According to the top UN human rights official Israel is guilty until proven innocent...or just guilty despite all the evidence to the contrary.
On May 23, 2014, UN High Commissioner Navi Pillay accused Israel of "extrajudicial executions ... as well as willful killings" of two Palestinians who came into contact with Israeli security forces during a Palestinian riot on so-called "Nakba Day" May 15, 2014.
To support Pillay's charge the OHCHR spokesperson also said that "the killing comes amid a series of incidents involving the excessive use of force by Israeli security forces" which was "reported in the High Commissioner's last report to the Human Rights Council."
Except that in her "last report" - dated January 13, 2014 and released in February 2014 - Pillay resorted to falsifying evidence.
In the January 2014 report the High Commissioner lists alleged "incidents" on which she based her conclusion of "excessive use of force". Two incidents described in the report illustrate well her animosity against Israel.
First, the January 2014 report alleges that Jihad Aslan and Younis Jahjouh "were shot and killed as they threw stones at the [IDF] soldiers" and that UNRWA employee Ruben Zayed, "was shot and killed on his way to work by the Israeli security forces as they were leaving the [Qalandia refugee] camp." It concludes that "In all of these cases, those killed or injured presented no threat to the lives of the soldiers." In fact, while apprehending an arms dealer in the Qalandia refugee camp, the IDF was "confronted by scores of young Palestinian men who attacked them with Molotov cocktails, stones, cinder blocks and various other objects and shot at them." In response the soldiers fired shots at the rioters. After the investigation the IDF concluded that there was no excessive use of force because the violence the soldiers encountered was "extreme and unusual". In addition, the funeral of the three Palestinians was attended by Hamas leader Jamal al-Tawil. Also present was a member of Fatah's Central Committee, who called on the Palestinians to set up "human shields" to "protect the members of the resistance [i.e., terrorist organizations] and guard the homeland".
An objective report would at least have included both accounts of this event.
And the High Commissioner didn't stop there. The second incident described in the January 2014 report leaves readers with the impression that a Palestinian man was killed by Israeli soldiers. The January 2014 report alleges that "The Israeli security forces seemed to have made the decision to use force that was not proportionate to the seriousness of the offence." It further alleges that "the IDF soldiers responded to stones thrown at their convoy as it passed through a crowded market near Qabatiya on 31 October 2013 with tear gas, sound grenades and live ammunition, which resulted in the death of an unarmed 21-year-old man, Ahmad Tazaz'a." But in fact, IDF forces were attacked with "IEDs [improvised explosive devices] and stones" while trying to detain terrorist operatives in Qabatiya. And Ahmed Tazaz'a was not killed by IDF fire. He was actually injured in an "internal conflict" among Palestinian factions and was already hospitalized at the time of the confrontation between Israeli troops and a group of Palestinians. A detailed IDF investigation found that "official Palestinian reports said Tazaza arrived at hospital between 03:00 and 04:00, at least more than an hour before shots in the air were fired by the IDF."
So it should come as no surprise that Pillay has jumped the gun in the case of the May 15, 2014 "Nakba" riot incident.
What we do know about the events of May 15, 2014 (and ignored by Pillay) is that the rioters hurled "Molotov cocktails, burning tires and rocks at soldiers and Border Police officers" near the Ofer jail. An army source described the rioting as "very serious" and "very aggressive attack on security personnel." The military also said that "an initial check of the incident and interviews of security personnel who dealt with it found that "no live fire" was used", only rubber bullets. Also, according to the Al-Aqsa TV one of the Palestinians killed was a Hamas member. Hamas and Fatah activists, participated in the funeral for the two, and one of the dead Palestinians was wrapped in a Hamas flag.
The IDF has ordered an investigation of the event. Because that is what democracies and countries which honor the rule of law do. Notwithstanding the UN's proclivity to demonize Israel whatever the facts or the law.