Israel says it will sever all ties to UN's Guterres after inclusion in sexual violence report

<article data-history-node-id="441388" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-says-it-will-sever-all-ties-uns-guterres-after-inclusion-sexual" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-says-it-will-sever-all-ties-uns-guterres-after-inclusion-sexual" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel says it will sever all ties to UN's Guterres after inclusion in sexual violence report</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel has lashed out against United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres for its inclusion as a perpetrator in this year's Conflict-Related Sexual Violence&nbsp;<a href="https://news.un.org/en/sites/default/files/atoms/files/secretary-general-report-on-sexual-violence-in-conflict.pdf" target="_blank">report</a>, which was released to the public on Friday.</p> <p>Israel said it would no longer work with the UN chief.&nbsp;</p> <p>The report adds Israel to a slate of countries whose soldiers and security forces have shown a pattern of using rape against captives or vulnerable groups. The secretary general warned that he would do so&nbsp;<a href="https://www.un.org/sexualviolenceinconflict/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/report/report-of-the-secretary-general-on-conflict-related-sexual-violence/SG-Report-2024-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">last year</a>, when he put Israel "on notice" for not providing sufficient access to UN investigators.</p> <p>The UN has long documented Israeli sexual violence towards Palestinians, most particularly in its&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/03/more-human-can-bear-israels-systematic-use-sexual-reproductive-and-other" target="_blank">March 2025 report</a>&nbsp;about the "systematic" use of such force in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, and then again in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.un.org/sexualviolenceinconflict/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2024-SG-annual-report-on-CRSV-ENGLISH.pdf" target="_blank">July</a>&nbsp;when it highlighted a pattern of "genital beatings" and "burns".</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a aria-label="Israel says it will sever all ties to UN's Guterres after inclusion in sexual violence report" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-says-it-will-sever-all-ties-uns-guterres-after-inclusion-sexual-violence-report">Israel says it will sever all ties to UN's Guterres after inclusion in sexual violence report</a></h3> <p><img alt src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/2026-05-23T143124Z_1935635252_RC22FLAQZM4N_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-HEBRON-SETTLERS-2.jpg.jpg?itok=9EMCRpuj"></p> </div> </div> </article>