UN Watch was quoted in media outlets around the world in November 2025 on numerous topics, including on the release of our new interactive UNRWA Terror Network.
Appeared on Sky News Australia, November 5, 2025:
Key Quote:
If you look at the General Assembly, which is the parliament of the United Nations, there has been zero resolutions on Sudan, zero resolutions on Nigeria. There’s only a handful of countries in the world that the General Assembly addresses. In the past 10 years, we did a count. In the past 10 years, there were 10 resolutions on Iran. There were 10 resolutions on North Korea. Since 2015, there were 12 resolutions on Syria and 174 resolutions condemning Israel. So, Shari, the answer is for the General Assembly, zero on Sudan, zero on Nigeria, 174 condemning Israel.
Quoted in The Washington Post, “To Secure Long-Term Peace, Fix Gaza’s Schools,” November 4, 2025:
A 2019 UN Watch analysis identified over 100 UNRWA social media posts supporting militant groups. Another 2025 UN Watch report documents that more than 15 percent of UNRWA’s senior educators in Gaza are affiliated with Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Quoted in The Independent, “Oxford Union Declares Israel ‘Greater Threat Than Iran,’” November 15, 2025:
Opposing the motion, Mr Neuer argued that this characterisation was an “inversion of reality”. “Regional stability is measured by who starts wars, not by who stops them,” he said. “Israel does not arm terror proxies in five Arab countries – the regime in Iran does that. The entire Middle East knows this, and that is why Arab states quietly depend on Israel for their own survival. “One of the most powerful illustrations was when the Islamic regime in Iran launched an unprecedented attack on the people of Israel with 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles and more than 120 ballistic missiles. “The fact that Sunni Arab states provided a combination of air force interceptions… is a real-world vote on tonight’s motion. The Arab states know that Israel is a partner in survival and the Islamic regime in Iran is an existential threat. “You don’t intercept missiles heading towards a threat to regional stability – you intercept missiles from one.”
Featured in Die Welt, “‘Infiltrated by Hamas Agents’ – New Allegations Against the UNRWA Palestinian Relief Agency,” November 4, 2025:
“Intelligence shows that approximately twelve percent of UNRWA personnel in the Gaza Strip are members of Hamas or other organizations classified as terrorist,” the report states. This figure was determined by comparing staff lists with Hamas documents seized by the Israeli army. “UNRWA claims to be a humanitarian organization, but the evidence shows that it has been infiltrated by Hamas agents,” says UN-Watch Director Hillel Neuer. The problem is not a matter of isolated incidents, “a few bad apples,” as the International Court of Justice recently ruled. “It is structural, widespread, and deliberate,” Neuer continues.
Featured in The Jerusalem Post, “UN’s Broken Chair: How Geneva Became Ground Zero for Global Antisemitism – Opinion,” November 19, 2025:
Opinion by Daniel Y. Radomski, Chief Strategy and Diplomacy Officer at UN Watch:
This is why I chose now to join UN Watch in Geneva. It is the one organization confronting this dreadful apparatus head-on, swiftly, and unwaveringly. Operating in the belly of the beast, UN Watch has led the efforts to expose Francesca Albanese’s antisemitic record, support for terrorists, and abuse of UN mandate, leading to her condemnation and sanctioning by the United States. Its findings on the UN Relief and Works Agency prompted the United States, Sweden, and the Netherlands to cut $468 million in funding after evidence revealed the unholy alliance between UNRWA officials and Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders. UN Watch has been the leading voice challenging the Commission of Inquiry on Israel, documenting its bias, confronting its members over antisemitic remarks, and pressing governments to act until all three commissioners resigned.
Featured in CBN, “UN Terror Network Exposed: 10-Year Investigation Finds 500 Employees ‘Involved in Terrorism,'” November 11, 2025:
A ten-year investigation has uncovered the truth about terrorist infiltration and indoctrination within UNRWA. UN Watch discovered that 500 employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees were “involved in terrorism. incitement, and membership in extremist organizations. This week’s “Global Lane” commentary contends that it’s time for the U.S. government to permanently freeze the $400 million annually given to the UN agency, “which has been used by terrorists to spread antisemitism and violence.” Can UNRWA be dissolved and replaced with “something better, free from corruption and hate”?
Quoted in The European Conservative, “UN’s Palestinian Refugee Agency Faces Financial Crisis after Funding Cut,” November 14, 2025:
UNRWA’s presence in Gaza remains closely tied to Hamas’ influence. Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, highlighted the agency’s hiring of “Hamas terror chiefs” to run Gaza’s education system and its high-level celebrations of the October 7th pogrom.
