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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 537

Navi Pillay

Meirav Leshem-Gonen, mother of Hamas hostage Romi Gonen, speaks about Hamas atrocities on October 7 to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on June 19, 2024. (Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations in Geneva)
June 20, 2024, 4:20 am
‘Face to face’: Mother of Hamas hostage confronts UN rights officials in Geneva
Meirav Leshem Gonen, whose daughter Romi was kidnapped on Oct. 7, says report by rights council ‘trivializes the severity of sexual violence experienced by women in captivity’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Chairwoman of the 'The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel,' South Africa's Navi Pillay speaks during a briefing to UN member states about ongoing investigations of the Commission at the UN offices in Geneva, on April 16, 2024. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
June 12, 2024, 12:52 pm
UN reports accuse Israel of ‘extermination,’ crimes against humanity; Hamas of war crimes
Israel rejects findings that ‘outrageously and repugnantly attempt to draw a false equivalence between IDF soldiers and Hamas terrorists,’ accuses UN commission of systematic bias
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Navi Pillay, chair of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, presents a report on the opening day of the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva on June 13, 2022. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
September 27, 2023, 8:26 pm
Leading US Jewish groups decry top legal award for anti-Israel UN official
Over 30 organizations say Navi Pillay has discriminated against Israel and Jews, urge top law firms to cut support for conference honoring her next month
By Luke Tress
UN commissioners Chris Sidoti, left, Navi Pillay, center, and Miloon Kothari, right, discuss their probe into Israel and the Palestinians at the United Nations in New York, October 27, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
October 28, 2022, 1:25 am
UN commission says it will investigate ‘apartheid’ charges against Israel
Inquest members call term ‘a useful paradigm,’ dismiss antisemitism allegations as a ‘diversion’ and security concerns as a ‘fiction’; say Jerusalem may be guilty of war crimes
By Luke Tress
Then-UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay speaks during a press conference in Rabat, Morocco, on May 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Schemm, File)
September 21, 2022, 6:03 am
Berlin mayor torpedoes event honoring head of UN probe into Israel
Israeli ambassador says he relayed Jerusalem’s concerns regarding Navi Pillay to Franziska Giffey, leading her to pull support for city-backed ceremony
By Lazar Berman
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov following their talks in Moscow, on April 26, 2022. (Maxim Shipenkov/ Pool/ AFP)
July 31, 2022, 10:27 pm
Lapid urges UN chief to disband ‘tainted’ Gaza probe over remarks deemed antisemitic
In a letter, the prime minister denounces ‘Jewish lobby’ comments made by member of the UN Commission of Inquiry now investigating Israel’s May 2021 fight with Hamas
By ToI Staff
Federico Villegas, President of the Human Rights Council, chairs a meeting during the 50th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council on June 30, 2022. (Violaine Martin/UN)
July 29, 2022, 10:22 pm
UN rights council chief tells investigator to clarify ‘Jewish lobby’ remarks
Federico Villegas says comments from member of body probing Israel ‘could reasonably be interpreted as stigmatization’ of Jews after Israel slams panel head for defending him
By AFP and ToI Staff
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay speaks during a news conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, December 2, 2013. (AP/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)
July 29, 2022, 3:36 am
Head of UN panel probing Israel claims ‘Jewish lobby’ comments taken out of context
Navi Pillay says council does not question any state’s UN membership, says colleague’s remarks were ‘deliberately misquoted to imply that social media controlled by Jewish lobby’
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Palestinian women cross the Qalandiya checkpoint, outside of the West Bank city of Ramallah, on April 15, 2022. (Flash90)
June 8, 2022, 2:34 am
US slams ‘one-sided’ UN probe blaming Israel for perpetuating the conflict
Member of open-ended Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry says ‘ending occupation’ will break cycle of violence; Israel calls report ‘waste of money’
By Jacob Magid
An Israeli soldier draws his weapon as mourners attending the funeral for Auda Sadaqa, 17, react at a checkpoint in the West Bank village of Al-Madiya near Ramallah, Friday, June 3, 2022. (AP/ Majdi Mohammed)
June 7, 2022, 8:36 pm
UN probe blames Israel for perpetuating conflict with Palestinians
Member of open-ended Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry says ‘ending occupation’ will break cycle of violence; Israel calls report ‘waste of money’
By Lazar Berman
Members of the Adalah rights group delegation are seen in Jordan after meeting with a United Nations probe into war crimes in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on March 31, 2022. (Courtesy: Adalah)
April 1, 2022, 4:33 pm
Arab Israeli delegation meets UN team probing Israel’s human rights violations
Group including ex-MK holds meeting in Jordan as Israel refuses to cooperate with probe, citing lead investigator’s anti-Israel bias
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinians inspect the damage to their homes following a ceasefire between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel, in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
February 17, 2022, 9:05 pm
Israel rejects cooperation with ‘morally bankrupt’ UN rights probe into May fighting
In scathing letter, ambassador Meirav Eilon Shahar says commission headed by Navi Pillay is biased and will not treat Israel fairly; ‘We expect such bodies to act in good faith’
By Lazar Berman
Then-UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay speaks during a press conference in Rabat, Morocco, on May 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Schemm, File)
February 14, 2022, 4:45 pm
UN Watch lobby group demands Israel-Palestinian investigator resign for prejudice
Watchdog says Navi Pillay, appointed to probe rights abuse in decades-old conflict, has displayed ‘demonstrable bias against Israel’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Then-UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay speaks during a press conference in Rabat, Morocco, on May 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Schemm, File)
July 22, 2021, 9:53 pm
Former head of UN rights council to lead open-ended probe of Israel
Navi Pillay tapped by body’s current leader to chair unprecedented commission of inquiry into ‘root causes’ of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
By AFP and ToI Staff
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands (Vincent van Zeijst/Wikimedia Commons/File)
February 20, 2015, 11:34 pm
UN may name alleged perpetrators of war crimes in Syria
Investigators say publishing list of suspected criminals would serve as deterrent, call for international tribunal
By Edith M. Lederer
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