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Documentary accountability Atlas / Updated October 19, 2026

Who Protected the
Decision-Makers?

When officials can change the law, withhold a vote, license equipment, or restrict cooperation with a court, the documents let us follow the exercise of power. This Atlas separates what they did from what has yet to be proved.

Security Council chamber photo by Jdforrester, CC BY 4.0. Cropped presentation. This image is contextual and does not depict the events described.

87Indexed decisions and source-document references
34Cross-document comparison tests
44Indexed specific record-acquisition targets
Oct 2026Latest documented source update

Start here / No legal background needed

Follow the decision, not the accusation.

There are different ways governments can affect investigations and accountability. A Security Council veto stops one draft resolution. A legal amendment changes a judicial procedure. An export licence allows a specified commercial activity. A court injunction protects specified parties. These acts carry different powers and do not automatically prove crimes.

01 / FIND THE POWER

Who had authority?

Identify the institution, its decision-making power, and the dated record. A minister's remark is not the same as enacted legislation.

02 / FOLLOW THE RECORD

What happened?

Open the official vote, law, court decision or licensing notice. See what changed in legal or diplomatic terms.

03 / DRAW THE LINE

What can the evidence establish?

Each source distinguishes a recorded decision from what it cannot establish. A diplomatic meeting does not prove an unlawful agreement, and an arms-sale notice does not prove delivery.

The essential distinction:

The 2011 British legal reform predates the current Gaza war by more than a decade. It belongs here because it shows how a prosecution gate was publicly discussed and changed, not because it establishes the responsibility of anyone for events since October 2023.

Interactive investigation / Eleven evidence trails

Choose a decision to follow.

The links below lead directly to the corresponding source cards. Select a trail to see the relationship between an official action and the questions it leaves open.

01 / Public records, with limits

Read these documents:

    This navigation shows documentary relationships. It does not assign criminal guilt.

    U.S. government decisions

    Follow the American decision chain.

    U.S. records now let readers follow decisions from December 2023 emergency weapons approvals through a new assurance process, the October 2024 humanitarian warning, and the independent audit of the response to civilian-harm reports. Each event below opens the corresponding evidence record.

    Emergency determination for tank ammunition to IsraelWPD-S019 / Government noticeEmergency determination for 155mm artillery ammunitionWPD-S020 / Government noticeNSM-20 establishes written assurances and congressional reportingWPD-S021 / Presidential publicationU.S. accepted Israel’s assurances while recording significant concernsWPD-S022 / GAO account of earlier decisionA 30-day humanitarian-access warning to Israeli ministersWPD-S023 / Reproduced original; independent official descriptionAt the deadline, State announced no U.S.-law violation assessmentWPD-S024 / State Department transcriptGAO identifies a civilian-harm review backlog and missing external reporting channelWPD-S025 / GAO auditState reports CHIRG no longer implemented, but other civilian-harm tracking continuesWPD-S026 / GAO recommendation updateUSAID instructed officers to stop work and identified exceptions and signoff authoritiesWPD-S036 / new P004 sourceTemporary waiver announced for critical lifesaving humanitarian aidWPD-S037 / new P004 sourceEnacted FY2026 statute establishes financial certification before initial Gaza-program obligationsWPD-S038 / new P004 sourceIG identified legacy partner-vetting exemptions and self-reporting weaknessesWPD-S040 / new P004 sourceIG finds missing cash-assistance fraud risk profiles despite remote monitoringWPD-S041 / new P004 source
    The record-level question

    The two December 2023 emergency determinations expressly waived the ordinary congressional review period. The later NSM-20 process accepted recipient assurances despite documented concerns. In November 2024, State declined to find a U.S.-law violation at the end of a 30-day humanitarian warning. GAO subsequently documented a civilian-harm review backlog and its later change in status. Establishing who reviewed each warning, what information reached them, and which options they rejected requires the withheld agency assessment files, meeting records and action memoranda.

    Institutional routing

    Evidence classification

    Documented acts, official representations, oversight findings, and outstanding questions are labeled separately. An agency's public statement is evidence that the agency stated its position. Its contents may still require independent verification.

    Palestinian assistance funding and oversight

    How did assistance funding change?

    The September 2026 GAO audit separates federal allocation from obligation and actual disbursement. Use the year controls to inspect the original accounting. Each row below is derived from Table 1 of GAO-26-107939. These figures cover Economic Support Fund funding allocated to the West Bank and Gaza for fiscal years 2022–2024.

    Follow the decision / Funding status

    FY 2022–2024 combined

    ALLOCATED

    $624,000,000

    Funds set aside for the program

    DISBURSED

    $181,292,757

    Funds paid out of the audited allocation

    OBLIGATED, NOT DISBURSED

    $347,030,014

    Committed amount not yet paid, potentially eligible for lawful reobligation

    Green: disbursed. Amber: unliquidated commitments. Lavender: unobligated funds that expired.

    Expired without obligation: $95,677,229. Total obligated: $528,322,771.

    What the records do and do not establish

    GAO found that almost all 37 funded projects ended, while one East Jerusalem Hospital Network capacity-building award and separate hospital debt-relief support remained. The State Department had not begun obligating FY 2025 ESF or FY 2026 NSIP funds for the region as of the audit. A funding balance is a legal accounting category. The available records do not identify a particular criminal act or show that the full undistributed balance could have been paid immediately.

    Inspect the funding table source ↗ Inspect future-program decisions ↗

    Documented authority and administrative decisions

    Who held the authority to stop, exempt or restore assistance?

    The January 2025 presidential order prescribed a government-wide pause and review. Four days later, USAID told contracting officers to stop covered work and explained where exceptions would be decided. On January 28 an additional temporary humanitarian waiver was publicly announced. To determine who actually changed a Palestinian program, readers need the individual grant or contract action, the responsible officer's signature, the waiver and the payment history. A general directive alone does not identify those people.

    Read the recorded sequence

    1. January 20, 2025: Executive review authority
    2. January 24: USAID instructed its contracting and agreement officers
    3. January 28: Temporary lifesaving-aid waiver
    4. March: State reversed an East Jerusalem hospital-network project termination
    5. February 2026: Congress established further certification and audit conditions

    The hospital reversal is reported by GAO rather than supported here by the signed agency decision. The September 2025 additional $600,000 was obligated, which does not alone establish final payment.

    Separate the two oversight portfolios

    GAO's prior Economic Support Fund review involved 37 prime project awards and the $624 million FY2022–2024 allocation. A separate USAID Inspector General examination covered 18 humanitarian awards worth approximately $650 million from January 2023 through October 2024. The inspector general reviewed 627 eligibility determinations under four selected awards, while another audit focused on approximately $36 million in multipurpose cash assistance to four NGOs during FY2024.

    These are different audit populations and funding measures. No finding of theft follows from an inadequate fraud-risk profile, and the sums cannot be added together as independent losses.

    Open the partner-vetting audit · Open the cash-assistance audit

    STATUTORY CONDITION / 2026

    The thirty-day certification requirement

    Section 7039(a) of the enacted 2026 appropriations law requires a certification to congressional appropriations committees 30 days before an initial covered West Bank and Gaza NSIP obligation, alongside annual audit requirements. GAO reported that State had not made those FY2026 obligations at its review point. The unanswered question is whether any subsequent obligation occurred and, if so, whether certification and committee notification preceded it.