Quoted in Anadolu Agency, “Oxford Union Votes That Israel Poses ‘Greater Threat’ to Regional Stability Than Iran,” November 17, 2025:
Opposing the motion, Neuer insisted that Israel is not the destabilizing force in the region and accused Iran of arming militant proxies across the Middle East. “Regional stability is measured by who starts wars, not by who stops them,” he said. “Israel does not arm terror proxies in five Arab countries – the regime in Iran does that.” He cited the Iranian attack on Israel earlier this year involving drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles, arguing that the coordinated response by several Arab states showed their alignment with Israel against Iranian aggression. “You don’t intercept missiles heading towards a threat to regional stability – you intercept missiles from one,” he said.
Quoted in GB News, “Oxford Union Votes ‘Overwhelmingly’ to Declare Israel ‘Bigger Threat Than Iran,’” November 16, 2025:
Hillel Neuer, the Director of UN Watch, and Mohammad Shtayyeh, a Former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister, spoke on two opposing sides on the topic, with the latter claiming “Israel is an expansionist colonial state that has been established by colonial powers”. Mr Neuer, however, called the motion an “inversion of reality”, arguing: “Regional stability is measure by who starts wars, not by who stops them.
Featured in Le Figaro, “The UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees Is Once Again Accused of Being ‘Infiltrated by Hamas Members,'” November 8, 2025:
Many of these accusations, now compiled and made public, were already known. This is the case, for example, of Fateh al-Sharif, former head of the UNRWA teachers’ union in Lebanon and a senior Hamas official, who was killed last year in an Israeli targeted strike. At the time, the UN had already acknowledged the accusations and suspended Sharif. But according to UN Watch, the dossier also contains allegations that are being documented publicly for the first time. These concern, in particular, employees who were allegedly among the founding members of Hamas and other radical groups. In total, ten names are cited, along with supporting evidence.
Quoted in Il Giornale d’Italia, “Francesca Albanese in the Midst of a Storm: The UN Rapporteur Accused of Violations, Favoritism, and Anti-Israel Propaganda,” November 1, 2025:
Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories, has been caught in a vortex of controversy that could engulf her for good. According to a formal complaint by Hillel Neuer, director of the NGO UN Watch, the renewal of her appointment is ” invalid and devoid of legal effect .”
Quoted in Hetek, “Latest Report: 10-Year Investigation Finds 500 UN Staff Involved in Anti-Israel Terrorism,” November 12, 2025:
Back on October 24, at an Israeli press conference, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that UNRWA had essentially become a subsidiary of Hamas, and stressed that the terrorist organization should have no role in shaping the future of Gaza. In response to Rubio’s statement, UN Watch recently published a map that they claim shows how terrorists, primarily from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, have infiltrated UNRWA en masse. UN Watch reported that 10 years of research revealed that nearly 500 UNRWA employees were involved in terrorism, incitement to terrorism, and former members of extremist organizations. It also called on the United States to “take definitive measures to dismantle UNRWA.” UNRWA responded to the allegations in the report, denying systemic terrorist infiltration and emphasizing that the organization has more than 30,000 employees, most of whom adhere to the UN’s principles of neutrality.
Quoted in Vikatan, “Israel Is a Greater Threat Than Iran” – Resolution Passed at 200-Year-Old Oxford Union,” November 16, 2025:
Following him, UN Monitoring Director Hillel Neuer, who spoke against the resolution, said, “The notion that Israel poses a greater threat than Iran is not only false, but also counter-intuitive. Regional stability is measured by who starts wars, not by who stops them. Israel does not arm terrorist proxies in five Arab countries. But the Islamic regime in Iran does. The entire Middle East knows this. That is why Arab countries quietly rely on Israel for their survival. The Islamic regime in Iran launched an unprecedented attack on the people of Israel with 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles, and more than 120 ballistic missiles. The Arab countries know that Israel is their ally for survival, and that the Islamic regime in Iran is an existential threat.”
Quoted in Turkiye Today, “Oxford Union Passes Motion Declaring Israel ‘Greater Regional Threat’ Than Iran,” November 18, 2025:
Neuer rejected Shtayyeh’s claims, calling them a “reversal of reality.” He argued that regional stability should be measured by “actors who start wars,” asserting that “Israel is not arming terror proxies in five Arab countries; that is done by the Iranian regime.” Neuer said many Arab states “quietly rely on Israel for their security” and pointed to Iran’s recent drone and missile attacks on Israel, saying Arab countries’ roles in helping stop those attacks were “the real-world answer” to the motion.
