Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Well, let's look at the evidence.

A year ago this month, in September 2025, the UN's Independent International Commission of Inquiry into the Occupied Territories declared that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.

And in doing so, it drew on the definition of genocide adopted many decades ago.

Now, during the Bosnian Civil War... by the International Court of Justice.

I don't think the people that are mentioning it are throwing it around.

The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry has said what the Israeli authorities and security forces are doing meets the criteria of what the 1948 Genocide Convention labeled as genocide.

The specialized United Nations independent experts have also characterized the ongoing destruction of Gaza as a collective crime and genocide.

The International Association of Genocide Scholars, over 500 of them, passed a resolution stating that Israel's policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of a genocide under international law.

And then there are endless entities outside of Israel, academic, institutional, that have all said it meets the definition.

How about the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry? There is Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur.

There is the UN Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices.

There is Craig Mochaber, who, of course, resigned after more than three decades at the UN, and his letter called the assault on Gaza, quote, a textbook case of genocide.

Start the clock.

Do you believe Benjamin Netanyahu, Itmar Ben-Gavir and Bizarro Smotrich about what's been happening in Gaza? Or do you believe the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry, the UN Special Committee, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, 14 other UN Special Rapporteurs, the former UN...

Humanitarian chief, UNICEF, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Bet Salem, Gisha, Physicians for Human Rights Israel, Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam, Save the Children, Christian Aid, Action Aid, the NGO Air Wars, the NGO Action on Armed Violence, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and its president, Melanie O'Brien, the editor of the...

That's a big one.

Meanwhile, the U.N. is warning against Israel's military activity inside Syrian territory, saying some actions, including the detention of civilians, could amount to war crimes.

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria found Israel had detained 49 Syrians, including two children, and had transferred them against their will to Israel.

Some of the detainees have been held incommunicado, raising fears of torture or maltreatment.

Here in New York City, students and faculty held a news conference Wednesday announcing the disclosure of the City University of New York's CUNY investment portfolio.

Serious and international violations of this law, if proven, amount to war crimes.

What has occurred, including the actions of the IDF, have been examined in depth by a number of organizations, including the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry.

The conclusions of these reports represent increasing evidence that war crimes appear to have been committed, and we support legal processes to determine this.

Hear, hear.