    Inspect the enacted statute ↗
    OPEN INVESTIGATION / NO FINDINGS YET

    The State Department's Gaza food-delivery audit

    State's inspector general began a food-assistance audit in February 2026 involving the relevant regional and assistance bureaus and Embassy Jerusalem. The public notice defines the intended examination, including the effectiveness of food-assistance awards; it does not supply conclusions or an outcome.

    Inspect the audit initiation ↗

    Sanctions and judicial accountability

    Who restricted the international court, and what did the restrictions actually cover?

    The public sanctions record names the legal authority and dates for individual designations, then the October 2026 designation of the International Criminal Court itself. Signed Treasury licences allow several categories of court operations to continue. A separate sequence of federal court orders shows the limits of legal relief for one UN expert. This timeline separates administrative acts from judicial determinations and unresolved effects on investigators and affected civilians.

    Authority documented in the record

    President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14203. Its designation procedure assigns determinations to the Secretary of State in consultation with the Treasury Secretary and Attorney General. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control maintained the published blocking list and issued general licences. The October 9 licences examined here bear the name of OFAC Director Bradley T. Smith. These roles are defined in official orders and notices; exact internal deliberations and interagency advice are still acquisition targets.

    Read executive authority · Inspect institutional designation

    Read the legal limits

    The ICC's arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant are allegations requiring adjudication. OFAC sanctions are executive restrictions. A U.S. preliminary injunction protects designated plaintiffs or conduct described by the court, within its specific terms; a stay pending appeal can alter enforcement without resolving final liability. A U.S. government's objection to ICC jurisdiction is its legal position, which differs from a final adjudication of that objection.

    ICC warrants · Original appellate order · Separate DAWN injunction

    Showing 15 of 15 developments

    1. First 2025 ICC designation: Karim Khan

      OFAC announced Prosecutor Karim Khan as designated under Executive Order 14203 on February 13, after the President signed the order on February 6.

      Review evidence WPD-S043 and limitations ↗
    2. Four ICC judges placed on U.S. sanctions list

      OFAC listed judges Reine Alapini Gansou, Solomy Balungi Bossa, Beti Hohler and Luz del Carmen Ibañez Carranza in the ICC sanctions program.

      Review evidence WPD-S044 and limitations ↗
    3. U.S. added UN expert Francesca Albanese to ICC sanctions program

      An OFAC notice of July 9, 2025 lists UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese under Executive Order 14203 and issued a transaction wind-down licence.

      Review evidence WPD-S045 and limitations ↗
    4. Two ICC judges and two deputy prosecutors sanctioned

      The OFAC list added judges Kimberly Prost and Nicolas Guillou, and deputy prosecutors Nazhat Shameem Khan and Mame Mandiaye Niang.

      Review evidence WPD-S046 and limitations ↗
    5. Two further ICC judges designated

      The Treasury notice named judges Erdenebalsuren Damdin and Gocha Lordkipanidze as additions to the ICC sanctions program.

      Review evidence WPD-S047 and limitations ↗
    6. District court granted preliminary protection against Albanese sanctions

      In L.C. and Cali v. Trump, the district court granted preliminary relief and found that plaintiffs were likely to succeed on the First Amendment issue concerning Francesca Albanese.

      Review evidence WPD-S048 and limitations ↗
    7. OFAC removed Albanese from the blocked-persons list

      A May 20 OFAC notice recorded deletion of Francesca Albanese under the ICC sanctions program.

      Review evidence WPD-S049 and limitations ↗
    8. OFAC relisted Albanese seven days after removal

      The May 27 Treasury notice again added Francesca Albanese to the list of persons blocked under the ICC sanctions program.

      Review evidence WPD-S050 and limitations ↗
    9. Appeals court allowed resumed enforcement of Albanese designation

      A signed three-judge appellate order partially stayed the May 13 preliminary injunction, permitting the government to implement and enforce Albanese's designation while safeguarding the specific OFAC licences for named family members.

      Review evidence WPD-S051 and limitations ↗
    10. ICC president and senior trial lawyer sanctioned

      An OFAC notice added ICC President Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye to its list under Executive Order 14203.

      Review evidence WPD-S052 and limitations ↗
    11. International Criminal Court itself listed as blocked entity

      OFAC added the International Criminal Court as an entity under Executive Order 14203, after earlier person-specific listings. The record establishes the institution-level designation.

      Review evidence WPD-S053 and limitations ↗
    12. General Licence 13 preserves certain ICC operations until April 7, 2027

      OFAC General Licence 13 authorizes specified transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to maintain or wind down ICC operations, contracts and agreements through April 7, 2027, including listed payroll, routine services and States Parties payments.

      Review evidence WPD-S054 and limitations ↗
    13. General Licence 14 authorizes communications and enterprise software

      The signed licence covers defined telecommunications, internet services, enterprise software, cybersecurity, cloud services and associated blocked accounts for the ICC, subject to stated exceptions and other federal requirements.

      Review evidence WPD-S055 and limitations ↗
    14. General Licence 15 addresses pension payments

      The signed licence permits certain ICC pension-processing transactions, with blocked persons paid into blocked U.S. interest-bearing accounts.

      Review evidence WPD-S056 and limitations ↗
    15. General Licence 16 permits specified detention-related operations

      OFAC authorized ICC transactions ordinarily necessary to continue detaining the nine named individuals in its annex, including services necessary for detention facility operations and health and welfare.

      Review evidence WPD-S057 and limitations ↗
    WPD-CW018 / AUTHORITY CHAIN

    From executive authority to institutional designation

    Compare the President's order, Secretary-level determination rules, Treasury listings, and the formal October 2026 listing of the ICC as an entity. The specific confidential decision memoranda and interagency advice have not been obtained.

    Inspect institutional notice ↗
    WPD-CW019 / CHANGING LEGAL STATUS

    Seven days off the sanctions list

    The May 20 deletion and May 27 restoration are verifiable administrative events. They must be read alongside the May 13 injunction, May 22 administrative stay and June 15 appellate stay. These measures did not decide the ultimate constitutional merits.

    Read the appellate decision ↗
    WPD-CW020 / LEGAL EXCEPTIONS

    What October 9 licences still allow

    After the Court itself was designated, separate signed licences allowed defined operations, communications, software, pensions and detention services. These exemptions prevent the false inference that all transactions or all court functions were automatically prohibited.

    Read General Licence 13 ↗
    SUPPORTING CONTEXT / ACTUAL OPERATIONAL EFFECTS

    From listed restrictions to actual effects

    Bank restrictions, vendor denials, licence applications and court service interruptions require separately dated documentation before causal conclusions. The available notices describe legal scope, not proven case-specific consequences.

    Inspect software authorization ↗

    Congressional oversight and foreign military sales

    When did the government bypass congressional review?

    The decision trail distinguishes a government notice authorizing a possible sale from a signed commercial agreement, actual delivery and subsequent military use. The emergency notices contain projected delivery windows years after the legal waiver. Select a record to inspect the dated government notice, procedural authority and remaining documentary gap.