Quoted in Karar, “Historical Decision from Oxford Union: Israel Is a Bigger Threat Than Iran,” November 17, 2025:
Hillel Neuer, who opposed the proposal, said that the framework drawn by the Ishtiyyeh was “a complete reversal of reality.” Neuer stated that regional stability would be evaluated by the difference between “those who start wars and those who stop them,” and made the following statements:”Israel is not arming terrorist proxies in five Arab countries. It is the Iranian regime that is doing that. That is why many Arab states quietly rely on Israel for their own security.” Recalling Iran’s large-scale attack on Israel last year, Neuer said the attack, which involved 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles and more than 120 ballistic missiles, clearly showed which actor posed a threat in the region.
Quoted in Il Foglio, “Dictators in Cahoots Against Western Sanctions (Which Therefore Work),” November 29, 2o25:
Hillel Neuer of UN Watch called it an “Orwellian assault” and accused Douhan of promoting propaganda in favor of regimes, such as China, sanctioned for its repression in Hong Kong, Tibet, and Xinjiang.
Quoted in MENAFN, “Israel Poses Greater Threat to Regional Stability Than Iran — Oxford Union,” November 18, 2025:
Speaking against the motion, Neuer countered that Israel is not the destabilizing actor and argued instead that Iran fuels turmoil by supporting armed groups throughout the Middle East. “Regional stability is measured by who starts wars, not by who stops them,” he said. “Israel does not arm terror proxies in five Arab countries – the regime in Iran does that.” He also referenced Iran’s major attack on Israel earlier in the year — involving drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles — noting that the coordinated response from several Arab states highlighted regional alignment against Tehran. “You don’t intercept missiles heading towards a threat to regional stability – you intercept missiles from one,” he said.
Quoted in The Jerusalem Post, “Israel a Greater Threat to Regional Stability Than Iran, Oxford Union Debate Team Votes,” November 16, 2025:
Neuer responded by discussing Iran’s role in destabilizing neighboring countries such as Syria, Yemen, Iraq, and Gaza, noting that many of the aforementioned could prosper if it were not for Iran. Neuer also pointed out that the way in which Sunni Arab states intervened to block Iranian missiles during its attack on Israel shows that Iran is an existential threat. Chilcott followed a similar line, arguing about the danger posed by Iran’s proxy terror network, such as Hezbollah. Following the debate, Neuer tweeted a reminder that speaker Ayatollah Mohajerani was a top regime official in Iran, serving as vice-president from 1989 to 1997, “when hundreds of assassinations of dissidents in Europe were attempted and committed on the orders of the Iranian regime.”
Quoted in Roya News, “Oxford Union Votes ‘Israel’ as ‘Greater Threat to Stability Than Iran,'” November 16, 2025:
On the opposition side, Hillel Neuer, director of the watchdog group UN Watch, rejected the motion as an “inversion of reality.” He argued that true threats to stability are measured by initiators of wars, not defenders, pointing to Iran’s arming of proxies like Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis across multiple Arab countries. Union members ultimately sided with the proposition in what was described as an “overwhelming” vote, though exact tallies have not been formally released by the society. Reactions were swift and critical from pro-‘Israel’ voices. Neuer later posted on social media labeling the motion “deep satire”.
Quoted in The Jerusalem Post, “Fifty Years Since ‘Zionism Is Racism,’ UN Antisemitism Continues – Opinion,” November 10, 2025:
When it comes to Israel, there is sadly a parallel universe of hypocrisy and hypercriticism that applies to no other country in the world. According to UN Watch, for example, from 2015 to 2023, the UN General Assembly adopted a total of 154 resolutions against Israel and 71 against all other countries combined.
Quoted in Liberal.hr, “A Traveling Exhibition of Lies,” November 28, 2025:
On September 17, 2025, UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer presented an exhaustive 216-page study titled Schools in the Grip of Terror to the Bundestag and Italian Senate with evidence of how Hamas leaders simultaneously served as school principals, union representatives and senior educators – while openly glorifying terrorism, recruiting children into militant activities and blocking reforms such as Holocaust education.
Quoted in The Jerusalem Post, “Where Are Your Jews?: Israel Marks Expulsion of Jews From Arab Countries and Iran,” November 30, 2025:
Many Jews today recall UN Watch’s Director Hillel Neuer’s ‘Where are your Jews?’ speech at a Human Rights Council meeting in 2017. Addressing various members of the commission, he asked, “How many Jews live in your countries? How many Jews lived in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco?” “Once upon a time, the Middle East was full of Jews. Algeria had 140,000 Jews. Algeria, where are your Jews? Egypt used to have 75,000 Jews. Where are your Jews? Syria had tens of thousands of Jews. Where are your Jews? Iraq had over 135,000 Jews. Where are your Jews?”
