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Gaslighting Gaza: The UN Commission of Inquiry on the Gaza Riots
(NGO Monitor) On Feb. 28, the UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the riots along the Israel-Gaza border alleged that "Israeli soldiers committed violations of international human rights and humanitarian law...and may constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity." The COI largely erases the dimension of Palestinian violence along the Gaza border, as well as Hamas' leading role in orchestrating the attacks. The COI ignored and minimized the use of guns, firebombs, stones, burning tires, and incendiary kites, as well as the exploitation of children to perpetrate these acts, reconstituting the riots as "peaceful protests." The COI was established by the notorious UN Human Rights Council, a body controlled by dictatorships and authoritarian regimes and known for extreme anti-Israel bias.