Also on Friday, former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed the U.N. commission—whose three members have all come under fire for documented antisemitic statements—that formulated the report.
“The claim that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza isn’t just factually wrong—it’s a modern-day blood libel,” he wrote. Pompeo further thanked U.S. Senator Ted Cruz for “speaking out” against the allegations of the report.
“This latest announcement by the United Nations is no different than any of the other antisemitic smears and libels that have been leveled against Israel in their ongoing response to Hamas’s atrocities on Oct. 7,” Cruz said in a statement delivered to Fox News.
The senator went on to say that the U.N. campaign undermines American national security interests by “eroding Israel’s freedom of action against Hamas” and “fueling international lawfare against Israel, which will be turned against American servicemembers, and indeed American citizens in general.”