Name: UN Says Israel Is Committing Genocide In Gaza - Navi Pillay
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Description: UN Says Israel Is Committing Genocide In Gaza - Navi Pillay Sept. 16, 2025 Al Jazeera English Nearly two years into Israel’s war on Gaza, a United Nations fact-finding mission has delivered its most d

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UN Says Israel Is Committing Genocide In Gaza - Navi Pillay

Sept. 16, 2025

Al Jazeera English

Nearly two years into Israel’s war on Gaza, a United Nations fact-finding mission has delivered its most damning verdict yet: genocide.

Navi Pillay, chairwoman of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, says Israeli leaders’ statements and the destruction on the ground prove intent. Speaking to Hashem Ahelbarra in Geneva, she explains the commission’s findings, what legal consequences Israel could face and what must happen next.

The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory has released a landmark report on Israel’s actions in Gaza. It found Israel committed four of five acts of genocide under the 1948 Convention, holding it responsible for carrying out genocide against Palestinians.

THE REPORT STATES:

Palestinians suffered torture, sexual violence, forced displacement, and cultural destruction.

Israel imposed a siege on Gaza, cutting off food, water, power, and medical aid, starving Palestinians and ignoring orders of the International Court of Justice.

Israel deliberately inflicted conditions to destroy Palestinians in Gaza, including reproductive violence.

Its attack on Gaza’s largest IVF clinic destroyed thousands of embryos, sperm, and eggs, a measure to prevent births.

These are the same four crimes that the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to “take all measures to prevent” in January 2024.

Since that ruling, nearly 40,000 Palestinians have been killed.

As famine sets in and civilian casualties mount, Pillay outlines why this report could mark a turning point in international accountability - and whether the UN will be able to act on its own conclusions.

Navi Pillay, chair of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, announced the UN inquiry on Tuesday.

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