    What an emergency determination did

    The Secretary of State invoked the emergency provision in section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act for three February 28, 2025 proposals. The notices bypassed the ordinary congressional review window. Their announced delivery windows began in 2026, 2027 and 2028; the reasons why immediate waiver was necessary remain an acquisition target.

    Read the bomb-body determination · Read the D9 determination

    What congressional votes establish

    Two April and two July 2025 Senate discharge motions failed. Those votes identify the senators who supported or opposed allowing resolutions of disapproval to advance. They are separate from the administration’s executive sales determinations and do not prove delivery or combat use of equipment.

    April roll calls · July roll calls

    Showing 14 of 14 decisions

    February 2025 notification for bombs, fuzes and guidance kits ($6.75 billion)WPD-S058 / Official proposed-sale noticeFebruary 2025 notification for 3,000 Hellfire missiles ($660 million)WPD-S059 / Official proposed-sale noticeEmergency waiver for proposed bomb-body and penetrator sale ($2.04 billion)WPD-S060 / Published emergency determinationEmergency waiver for proposed JDAM guidance and bomb bodies ($675.7 million)WPD-S061 / Published emergency determinationEmergency waiver for possible D9 bulldozer sale ($295 million)WPD-S062 / Published emergency determinationSenate blocks discharge of arms-disapproval S.J.Res.33, 15–82WPD-S063 / Original legislative roll callSenate blocks discharge of arms-disapproval S.J.Res.26, 15–83WPD-S064 / Original legislative roll callEitan armored-vehicle engine case increased to $180 millionWPD-S065 / Official amended-sale notificationAdditional proposed JDAM guidance kits ($510 million)WPD-S066 / Official proposed-sale noticeDischarge motion for S.J.Res.41 fails, 27–70WPD-S067 / Original legislative roll callDischarge motion for S.J.Res.34 fails, 24–73WPD-S068 / Original legislative roll callProposed 30 Apache attack helicopters ($3.8 billion)WPD-S069 / Official proposed-sale noticeProposed 3,250 joint light tactical vehicles ($1.98 billion)WPD-S070 / Official proposed-sale noticeExecutive Order 14383 reorganizes U.S. arms-transfer prioritiesWPD-S071 / Signed executive order

    All transactions in this explorer are possible sales or recorded official decisions. Figures from different cases are not combined into a delivery total, and the underlying agreements may change the ultimate quantity and price.

    Courts, legal challenges and enforcement

    What happened after the international courts acted?

    Select an institution to follow the chain from an international judgment to the government or body responsible for carrying it out. ICC warrants, the ICJ humanitarian opinion and the genocide case operate under different rules. Each dated event links to its original record and explanation of what remains unknown.

    There was a documented refusal to cooperate

    The ICC concluded that Hungary failed to arrest Netanyahu during his April 2025 visit. The Court referred that state-level finding to the Assembly of States Parties. What Hungarian officials instructed their police and how the Assembly subsequently responded remain open source-acquisition questions.

    Read the ICC finding · Inspect the institutional referral

    The legal proceedings were not interchangeable

    Israel’s ICC Article 19 jurisdiction challenge was remanded, while its distinct Article 18 notice appeal was rejected. An ICJ advisory opinion on UN humanitarian operations is separate from South Africa’s contentious genocide case. Those distinctions prevent rulings from being presented as wider than they were.

    Read the appeal judgment · Read the humanitarian opinion

    Showing all 10 court and enforcement records

    The chronology distinguishes what an original court decision establishes from government claims and outstanding records. It does not presume liability.

    Verified international court and treaty actions

    How did governments respond after the court proceedings began?

    Trace six newly documented actions using the court orders, party declarations and the United Nations treaty register. The filters distinguish changing court deadlines, national filings and continuing ICC membership. None of these documents is a final genocide merits judgment.

    Showing 6 of 6 developments

    ICJ extends Israel’s Counter-Memorial deadline to March 12, 2026

    A signed ICJ order shows Israel sought a further extension of at least five months on October 14, 2025; South Africa objected, invoking urgency. The President extended the deadline to March 12, 2026, superseding the earlier January 12 deadline.

    Inspect WPD-S082 and its evidence limits ↗

    United States intervenes and disputes the genocide case in a signed ICJ filing

    The United States filed a signed Article 63 intervention asking the ICJ to adopt its proposed construction of Genocide Convention Articles I, II and III. Its preliminary observations expressly asserted that the genocide allegations against Israel are false. That is an attributable U.S. legal position.

    Inspect WPD-S083 and its evidence limits ↗

    Hungary files a separate Article 63 intervention in South Africa v Israel

    The ICJ docket and signed declaration show Hungary formally intervened on the interpretation of the Genocide Convention, on the same date as the U.S., Namibia and Fiji. This is separate from the ICC’s 2025 finding against Hungary over Netanyahu’s visit.

    Inspect WPD-S084 and its evidence limits ↗

    ICJ acknowledges Israel filed its pleading and sets 2027 and 2029 deadlines

    The Court’s signed order confirms Israel filed its Counter-Memorial within the March 12, 2026 extended deadline. It directed a further pleading round, setting November 22, 2027 for South Africa’s Reply and May 22, 2029 for Israel’s Rejoinder. The order reports Israel raised jurisdiction and admissibility objections.

    Inspect WPD-S085 and its evidence limits ↗

    Hungary rescinds its withdrawal notice and remains an ICC State Party

    The UN treaty depositary records that on May 29, 2026 Hungary withdrew the notice of withdrawal it had deposited on June 2, 2025. The ICC publicly acknowledged the reversal on June 1, so the departure formerly scheduled for June 2, 2026 did not take effect.

    Inspect WPD-S086 and its evidence limits ↗

    Colombia withdraws its earlier declaration of intervention

    ICJ press release 2026/24 reports that Colombia informed the Court on September 18, 2026 that it was withdrawing its April 5, 2024 Article 63 declaration. The Court published this change on September 22.

    Inspect WPD-S087 and its evidence limits ↗

    Documentary records / Search, filter and examine

    The decision register

    Each entry explains what an original record establishes and what remains unresolved. All 87 evidence cards remain in the page even when JavaScript is unavailable; search, filters and source-reader controls add detail.

    Showing all 81 records

    WPD-S001Documented government proposal

    United Kingdom / Foreign & Commonwealth Office

    Proposes a new gate for private war-crimes arrest warrants

    The government announces that consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions will be required before an arrest warrant sought by a private individual can issue in relevant universal-jurisdiction cases.

    What this record does not prove

    A proposal, not an already enacted restriction. Ministers said weak-evidence applications and diplomatic consequences drove the change.

    WPD-S002Documented diplomatic exchange

    United Kingdom / UK Foreign Office; Alistair Burt; Danny Ayalon

    Government briefing explicitly places Israeli visiting officials in the reform discussion

    The British government reports that Burt discussed the bill with Israeli deputy foreign minister Ayalon, naming visiting Israeli officials as potential subjects of arrest-warrant applications.

    What this record does not prove

    The official bilateral statement documents political discussion and context; it does not prove illicit coordination, corrupt payment or a Gaza-era decision.

