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UN commission says Israel committed crimes against humanity in West Bank

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Covered by 3 outlets, mostly left-leaning (67%).

4 articles in total. The spectrum counts each outlet once and leaves opinion out. How we measure bias

A UN-mandated commission of inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory has reported that Israel committed crimes against humanity in the occupied West Bank. Al Jazeera reports that the findings include extermination, torture and rape. Sky News and The New York Times report that the commission also says Israel committed genocidal acts in Gaza after the ceasefire that took effect last October. The New York Times reports that Israel condemned the report. Al Jazeera reports that its release came as Israeli forces carried out expulsions and demolitions in Hebron after a gun attack.

Headline and summary written by Mantle’s AI from the coverage below, under published rules. How this works

What happened

Key points

Each point shows who reports it, from Far Left to Far Right.

  1. The UN-mandated Commission of Inquiry said Israel committed crimes against humanity in the occupied West Bank.

    One side only: the leftReported byLeft2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English, The New York Times

  2. The commission said Israel has committed genocidal acts in Gaza since the ceasefire that took effect last October.

    Reported byLeft1Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The New York Times
    Center
    Sky News

  3. Israel has condemned the commission’s report.

    One outletThe New York Times· Left

  4. Israeli forces carried out expulsions and demolitions in Hebron as the report was released, after a gun attack the previous week.

    One outletAl Jazeera English· Left

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Points the coverage does not agree on, and who says what.

  • Israel has committed genocidal acts in Gaza since the ceasefire.

    The commission says so, and Sky News reports the claim. Israel condemned the report, and the supplied coverage gives no further detail of its response.

How each side tells it

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Al Jazeera, Sky News and The New York Times all report that a UN-mandated commission accused Israel of serious abuses. Left outlets lead with the West Bank findings and Gaza acts, while Sky News centers the Gaza genocide claim and marks the term as contested.

  • the left

    2 outlets

    Headlines state the commission’s accusations against Israel as the lead fact, with Al Jazeera leading on West Bank crimes and The New York Times leading on Gaza acts since the ceasefire.

    Israel committing crimes against humanity in occupied West Bank: UN
    Al Jazeera EnglishLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    1 outlet

    Sky News leads with the Gaza genocide claim after the ceasefire and places the term in single quotation marks, signalling that it is the commission’s claim rather than its own.

    Israel 'genocide' has continued after Gaza ceasefire, UN report claims
    Sky NewsCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    No coverage yet

    No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

The words they chose

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Mantle found no loaded language in this coverage. Every headline and opening was checked against Mantle’s published word list, and Mantle’s AI read 3 of the 4 articles in context when it wrote the analysis. Straight reporting often has none.

See for yourself

Side by side

What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

2 outlets

Leads with

  • West Bank crimes against humanity
  • extermination, torture and sexual violence
  • genocidal acts in Gaza since the ceasefire
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From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

  • Gaza genocide claim
  • violence continuing after the ceasefire

Leaves out

  • West Bank crimes against humanity findings
  • Israel condemned the report

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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From the right

0 outlets

No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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The left is Far Left and Left together. The right is Right and Far Right together. Every outlet keeps its own five-point rating.

Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    First to report

    Al Jazeera English, Oct 26, 11:44 AM EDT

  • Center

    4 hr 43 min later

    Its first report, Oct 26, 4:28 PM EDT

  • Right

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

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  1. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftOct 26, 11:44 AM EDT
  2. Sky NewsCenterOct 26, 4:28 PM EDT
  3. The New York TimesLeftOct 26, 4:30 PM EDT

Times are the ones the outlets published in their own feeds, in Eastern time. Opinion is left out.

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