Israel Dismisses UN Commission's Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity Findings as 'Political Propaganda'

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday rejected the conclusions of a UN-mandated investigative commission that accused Israel of committing crimes against humanity, including extermination, against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and of continuing to carry out genocide in the Gaza Strip.

"This is not a human rights report, but a document of political propaganda detached from reality," the ministry said in its statement.

The ministry went further, accusing the commission of trying to undermine Israel's right to self-defense, delegitimize the Jewish state, and legitimize what it called jihadist terrorism against Israeli citizens.

The statement does not address specific findings in the commission's report. Middle East Monitor's account of the rejection does not include the full text of the commission's findings, its methodology, or the formal name and mandate of the body issuing them, though the outlet reports the commission concluded Israel has committed crimes against humanity and continues to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

The ministry's response is consistent with Israel's long-standing posture toward UN human rights findings on the occupation. Israel has rejected prior reports from UN commissions of inquiry, special rapporteurs, and international courts examining its conduct in Gaza and the West Bank, typically characterizing them as biased or politically motivated rather than engaging with their evidentiary basis.

The rejection arrives against a backdrop of continuing military operations in Gaza. Middle East Monitor's report was accompanied by images from Gaza City's Sabra neighborhood, where Palestinian civilians and emergency responders searched through the debris of residential buildings following an Israeli airstrike on October 9.

According to the same outlet, Hamas said separately that the UN report provides new evidence of Israeli crimes and of impunity for those responsible.

Occupation Watch has not independently reviewed the commission's full report or verified its specific findings beyond what is described in secondhand reporting of the Israeli government's response. The underlying allegations of genocide and crimes against humanity remain contested by the Israeli state, which has denied them in categorical terms rather than through a point-by-point rebuttal of the commission's evidence.