    WPD-S003Enacted law

    United Kingdom / UK Parliament; Crown Prosecution Service

    Section 153 adds a DPP-consent requirement

    The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 changes the issue of private arrest warrants for specified offenses committed outside the UK.

    What this record does not prove

    Universal jurisdiction is not repealed; judicial avenues and public-law enforcement remain subject to their own rules.

    WPD-S004Official government rationale

    United Kingdom / UK Ministry of Justice; Kenneth Clarke

    Ministry explains the policy rationale and names earlier Israeli warrant controversy

    Government argues that the new DPP screen deters politically motivated applications without removing prosecution for serious crimes.

    What this record does not prove

    The explanation is a government position, not independent evidence the reform operated fairly in each case.

    WPD-S005Documented official statement

    United Kingdom / Alistair Burt; Foreign & Commonwealth Office

    Minister ties legal reform to UK-Israel bilateral relationship

    In a public speech delivered in Israel, Burt describes ending what he calls an anomaly involving arrest warrants against Israeli officers and officials.

    What this record does not prove

    The speech demonstrates officials valued the change; it does not establish that any particular person escaped a warranted arrest.

    WPD-S006Operational guidance

    United Kingdom / Crown Prosecution Service

    CPS explains evidence requirements for private universal-jurisdiction warrants

    Public prosecutor guidance specifies DPP consent, anticipated arrival, the evidential test and a specialist investigative pathway.

    What this record does not prove

    Guidance is procedure, not proof any named Israeli official was approved or refused a warrant. Exact month is given, not the day.

    WPD-S007Recorded diplomatic vote

    United Nations / United States; UN Security Council

    US veto prevents adoption of a humanitarian-ceasefire draft

    Council meeting record reports that the United States vetoed a draft calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and hostage release.

    What this record does not prove

    The veto prevented this particular Council text from being adopted; it did not itself authorize any specific attack.

    WPD-S008Court provisional order

    International courts / International Court of Justice

    ICJ orders provisional measures in South Africa v. Israel

    The ICJ instructs Israel to take measures under the Genocide Convention, including prevention, incitement and humanitarian measures.

    What this record does not prove

    This was not a final merits determination that genocide had occurred; the ICJ case and ICC individual prosecutions are legally different.

    WPD-S009Recorded diplomatic vote

    United Nations / Russia; China; United States; UN Security Council

    Russia and China veto a US-sponsored Gaza text

    The Council fails to adopt an American-sponsored text owing to negative votes from Russia and China.

    What this record does not prove

    This is important counterevidence to any claim that only the United States prevented Gaza-related Council action.

    WPD-S010Official licensing decision

    United Kingdom / UK Foreign Secretary; Department for Business and Trade

    UK suspends specified arms export licences

    The UK suspends around 30 Israel export licences following an assessment of clear risk of serious violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza.

    What this record does not prove

    A licence suspension is a risk-based administrative action, not a court conviction or proof that every licensed item reached Gaza.

    WPD-S011Published policy exception

    United Kingdom / UK Export Control Joint Unit

    Global F-35 programme exception remains

    The exporter notice sets out an exception for global F-35 programme exports, except shipments of F-35 components directly to Israel for its use.

    What this record does not prove

    The text establishes an exception. Specific components, destinations and end-use must be checked individually before stating a transfer occurred.

    WPD-S012Recorded diplomatic vote

    United Nations / United States; UN Security Council

    US veto of elected members ceasefire draft

    The UN records a 14-to-1 vote in which the United States blocks adoption of draft S/2024/835. The draft demanded a ceasefire and release of hostages.

    What this record does not prove

    The US delegate said a ceasefire must be connected directly to hostage release. The vote and rationale should both be shown.

    WPD-S013Judicial warrant, not conviction

    International courts / International Criminal Court

    ICC issues warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant

    The ICC Pre-Trial Chamber announces arrest warrants alleging war crimes and crimes against humanity after rejecting Israeli jurisdictional challenges.

    What this record does not prove

    Arrest warrants are allegations, not convictions; the warrants are not genocide verdicts.

    WPD-S014Signed executive order

    United States / Donald Trump; US Executive Branch

    Executive Order 14203 authorizes ICC-related sanctions

    The order declares an emergency over ICC action targeting the US and Israel and authorizes sanctions involving investigations of certain protected persons.

    What this record does not prove

    The existence and text of the order are established. It cannot by itself prove that all subsequent advocacy or filings were blocked.

    WPD-S015Recorded diplomatic vote

    United Nations / United States; UN Security Council

    US veto of another ceasefire draft

    Official UN reporting shows 14 members supported and the United States vetoed a draft calling for a ceasefire and humanitarian access.

    What this record does not prove

    The vote is a documented diplomatic barrier to the draft, not a judicial ruling on responsibility for specific battlefield conduct.

    WPD-S016Recorded diplomatic vote

    United Nations / United States; UN Security Council

    US veto at the Council’s 10,000th meeting

    The original UN record lists 14 votes in favor and one US veto of a draft seeking a Gaza ceasefire, hostage release and lifting of aid restrictions.

    What this record does not prove

    One vote is not an exhaustive description of US diplomacy. The delegate’s stated rationale is preserved in the UN meeting account.

    WPD-S017Official licensing snapshot

    United Kingdom / UK Department for Business and Trade

    Licensing snapshot shows extant licences under differentiated categories

    UK release counts 395 non-suspended extant export licences involving Israel as a destination as of February 28, 2026 and describes the September 2024 suspension and F-35 scheme.

    What this record does not prove

    A licence can cover a potential end user, third-country re-export, civilian purpose or other exemption. Count is not a count of actual Gaza weapons shipments.

    WPD-S018Court preliminary injunction

    United States / US District Court, Southern District of New York; Judge Jesse Furman

    Federal court grants a plaintiff-specific preliminary injunction

    The published 30-page judicial opinion in DAWN and TAAG v. Trump substantially grants the plaintiffs preliminary relief from certain ICC sanctions enforcement for described protected conduct.

    What this record does not prove

    Not a repeal of Executive Order 14203, a final judgment, nor a worldwide injunction. Further proceedings were requested by October 20, 2026.

    WPD-S019Documented executive determination

    United States / U.S. Department of State; Defense Security Cooperation Agency

    Emergency determination for tank ammunition to Israel

    DSCA transmittal 24-15 records approval of a possible $106.5 million Foreign Military Sale involving 13,981 M830A1 tank cartridges. The Secretary of State invoked the AECA emergency provision to waive the usual congressional review period.

    What this record does not establish

    The notice establishes the formal determination and requested quantity. It does not by itself establish when all items were delivered, where they were used, or an unlawful use.

    WPD-S020Documented executive determination

    United States / U.S. Department of State; Defense Security Cooperation Agency

    Emergency determination for 155mm artillery ammunition

    DSCA transmittal 24-16 records approval of a possible $147.5 million case and an emergency determination waiving ordinary congressional review. Its notice says specified items from earlier cases had already been delivered.

    What this record does not establish

    The $147.5 million is the total estimated amended case value. It must not be represented as $147.5 million in newly delivered ammunition on December 29.

