digital that, “If Israel actually aimed to destroy Gaza’s inhabitants, why did it enable WHO groups earlier in 2025 to vaccinate 603,000 kids beneath age 10 — matching pre-Oct. 7 numbers?”
He famous that it “disregards that greater than 20,000 Gaza fatalities are fighters from Hamas and different armed teams, obscuring the true dynamics of the battle.”
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In its suggestions, the COI report particularly requires Israel to “guarantee full, unimpeded entry of humanitarian assist at scale” and “finish the distribution of meals assist via the Gaza Humanitarian Basis.” The report cites the commissioner-general of the controversial U.N. Aid and Works Company for Palestine Refugees within the Close to East (UNRWA), who has known as GHF “an abomination” and “a loss of life lure” that’s “costing extra lives than it saves.”
In line with latest U.N. statistics, nevertheless, between July 21 and Aug. 18 there were double the number of deaths alongside U.N. convoy routes (576) as there have been surrounding GHF websites (259).
Hamas terrorists killed civilians, together with ladies, kids and the aged, after they attacked Israel on Oct. 7. (Israel Protection Forces through AP)
Moreover, solely 14.5% of U.N. assist vehicles despatched into Gaza have reached their meant locations since Could as a consequence of armed looting and theft. Throughout the identical interval, GHF has distributed 165 million meals to Palestinians at its safe distribution websites.
GHF launched a press release explaining that the COI revealed its report “with out ever contacting” the group, calling its statements “falsehoods that would have been simply corrected had we been requested.” GHF stated there have been no shootings at its websites, and that claims, notably that kids have been shot, are “not solely false” however “reckless.”
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Whereas the COI presently casts particular blame on three Israeli officers for alleged genocide, COI member Chris Sidoti informed the press on Monday, “there are lots of, many statements by Israeli political and civilian leaders that incite genocide, and likewise by others, together with some media commentators in Israel, which were inciting genocide.”
Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for U.N. Secretary-Common António Guterres, didn’t reply to questions on whether or not Sidoti’s remarks have been an assault on Israel’s media.
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu maintain indicators as he addresses the 79th session of the United Nations Common Meeting, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Pamela Smith/AP Photograph)
In response to press questions concerning the COI report, Guterres stated that “it isn’t within the attributions of the Secretary-Common to do the authorized willpower of genocide. That belongs to the satisfactory judicial entities, specifically, the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice.” Guterres stated, “the reality is that that is one thing that it’s morally, politically, and legally insupportable.”
Bayefsky stated that “U.S. legislation withholds funds for the COI, however clearly it has not had the meant affect.” She argued it’s “excessive time” to do a “lot extra to terminate the hazards that the U.N. and its COI pose to each the US and Israel.”
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Fox Information Digital requested the State Division whether or not it meant to sanction COI members or forestall their journey to the United Nations. The State Division didn’t difficulty a response by press time.
A spokesperson for the COI didn’t reply to questions from Fox Information Digital about its report.
