Why the UN Secretary-General’s recent decision to blacklist Hamas, and not Israel, as perpetrators of sexual violence flies in the face of the UN’s own evidence.

Debunked claims of sexual violence carried out by Palestinians on October 7 have dominated Western coverage of the Gaza genocide. It is still essential to counter this Israeli propaganda to correct the historical record.

The UN report on sexual violence on October 7 has found no evidence of systematic rape by Hamas or any other Palestinian group, despite widespread media reporting to the contrary. But there are deeper problems with the report’s credibility.