    WPD-S021Presidential policy document

    United States / White House; U.S. Department of State; Department of Defense

    NSM-20 establishes written assurances and congressional reporting

    President Biden issued National Security Memorandum 20, directing assurance and reporting requirements concerning the use of covered U.S. defense articles and access for U.S.-supported humanitarian assistance.

    What this record does not establish

    A memorandum creating an assurance process does not establish that the assurances were true or that a specific export was lawful.

    WPD-S022Official oversight account

    United States / U.S. Department of State; Department of Defense

    U.S. accepted Israel’s assurances while recording significant concerns

    GAO independently reports that State found Israel’s NSM-20 assurances credible and reliable, even while assessing that covered U.S. weapons had reasonably likely been used inconsistently with Israel’s human-rights obligations and noting incomplete incident-level information.

    What this record does not establish

    The GAO account quotes and characterizes the 2024 State report. It does not establish a judicial finding about an identified strike. Obtain a complete authenticated agency copy of the underlying NSM-20 report for exact passage comparison.

    WPD-S023Published document reproduction, corroborated by CRS

    United States / Secretaries Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin

    A 30-day humanitarian-access warning to Israeli ministers

    A published reproduction of the joint letter identifies requested actions by Israel and warns of possible consequences for U.S. policy under existing law. Congressional Research Service independently records the letter and describes its contents.

    What this record does not establish

    The scanned/reproduced text is not an authenticated government-hosted original in this register. The letter alone does not show how the later legal assessment was made.

    WPD-S024Official government statement

    United States / State Department; Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel

    At the deadline, State announced no U.S.-law violation assessment

    At the end of the 30-day period, the State Department said it had not assessed Israel to be violating U.S. law. Its spokesperson acknowledged that some requested steps had not occurred and declined to disclose the input of the department’s legal bureau.

    What this record does not establish

    An announced lack of an adverse assessment is not a determination that all conditions had been met. It does not disclose the underlying legal memorandum or interagency advice.

    WPD-S025Official oversight finding

    United States / U.S. Government Accountability Office; Department of State

    GAO identifies a civilian-harm review backlog and missing external reporting channel

    GAO found that the State Department’s CHIRG mechanism accepted submissions from government personnel and lacked a systematic channel for external civilian-harm reports. As of April 4, 2025, it had received 634 incident reports and had not completed cases within its intended two-month timeframe.

    What this record does not establish

    These totals are global CHIRG data, largely associated with the Israel-Hamas conflict according to GAO. They are not a verified count of Gaza-specific violations, findings of illegality, or separate shipments.

    WPD-S026Official oversight status update

    United States / U.S. Department of State; Government Accountability Office

    State reports CHIRG no longer implemented, but other civilian-harm tracking continues

    The GAO recommendation tracker reports that State said in December 2025 it no longer implemented CHIRG, citing the absence of a statutory mandate and inadequate resourcing. State said in January 2026 that it continued to track civilian-harm incidents for arms-transfer risk reviews.

    What this record does not establish

    The change does not establish that all civilian-harm monitoring stopped. The tracker does not identify who made the discontinuation decision or disclose the replacement workflow.

    WPD-S027Presidential directive

    United States / President Donald Trump; White House

    Executive Order 14169 orders a review and pause in foreign development aid

    Executive Order 14169 ordered responsible agencies to pause new obligations and disbursements of foreign development assistance during a 90-day review, with program decisions requiring the Secretary of State’s concurrence.

    What this record does not prove

    The order is a worldwide policy directive. It does not identify which West Bank or Gaza-specific projects were subsequently terminated, or establish that a particular hospital payment was blocked.

    WPD-S028Official oversight conclusion

    United States / State Department Office of Inspector General

    Inspector General identifies an incomplete plan for taking over USAID work

    The State Department Inspector General found in May 2025 that the USAID realignment implementation plan was incomplete and that a transition working group expected to end in July could leave a leadership gap.

    What this record does not prove

    This audit concerned agencywide implementation; it did not determine that a particular Gaza aid award was mishandled. Later recommendations 1 and 2 were closed as implemented in September 2026.

    WPD-S029Official oversight conclusion

    United States / State Department Office of Inspector General

    State inherited 1,504 foreign-assistance programs and awards

    A July 2026 OIG evaluation describes 1,504 transferred programs and related awards across 17 State units in September 2025, with $51.5 billion in obligations and an estimated total cost exceeding $86 billion.

    What this record does not prove

    These are worldwide Green List totals and must not be described as money allocated specifically to Gaza or as confirmed payments.

    WPD-S030Official audited funding reconciliation

    United States / Government Accountability Office; USAID; Department of State

    GAO reconciles $624 million allocated for West Bank and Gaza

    GAO-26-107939 Table 1 identifies $624 million allocated in FY 2022–2024 ESF funding, $528,322,771 obligated, $181,292,757 disbursed, $347,030,014 in unliquidated obligations, and $95,677,229 in unobligated funds that expired.

    What this record does not prove

    Unliquidated obligations represent committed funds not yet disbursed and may be subject to lawful reobligation. Expired unobligated funds and unliquidated obligations are distinct; neither figure shows theft or unlawful diversion.

    WPD-S031Official audited program status

    United States / Government Accountability Office; State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs

    Nearly all 37 West Bank and Gaza prime awards ended

    GAO reports the 37 FY 2022–2024 ESF-funded prime awards had ended or been terminated except for one East Jerusalem Hospital Network capacity-building award; debt relief support to that network continued as of January 2026.

    What this record does not prove

    The 37-project count does not reveal which individual decisions were legally improper, and the report distinguishes project funding from $67.5 million in lawful hospital debt-relief payments.

    WPD-S032Official oversight finding with exculpatory context

    United States / Government Accountability Office; USAID; Department of State

    GAO could not obtain some required award documents after USAID shutdown

    GAO found prime-award vetting complied in all 32 of 32 cases requiring it, but State and USAID could not fully document two of 12 required antiterrorism certifications and three of 37 mandatory-provision files, citing staff departures and lost access to records.

    What this record does not prove

    Missing files do not establish terrorist diversion. GAO reviewed 12 financial audits and found no Mission Order 21 noncompliance in those audits.

    WPD-S033Official agency position recorded by GAO

    United States / State Department; Government Accountability Office

    No new FY 2025 ESF or FY 2026 NSIP obligations for West Bank and Gaza reported

    State officials told GAO they had not obligated any West Bank and Gaza assistance from FY 2025 ESF or FY 2026 NSIP funds and had not designated which State components would execute future funding; officials linked future programming to security conditions and unfinished procedures.

    What this record does not prove

    This does not establish that appropriations were legally withheld. Exact account totals, statutory availability, waivers and item-level decision records still require examination.

    WPD-S034Official nationwide oversight finding

    United States / Government Accountability Office; State Department

    GAO finds missing documented standards for foreign-assistance changes

    GAO-26-108607 concluded State could not provide evidence of agencywide guidance on standards for changes to foreign assistance and lacked complete award and workforce information. Approximately 6,780 of 7,510 USAID awards had been terminated by March 2026, according to State data.

    What this record does not prove

    The 6,780 figure is worldwide, not a West Bank and Gaza count. The GAO critique does not alone establish improper motive for any particular cancellation.

