The Jerusalem Post queried the commission for comment.<\/p>\n
The institute said it examined nine major commission reports issued between its establishment in 2021 and May 2026, alongside UN documents, budget records, public statements by commissioners, and other UN investigations.<\/p>\n
Its central argument is that the commission repeatedly connects alleged Israeli violations to named officials, military units, government institutions, state policies, and institutional intent, while more often describing Palestinian perpetrators as \u201carmed groups,\u201d \u201cmilitants,\u201d \u201cattackers,\u201d or members of military wings.<\/p>\n
Overview of the session of the Human Rights Council during the speech of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2020. (credit: REUTERS\/DENIS BALIBOUSE\/FILE PHOTO)<\/p>\n
The report focuses in part on the commission\u2019s June 2024 findings<\/a> concerning the October 7 massacre and the first months of the war.<\/p>\n UN commission attributes alleged Israeli violations to authorities, security forces<\/p>\n In its main report, the commission attributed crimes committed during the attack to members of Hamas\u2019s military wing, other Palestinian armed groups, and Palestinian civilians. Its conclusions regarding Gaza, by contrast, attributed alleged violations to \u201cIsraeli authorities\u201d and members of the Israeli security forces.<\/p>\n The institute argued that this difference dispersed responsibility for the Hamas-led attack among broad groups of perpetrators without examining Hamas\u2019s political leadership, chain of command, operational planning, and organizational policy to the same degree as Israeli institutions and decision-makers.<\/p>\n