Quoted in Israel Hayom, “Oxford Union Votes Israel ‘Greater Threat Than Iran,’” November 16, 2025:
Members of the Oxford Union delivered an “overwhelmingly” favorable verdict Thursday for a motion declaring Israel represents a greater “threat to regional stability” than Iran, The Telegraph reported. Thursday evening’s debate at the historic society pitted Hillel Neuer, who serves as director of UN Watch, against Mohammad Shtayyeh, who previously led the Palestinian Authority as prime minister, with the latter declaring that “Israel is an expansionist colonial state that has been established by colonial powers.
Quoted in The Jewish Chronicle, “Oxford Union ‘Labels Israel Greater Threat to Regional Stability’ Than Iran,” November 14, 2025:
Neuer went on to list examples of the damage that, he claimed, Iran has done to the Middle East, saying that it “exports terrorism and war wherever it goes”. These included “the Iran-backed Hezbollah”, which has tuned Lebanon into a “failed state”; the importing of militia into Syria where they “directed a campaign of mass atrocities”; the backing of the Houthis in Yemen which has “crippled” the country’s infrastructure – and of course – Hamas. Iran has “transformed Hamas into a mini army,” Neuer said. “Instead of building a future for Palestinians, Hamas, with Iranian training, built an underground fortress beneath homes, hospitals and schools. The result was October 7 – the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.”
Quoted in The Jerusalem Post, “UN Deems Western Sanctions on Iran, China, North Korea as Int’l Human Rights Violations,” November 27, 2025:
Hillel Neuer of UN Watch called it an “Orwellian assault” and accused Douhan of waging propaganda on behalf of the sanctioned regimes of China, Russia, Qatar, Iran, Syria, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe.
Quoted in Norge Idag, “Report From UN Watch: Hundreds of UNRWA Employees Affiliated With Hamas,” November 4, 2025:
UN Watch has been collecting data and investigating UNRWA for over a decade. They cite witness statements, video evidence and uncovered documents that reveal hundreds of UNRWA employees’ involvement in terrorism, incitement to violence and actual membership in terrorist organizations, according to Israel Hayom. Nearly 500 examples In total, UN Watch presents 490 confirmed cases in which agency employees spoke positively about massacres, incited violence or actively worked within the organizations themselves.
Quoted in Israel Hayom, “Hundreds of UNRWA Employees Exposed With Hamas, Islamic Jihad Ties,” November 4, 2025:
Hundreds of UNRWA employees maintained ties to Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front, UN Watch research shows. The data was gathered over a decade and shows how deeply rooted and extensive the “relief agency for Palestinian refugees” relationship system is with terror organizations in Gaza and abroad. The evidence includes testimonies, video documentation, and accumulated documents that revealed the involvement of hundreds of UNRWA employees in terror, incitement, and actual membership in terror organizations. In total, 490 verified cases of agency employees who praised massacre acts, incited violence, or actively worked within the organizations themselves are shown.
Quoted in The Jewish Chronicle, “UN’s Albanese Shares ‘Blood Libel’ Post Accusing Israel of ‘Executing Palestinian Hostages,’” November 5, 2025:
Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, accused Albanese of promoting a “blood libel” with her post. He told the JC: “Francesca Albanese’s latest post is pure disinformation and incitement. There is no Israeli bill to ‘execute Palestinian hostages’. “The only hostages are the Israelis killed and still held by Hamas in Gaza. By calling convicted terrorists and detainees ‘hostages,’ the UN’s top official on human rights in Palestine erases Israeli victims and spreads blood libels.”
Quoted in JNS, “Herzog Marks 50 Years Since Father Tore Anti-Israel UN Resolution,” November 10, 2025:
No country has more U.N. resolutions adopted against it, with the UN Watch NGO recording 154 resolutions against Israel and 71 against other nations from 2015 to 2023.
Featured in Audiatur Online, “UNRWA and Hamas: UN Watch Reveals Systemic Entanglement,” November 5, 2025:
The Geneva-based NGO UN Watch has launched the “UNRWA Terror Network, ” an investigative online platform that aims to document years of systematic infiltration of the UN agency UNRWA by terrorist organizations such as Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the PFLP. These revelations come as several Western states are discussing resuming funding for the agency. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently described UNRWA as “a Hamas subsidiary”—a drastic, but not unfounded, assessment given the new evidence.