    WPD-S035Official nationwide oversight finding

    United States / Government Accountability Office; State and Defense departments

    State lacked complete investigations of reported arms end-use violations

    GAO-25-107622 reports Defense tracked more than 150 potential arms end-use incidents as of February 2025 and State lacked documentation demonstrating a legal reporting assessment for most; State had reported three end-use violations since 2019.

    What this record does not prove

    These are worldwide end-use incidents; the audit does not attribute the 150-plus incidents to Israel, nor establish that each was an actual breach.

    WPD-S036Government implementation notice

    United States / USAID Senior Procurement Executive; State Department; Contracting and Agreement Officers

    USAID instructed officers to stop work and identified exceptions and signoff authorities

    The official USAID implementation bulletin ordered contracting and agreement officers to issue stop-work orders, amendments or suspensions for covered existing awards. It enumerated limited waivers, directed individual award follow-up, named the Director of Foreign Assistance for exceptions, and specified that State Policy Planning should establish review standards within 30 days.

    What this record does not prove

    This broadly applicable implementation notice does not reveal the content or signatory of any particular West Bank or Gaza award termination, exemption or appeal. It does not prove that no standards were ever written.

    WPD-S037Government humanitarian waiver notice

    United States / USAID Acting Administrator; Secretary of State

    Temporary waiver announced for critical lifesaving humanitarian aid

    USAID published a January 28, 2025 bulletin describing an additional waiver for continuing critical lifesaving humanitarian assistance during the wider foreign-aid review and instructing eligible implementing partners to resume or continue work within the specified bounds.

    What this record does not prove

    The public blanket waiver does not establish that a particular Gaza contract was allowed to restart, that money was received, or that waiver processing succeeded for each award.

    WPD-S038Enacted federal funding condition

    United States / U.S. Congress; Secretary of State

    Enacted FY2026 statute establishes financial certification before initial Gaza-program obligations

    Public Law 119-75, Division F, section 7039(a), required a certification to appropriations committees 30 days before the initial obligation of FY2026 bilateral West Bank and Gaza NSIP program funds that GAO would have access to U.S. financial information; subsection (d) requires annual audits; subsection (f) requires ordinary appropriations notification procedures.

    What this record does not prove

    A law establishing a condition does not establish that funds were obligated in breach of it. The available GAO snapshot said State had not obligated FY2026 NSIP West Bank/Gaza assistance at that time; any subsequent obligations require fresh review.

    WPD-S039Government audit of program reversal

    United States / State Department; East Jerusalem Hospital Network

    State reversed a February 2025 hospital-network project termination

    GAO-26-107939 records that State rescinded the February 2025 termination of an East Jerusalem Hospital Network capacity-building award in March 2025 and newly obligated $600,000 of FY2024 ESF funds in September 2025. This award remained distinct from hospital debt relief payments.

    What this record does not prove

    The GAO interview-based account does not supply the underlying signed termination/reinstatement decision, the name of its authorizer, or a final disbursement history for the additional $600,000.

    WPD-S040Independent inspector-general audit

    United States / USAID Office of Inspector General; West Bank and Gaza mission

    IG identified legacy partner-vetting exemptions and self-reporting weaknesses

    USAID OIG audit 8-294-26-003-P reviewed four selected humanitarian awards, with 627 vetting determinations, 622 eligible and five ineligible; identified exemptions last revised in 2007, incomplete independent verification and duplicate or variant identity records.

    What this record does not prove

    The sample and eligibility screening results do not prove that the five ineligible entities received funds, that assistance was diverted, or that all 18 humanitarian awards failed controls. The $650 million across 18 awards is a separate humanitarian portfolio, not FY2022-2024 ESF spending.

    WPD-S041Independent inspector-general audit

    United States / USAID Office of Inspector General; Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance

    IG finds missing cash-assistance fraud risk profiles despite remote monitoring

    USAID OIG audit 9-000-26-002-P reviewed fiscal-year 2024 multipurpose cash aid of approximately $36 million awarded to four NGOs in West Bank and Gaza. It found USAID had not developed formal fraud-risk or response profiles, although it did review NGO risk management plans and used third-party and partner monitoring reports.

    What this record does not prove

    An inadequate written risk assessment is not a finding of proven fraud, diversion or injury to an identified recipient. The $36 million aid portfolio is not an amount of missing money or necessarily additive to other audited portfolios.

    WPD-S042Official audit initiation

    United States / State Department Office of Inspector General; PRM; NEA; Embassy Jerusalem and other offices

    State inspector general launched a specific Gaza food-assistance effectiveness audit

    State OIG’s active audit inventory records that a February 2026 audit was initiated to test State’s structure for providing civilian food assistance to Gaza and whether awards achieved intended results, with named offices including PRM, NEA, Office of Global Food Security and Embassy Jerusalem.

    What this record does not prove

    An announced ongoing audit is not a completed audit or evidence of a negative finding. No final report is presented by this original project entry.

    WPD-S043Official U.S. sanctions designation

    United States / U.S. Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control

    First 2025 ICC designation: Karim Khan

    OFAC announced Prosecutor Karim Khan as designated under Executive Order 14203 on February 13, after the President signed the order on February 6.

    What this record does not prove

    The listing proves the sanctions action, not that any particular Gaza investigation or court operation stopped. The ICC warrant record remains a judicial allegation rather than a verdict.

    WPD-S044Official U.S. sanctions designation

    United States / U.S. Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control

    Four ICC judges placed on U.S. sanctions list

    OFAC listed judges Reine Alapini Gansou, Solomy Balungi Bossa, Beti Hohler and Luz del Carmen Ibañez Carranza in the ICC sanctions program.

    What this record does not prove

    The list demonstrates executive action against judges. It does not establish that the judges committed misconduct or that particular judicial proceedings were discontinued.

    WPD-S045Official U.S. sanctions designation

    United States / U.S. Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control; Department of State

    U.S. added UN expert Francesca Albanese to ICC sanctions program

    An OFAC notice of July 9, 2025 lists UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese under Executive Order 14203 and issued a transaction wind-down licence.

    What this record does not prove

    The designation is an executive sanctions decision, not proof the UN official committed a crime or a court judgment on the propriety of her advocacy. Later changes to the listing are separately recorded.

    WPD-S046Official U.S. sanctions designation

    United States / U.S. Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control

    Two ICC judges and two deputy prosecutors sanctioned

    The OFAC list added judges Kimberly Prost and Nicolas Guillou, and deputy prosecutors Nazhat Shameem Khan and Mame Mandiaye Niang.

    What this record does not prove

    Designation proves sanctions activity; reasons given by U.S. authorities remain official government positions. No criminal wrongdoing by the sanctioned individuals follows.

    WPD-S047Official U.S. sanctions designation

    United States / U.S. Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control

    Two further ICC judges designated

    The Treasury notice named judges Erdenebalsuren Damdin and Gocha Lordkipanidze as additions to the ICC sanctions program.

    What this record does not prove

    Sanctions are executive determinations. The record supplies no proof that court verdicts were altered or that other states accepted the U.S. interpretation of ICC jurisdiction.

