Only a handful of staffers who aided Hamas’ invasion of Israel have faced justice.

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The aftershocks of Hamas’ October 7, 2023, terrorist attack that killed more than 1,200 Israelis (including 46 Americans) have reverberated well beyond Israel, but they have yet to affect the United Nations—thousands of whose staff may have aided and abetted Hamas—in any serious way.

Under treaties dating back to the founding of the United Nations, international organizations and their staff have been granted privileges and immunities protecting them from legal proceedings.