Quoted in The Jewish Chronicle, “Francesca Albanese Says She Cannot Open a Bank Account and Is Treated Like ‘Bin Laden’ in Wake of US Sanctions,” November 9, 2025:
In a series of interviews and online conversations collected by UN Watch, an organisation that seeks to hold the UN to account over its anti-Israel bias, Albanese can be seen saying: “No bank can open a current account for me without the risk of incurring secondary sanctions imposed by American law. And it lasts in perpetuity. I am treated almost like Osama bin Laden… I suffer great limitations, and I find it horrible, horrible!”
Quoted in JNS, “How the UN’s International Court of Justice Works as Hamas’s Partner in Crime,” November 4, 2025:
The ICJ also claimed there was no evidence of UNRWA’s lack of impartiality as required by Article 59 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. Yet UN Watch documented UNRWA teachers in a 3,000-member chat group celebrating Oct. 7 on social media. In addition, Hamas terror chiefs such as Suhail al-Hindi and Fathi Sharif led UNRWA’s unions.
Quoted in the SA Jewish Report, “UN Expert’s Censure Ends Year of Anti-Israel Invective,” November 6, 2025:
The incendiary social media posts that triggered the complaint date back to early January 2025. In response to news of a Gaza ceasefire postponement announced by Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mofokeng posted on X: “F** you Netanyahu.” A day later, she targeted human rights advocate Hillel Neuer of UN Watch, calling him “evil scum” and “you white man … voetsek”, after he called on the UN to address her conduct. The episode quickly drew international attention, and was widely reported in late January 2025, forming the basis of the complaint later pursued by the SAZF.
Quoted in the Jewish Onliner, “Francesca Albanese Decries U.S. Sanctions, Compares Her Treatment to Bin Laden,” November 7, 2025:
UN Watch, which compiled the clips, describes Albanese as “the UN’s de facto spokesperson for Hamas.” Critics point to her repeated characterization of Israeli military actions as genocide, her dismissal of Hamas’ October 7th attacks, refusal to describe Hamas as a terrorist organization, and statements that watchdog organizations have identified as echoing classical antisemitic conspiracy theories. Several countries have refused to engage with her officially, with ongoing calls for her removal from the UN position.
Featured in Jewish.ru, “UN WATCH: Hundreds of UNRWA Staff Involved in Terrorism,” November 4, 2025:
A study by the Swiss organization UN WATCH revealed that hundreds of employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) had ties to the terrorist groups Hamas, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and Islamic Jihad (banned in Russia). This was reported on Tuesday, November 4, by Israel Hayom. The newspaper notes that these findings, compiled over a ten-year period, clearly demonstrate the depth and breadth of UNRWA’s ties to terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip and abroad.
Featured in IsraJ, “An Investigation Reveals: Hundreds of UNRWA Employees Have Links to Hamas,” November 4, 2025:
Hundreds of UNRWA employees have maintained ties with Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the PFLP, according to an investigation by the NGO UN Watch. This study, based on data collected over a decade, reveals the extent and depth of the relationships between the UN agency and terrorist organizations in Gaza and abroad. The investigation presents evidence, filmed testimonies, and accumulated documents that expose the involvement of numerous UNRWA employees in terrorism, incitement to violence, and active membership in terrorist organizations. A total of 490 verified cases of agency employees glorifying massacres, inciting violence, or operating within these organizations are documented.
Quoted in J-Wire, “Pillay Peace Prize Pick Pilloried,” November 5, 2025:
Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, condemned the decision on social media, writing, “Shame on the ‘Sydney Peace Prize’ for deciding to give an award to Navi Pillay, who notoriously defended her colleague’s ‘Jewish lobby’ rant, which 18 countries including Australia condemned as antisemitic.” Neuer said Pillay had “lobbied governments to ‘sanction apartheid Israel’” and called her inquiry “a travesty of justice.”
Quoted in Sette Ottobre, “The Francesca Albanese Case and the UN’s Silence,” November 10, 2025:
Francesca Albanese said: “I have nothing to hide.” The UN Watch report proves the opposite. But the real scandal isn’t her. It’s the institution that, rather than admit its own failure, chose to cover it up.
Quoted in Israel Valley, “Does the World Bank’s Code of Conduct Tolerate Anti-Semitic Economists?,” November 12, 2025:
The Geneva-based non-governmental organization UN Watch, which specializes in monitoring the activities of the United Nations, called on Wednesday for World Bank President Ajay Banga to fire his chief economist in Tunisia, Massimiliano Calì, accusing him of seriously violating the international financial institution’s neutrality rules.