    WPD-S048Judicial preliminary finding, later partially stayed

    United States / U.S. District Court for District of Columbia; Judge Richard Leon

    District court granted preliminary protection against Albanese sanctions

    In L.C. and Cali v. Trump, the district court granted preliminary relief and found that plaintiffs were likely to succeed on the First Amendment issue concerning Francesca Albanese.

    What this record does not prove

    Preliminary relief is neither final merits judgment nor permanent worldwide invalidation. The government appealed and the decision was partly stayed; later appellate records control enforcement status.

    WPD-S049Documented sanctions-list removal

    United States / U.S. Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control

    OFAC removed Albanese from the blocked-persons list

    A May 20 OFAC notice recorded deletion of Francesca Albanese under the ICC sanctions program.

    What this record does not prove

    This was a time-specific administrative list change. It does not establish permanent invalidation, because subsequent appellate proceedings and a May 27 listing changed the position.

    WPD-S050Documented sanctions-list re-addition

    United States / U.S. Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control

    OFAC relisted Albanese seven days after removal

    The May 27 Treasury notice again added Francesca Albanese to the list of persons blocked under the ICC sanctions program.

    What this record does not prove

    The relisting record does not explain the legal basis by itself. The appellate administrative stay and later June 15 order must be read before describing enforceability.

    WPD-S051Appellate interim judicial order

    United States / U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

    Appeals court allowed resumed enforcement of Albanese designation

    A signed three-judge appellate order partially stayed the May 13 preliminary injunction, permitting the government to implement and enforce Albanese's designation while safeguarding the specific OFAC licences for named family members.

    What this record does not prove

    The order is a stay pending appeal and does not resolve the ultimate First Amendment merits. Its relief and exceptions are limited to this proceeding.

    WPD-S052Official U.S. sanctions designation

    United States / U.S. Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control

    ICC president and senior trial lawyer sanctioned

    An OFAC notice added ICC President Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye to its list under Executive Order 14203.

    What this record does not prove

    Designation is U.S. executive action, not a determination of judicial wrongdoing. The listing does not by itself establish an interruption to their work.

    WPD-S053Official institutional sanctions designation

    United States / U.S. Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control

    International Criminal Court itself listed as blocked entity

    OFAC added the International Criminal Court as an entity under Executive Order 14203, after earlier person-specific listings. The record establishes the institution-level designation.

    What this record does not prove

    The designation is not an ICC judgment or proof of wrongdoing at the Court. Same-day general licences authorize certain operations; the listing alone cannot establish which specific cases or services were interrupted.

    WPD-S054Signed sanctions general licence

    United States / OFAC Director Bradley T. Smith

    General Licence 13 preserves certain ICC operations until April 7, 2027

    OFAC General Licence 13 authorizes specified transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to maintain or wind down ICC operations, contracts and agreements through April 7, 2027, including listed payroll, routine services and States Parties payments.

    What this record does not prove

    Its section (c) excludes otherwise prohibited transactions involving persons blocked other than the ICC unless independently authorized. This limited licence is not a complete exemption or a guarantee that no service was disrupted.

    WPD-S055Signed sanctions general licence

    United States / OFAC Director Bradley T. Smith

    General Licence 14 authorizes communications and enterprise software

    The signed licence covers defined telecommunications, internet services, enterprise software, cybersecurity, cloud services and associated blocked accounts for the ICC, subject to stated exceptions and other federal requirements.

    What this record does not prove

    It cannot establish that a particular U.S. provider resumed services or that every technology or individual-linked transaction was licensed.

    WPD-S056Signed sanctions general licence

    United States / OFAC Director Bradley T. Smith

    General Licence 15 addresses pension payments

    The signed licence permits certain ICC pension-processing transactions, with blocked persons paid into blocked U.S. interest-bearing accounts.

    What this record does not prove

    Authorized pension-processing categories do not eliminate all other sanctions restrictions; no individual recipient amount or transfer is identified.

    WPD-S057Signed sanctions general licence

    United States / OFAC Director Bradley T. Smith

    General Licence 16 permits specified detention-related operations

    OFAC authorized ICC transactions ordinarily necessary to continue detaining the nine named individuals in its annex, including services necessary for detention facility operations and health and welfare.

    What this record does not prove

    The permission applies to the people in the annex only and is not a general authorization covering all ICC detainees, investigations or other sanctioned persons.

    WPD-S058Official proposed-sale notice

    United States / U.S. State Department; DSCA

    February 2025 notification for bombs, fuzes and guidance kits ($6.75 billion)

    DSCA transmittal 24-13 announced a possible $6.75 billion munitions sale including GBU-39/B, bomb bodies, JDAM guidance kits and fuzes. Congressional notification is reported; expected deliveries begin in 2025.

    What this record does not prove

    The estimate is a ceiling for a possible sale, not evidence of an executed contract, actual shipment quantity, incident-specific use or criminal wrongdoing. This particular public notice does not state an emergency waiver.

    WPD-S059Official proposed-sale notice

    United States / U.S. State Department; DSCA

    February 2025 notification for 3,000 Hellfire missiles ($660 million)

    DSCA transmittal 24-104 announced a possible $660 million sale of 3,000 AGM-114 Hellfire missiles with support. Its notice estimated deliveries to begin in 2028.

    What this record does not prove

    The notice does not prove actual delivery, that a particular weapon was used in Gaza or that any individual violated law. The public notice does not assert the emergency exception.

    WPD-S060Published emergency determination

    United States / U.S. Secretary of State; DSCA

    Emergency waiver for proposed bomb-body and penetrator sale ($2.04 billion)

    DSCA transmittal 25-34 announced a possible $2.04 billion sale including 35,529 MK84 or BLU-117 bomb bodies and 4,000 I-2000 penetrator warheads. It explicitly invoked the AECA section 36(b) emergency exception; delivery was estimated to begin in 2026.

    What this record does not prove

    Projected 2026 start does not prove that an emergency determination was legally invalid. The specific emergency rationale, signed implementation agreements and actual delivery logs remain necessary.

    WPD-S061Published emergency determination

    United States / U.S. Secretary of State; DSCA

    Emergency waiver for proposed JDAM guidance and bomb bodies ($675.7 million)

    DSCA transmittal 25-26 approved a possible $675.7 million sale of bomb bodies and JDAM guidance kits, expressly invoking an AECA section 36(b) emergency waiver despite estimated delivery beginning in 2028.

    What this record does not prove

    The waiver relates to congressional review procedures. Neither the delivery-year estimate nor the approval establishes deliveries, expenditure, specific military use or a legal breach.

    WPD-S062Published emergency determination

    United States / U.S. Secretary of State; DSCA

    Emergency waiver for possible D9 bulldozer sale ($295 million)

    DSCA transmittal 24-38 announced a possible $295 million sale of Caterpillar D9R and D9T bulldozers and support, invoked the AECA section 36(b) emergency exception, and estimated deliveries beginning in 2027.

    What this record does not prove

    A notice describing proposed equipment is not proof it was delivered or used in demolition; the case-specific emergency justification and end-use records are not authenticated here.

