As the death toll continues to rise a month into the Israel-Hamas war, the focus has been on the number of Palestinian children and women killed so far. Given that the United Nations is supposed to be a forum for balanced deliberations on matters of international importance, the one-sidedness of its secretary general on the war is glaring. The similar stance taken by the World Health Organisation head is not surprising given his biased actions during the pandemic. While Israel and its leadership have been the target of concerted efforts to project the war as nothing less than genocide and...