UN Watch Criticism of the Colonna Report

UN Watch, a Geneva-based NGO, has strongly criticized the Colonna Report, calling it a “whitewash” and “rigged” to exonerate UNRWA and restore donor funding rather than conduct an impartial investigation.

Key Criticisms
Conflict of Interest and Bias:
UN Watch argues that former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna had a conflict of interest, as France is a major UNRWA donor. They claim her mandate was to “reassure donors” and “restore confidence”, not to investigate impartially.
Pre-Determined Outcome:
UN Watch cites statements from UN officials and Colonna herself indicating the review was designed to “provide cover” for donors to resume funding, suggesting a predetermined outcome.
Dismissal of Evidence:
The organization claims the review ignored extensive evidence it submitted, including hundreds of pages, screenshots, and videos showing UNRWA staff promoting terrorism.
Biased Research Institutions:
The three research institutes involved—Chr. Michelsen Institute, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, and Danish Institute for Human Rights—are accused of having pro-UNRWA and anti-Israel biases, with histories of dismissing allegations of terror ties.
Failure to Address Systemic Issues:
UN Watch highlights that the report downplayed the politicization of staff unions and failed to address the scale of Hamas infiltration, despite evidence that over 1,400 UNRWA employees in Gaza were members of Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Lack of Accountability:
As of late 2025, UNRWA had not implemented any recommendations related to staff union neutrality, further undermining the report’s impact.

Sources:

Exposed: UNRWA’s Rigged “Independent” Review

https://www.timesofisrael.com/unrwa-review-israel-hasnt-provided-evidence-that-agency-staff-were-terror-group-members/

Report: UNRWA Rigged ‘Independent’ Probe To Whitewash Its Pervasive Terror Ties 

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That’s the takeaway re: Gaza from this week’s Netanyahu/Trump summit in Florida. But Israel does not think Hamas will actually cooperate–for good reason:

While Israel has fulfilled all of its obligations for Phase 1 of the ceasefire as of day one, Hamas has not–and actively violates in every day with more fighting in the forbidden yellow zone in Gaza.

Israel HaYom, 31 Dec 2025 pg 1.

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Source:

https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/12/30/israel-us-set-two-month-deadline-for-hamas-disarmament

Presidents Obama and Biden did not pressure Iran at all regarding their ballistic missiles.  And yet, during the 12 day war, once Iran started firing them, they sought to overwhelm Israel’s defense system.  The few ballistic missiles that got through were deadly for Israelis.

Yonah Jeremy Bob wrote:

Sources:
¹ https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-881766

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu went to Florida to meet with USA’s President Donald Trump:

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Source:
"We'll knock them down:" Trump with Netanyahu:
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/benjamin-netanyahu/article-881727

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Slogans from the protests:

“Our children’s souls will not be abandoned to politicians.”

Right. Just leave all that to other peoples’ children, because their souls don’t matter.

“It is better to die Haredi and not live as a secular Jew.”

See? This is actually the great divide between secular and orthodox society in Israel.  Are they thinking about what happens if suddenly every one is Haredi and suddenly there’s no army and no protection?

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https://www.timesofisrael.com/ags-office-knesset-legal-advisory-pan-haredi-draft-exemption-bill/

https://twitter.com/ZiratNews/status/2005281512846229723

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🎗️Ran Gvili’s body is still not home.  Another Hanukkah has come and gone, and still his family cannot have a proper burial. He died defending Kibbutz Alumim, and Gazans stole his dead body. I still wear the yellow ribbon.

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🗞️ The Draft: Haredi Ultra-Orthodox Jewish young men protest the High Court ruling that they must be drafted like everyone else.

📸 Video – when I got caught in a protest last week on my way home from a Bible study in Jerusalem.

📸 Photo: article clip.

80,000 of the Orthodox are currently eligible to serve; the Army desperately needs 12,000 right now. Last thurs, riding buses home from Bible study in Jerusalem, I got caught in this demonstration near Bnei Brak. Evidently there were demonstrations that night in Jerusalem, and last night as well, however my bus routes last night home from Bible study did not go thru that area, thankfully.

Certain (centrist) party leaders quoted in the article accuse Netanyahu and his right-wing coalition of currying votes from the Orthodox by failing to enforce the draft as written in law and affirmed by the High Court.

The slogans claim that the Orthodox would rather die protesting the draft than to serve alongside non-religious fighters under command from a non-religious government.

Note: Even though the government gives them a free pass, it’s still “not religious enough” for them.

2025-12-23 Orthodox Draft Situation

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https://www.timesofisrael.com/haredim-block-traffic-on-route-4-in-protest-of-arrests-of-draft-dodgers/