UN puts Israel on same sexual violence blacklist as Hamas, ISIS

The United Nations has added Israeli entities to a blacklist of countries that commit sexual violence in conflict zones — a list that includes Hamas and other terror organizations, The Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday.


The Israeli Prison Service will be included on the 2026 list, along with other Israeli authorities that have entered a monitoring framework for possible future inclusion. A country or armed group remains on the UN Secretary-General's list for a minimum of one year. Hamas was added in August 2025.


Israel has announced the freezing of relations with the UN Secretary-General's Office and the cancellation of Pramila Patten's planned visit to Israel. Israel made it clear it would not maintain contact with the UN Secretary-General's Office as long as Antonio Guterres heads the organization.


"The UN Secretary-General has put Israel on the same blacklist as Hamas, ISIS, and the most depraved terrorist organizations in the world," Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon told the Post. "This is a moral disgrace and a complete collapse of any credibility left to the UN."


Danon said Israel cooperated with the UN, provided information, and acted with full transparency, but the Secretary-General chose to ignore the facts and "continue the campaign of incitement and lies against Israel."


"Anyone who is able to include Israel on the same list as Hamas terrorists and rapists has no sense of morality," he said.


Danon added that Israel "will wait for a professional and fair secretary-general to enter office." Guterres' term ends on December 31, 2026.


This development follows reports by the UN Secretary-General's representative on sexual violence in conflict, Pramila Patten, which determined there were reasonable grounds that Hamas committed acts of rape and sexual violence during the October 7 massacre and during hostages' captivity in Gaza.


Israel claims that following Hamas' inclusion, heavy pressure was exerted on the UN Secretary-General to include Israel on the list as well.


The announcement comes just over two weeks after the New York Times published an op-ed by journalist Nicholas Kristof alleging "a pattern of widespread sexual violence" against Palestinians by Israeli soldiers, settlers, and prison guards. Israel's Foreign Ministry called it "one of the worst blood libels ever to appear in the modern press."
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