Thread by @EFischberger

The UN just "blacklisted" Israel for sexual violence. So I read the report.

Not only does it fail spectacularly at proving systematic sexual violence against Palestinians, it actually makes a far more compelling case for the UN's own systematic dishonesty and incompetence 🧵

Of the 31 "verified" cases, 18 are from 2023–2024, not from 2025, the actual reporting period.

Meaning the UN is recycling prior-period cases to bulk up their numbers, because the actual numbers don't support their premise.

Of those 31 cases, only 9 involve rape or gang rape allegations. The rest are threats of rape, forced nudity, unwanted touching, and strip searches. Still awful — but not rape.

Yet the UN acts like this is enough to justify placing Israel on the same blacklist as Hamas and ISIS

The UN blames Israel for "denying access" to freed hostages as the reason it couldn't verify their allegations.

But these are free people living in Israel who've already given public statements and media interviews.

The freed hostages can speak to whomever they want — and do.

The report explains the low volume of testimony by citing "explicit threats made by Israeli not to report abuse."

In other words, the absence of evidence is pre-explained by "Israeli intimidation."

The UN is creating an unfalsifiable thesis and calling it evidence.

Next, the report lists specific facilities where violations allegedly occurred.

Among them is "an unidentified base."

They're claiming to have verified cases at a location they cannot name..... How exactly, then, is that verified?

Now onto Sde Teiman.

Israel's own courts charged the soldiers with severe physical assault, not rape.

Then in March 2026 all charges were dropped.

The report frames the dropped charges as proof of "a climate of impunity."

i.e. an acquittal is now confirmation of guilt.

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