    WPD-S063Original legislative roll call

    United States / U.S. Senate

    Senate blocks discharge of arms-disapproval S.J.Res.33, 15–82

    Official Senate roll call 165 shows a 15–82 vote with one present on the motion to discharge S.J.Res.33 from committee, and records each senator’s vote.

    What this record does not prove

    This was a procedural motion to discharge; it was not a final vote on approving weapons deliveries and does not establish an individual senator’s criminal intent.

    WPD-S064Original legislative roll call

    United States / U.S. Senate

    Senate blocks discharge of arms-disapproval S.J.Res.26, 15–83

    Official Senate roll call 166 records a 15–83 vote with one present, rejecting a motion to discharge a second resolution disapproving proposed Israeli arms sales.

    What this record does not prove

    This is a separate procedural vote. It should not be counted as a vote to ratify a particular shipment or as a final adjudication of international humanitarian law.

    WPD-S065Official amended-sale notification

    United States / U.S. State Department; DSCA

    Eitan armored-vehicle engine case increased to $180 million

    DSCA transmittal 25-28 disclosed a proposed $180 million combined case for Eitan powerpack engines and related support; the notice identified an earlier implemented FMS case valued at $85.5 million that had been below the notification threshold.

    What this record does not prove

    The $180 million is the announced combined value and should not be added again to the earlier $85.5 million case. Earlier implementation does not by itself specify all delivery dates.

    WPD-S066Official proposed-sale notice

    United States / U.S. State Department; DSCA

    Additional proposed JDAM guidance kits ($510 million)

    DSCA transmittal 25-59 announced a possible $510 million sale covering 3,845 KMU-558B/B kits and 3,280 KMU-572 F/B kits with related support, and reported notice to Congress.

    What this record does not prove

    Item counts are requested quantities in a proposed case, not proof the guidance kits were manufactured, shipped, used in Gaza or linked to any identified strike.

    WPD-S067Original legislative roll call

    United States / U.S. Senate

    Discharge motion for S.J.Res.41 fails, 27–70

    Official Senate roll call 454 rejected a motion to discharge S.J.Res.41 on proposed defense-article exports to Israel by 27 to 70; the original roll call identifies each senator’s position.

    What this record does not prove

    The procedural defeat does not conclusively explain individual voting motives or prove that a certain item was delivered.

    WPD-S068Original legislative roll call

    United States / U.S. Senate

    Discharge motion for S.J.Res.34 fails, 24–73

    Official Senate roll call 455 rejected the motion to discharge S.J.Res.34 concerning a proposed Israeli arms sale by 24 to 73, with three not voting.

    What this record does not prove

    The result records legislative procedure, not a final merits vote on the lawfulness of specific Israeli military conduct.

    WPD-S069Official proposed-sale notice

    United States / U.S. State Department; DSCA

    Proposed 30 Apache attack helicopters ($3.8 billion)

    DSCA transmittal 25-94 reported a State Department determination approving a possible $3.8 billion sale of 30 AH-64E Apache helicopters and extensive support, with the required congressional certification.

    What this record does not prove

    The notice specifies a proposed future sale and does not establish that helicopters were delivered, used in Gaza or associated with an incident of civilian harm.

    WPD-S070Official proposed-sale notice

    United States / U.S. State Department; DSCA

    Proposed 3,250 joint light tactical vehicles ($1.98 billion)

    DSCA transmittal 25-87 announced a possible $1.98 billion sale of 3,250 joint light tactical vehicles in several configurations and related support, with congressional notice.

    What this record does not prove

    The authorization is not a delivery manifest or an incident-specific end-use assessment. Vehicles may serve several purposes; no Gaza deployment is inferred from the notice alone.

    WPD-S071Signed executive order

    United States / White House; U.S. Executive Branch

    Executive Order 14383 reorganizes U.S. arms-transfer priorities

    President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14383 directing an America First Arms Transfer Strategy emphasizing defense industrial capacity and streamlined approvals. The DSCA website separately states that subsequent publicly announced FMS notifications moved to the State Department website.

    What this record does not prove

    The worldwide order does not establish that any Israeli case was authorized without required notice. Moving the publication channel complicates completeness checks across 2026 but is not evidence that records were deliberately hidden.

    WPD-S072ICC appellate jurisdiction ruling

    International courts / ICC Appeals Chamber; State of Israel

    ICC sends Israel’s jurisdiction challenge back for examination

    The Appeals Chamber reversed a November 2024 ruling that Israel’s Article 19 jurisdiction challenge was premature and remanded for a substantive examination. The judgment did not itself resolve the jurisdictional objection.

    What this record does not prove

    The remand did not vacate Netanyahu and Gallant arrest warrants or establish the final jurisdictional outcome. A separate Article 18 appeal followed its own procedure.

    WPD-S073ICC pre-trial court ruling

    International courts / ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I; State of Israel

    ICC declines to withdraw warrants while reviewing Israeli challenges

    ICC-01/18-457 is the original July 16 decision on Israel’s request to withdraw or vacate arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant and suspend the Prosecutor’s investigation; the Chamber rejected that request.

    What this record does not prove

    The ruling does not dispose of every pending jurisdictional motion and does not adjudicate the criminal allegations at trial.

    WPD-S074ICC state-noncompliance ruling

    International courts / ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I; Government of Hungary

    ICC formally finds Hungary failed to cooperate with Netanyahu arrest request

    In ICC-01/18-462, the Chamber found that Hungary failed to comply with the Court’s request to cooperate in the provisional arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu while he was on Hungarian territory April 3–6, 2025, and referred the matter under Article 87(7).

    What this record does not prove

    A formal noncompliance finding is not proof of a criminal conviction of Hungarian officials; the Assembly response and any later enforcement measures require separate verification.

    WPD-S075Official ICC institutional referral

    International courts / ICC Presidency; Assembly of States Parties

    Court Presidency forwards Hungary noncompliance finding to the Assembly

    The ICC Assembly of States Parties confirmed that the Presidency transmitted the July 24 noncompliance finding. Its notice stated that Hungary’s Rome Statute withdrawal would only take effect June 2, 2026 and that the Bureau would consider the matter.

    What this record does not prove

    Transmission into the Assembly oversight process does not document sanctions against Hungary or provide a complete record of the Bureau’s subsequent deliberations.

    Later update: Hungary rescinded its withdrawal notification on 29 May 2026 and remained an ICC State Party. See WPD-S086. The 2025 referral and noncompliance finding remain separate.

    WPD-S076ICC procedural decision

    International courts / ICC Pre-Trial Chamber; State of Israel

    Separate request for leave to appeal the warrant decision is docketed

    The ICC identifies ICC-01/18-468 as its October 17 decision addressing Israel’s request for leave to appeal the July ruling about withdrawing warrants or suspending investigation.

    What this record does not prove

    The public docket metadata alone should not be used to infer the full reasoning or every issue granted or refused. Obtain and cite the operative court ruling before asserting more.

    WPD-S077ICC appellate judgment

    International courts / ICC Appeals Chamber; State of Israel

    ICC rejects demand for a new Article 18 investigation notice

    By majority, ICC-01/18-481 confirmed the lower-chamber ruling rejecting Israel’s request that the Prosecutor issue a new Article 18(1) notification after October 7, 2023; two judges dissented and a third filed a concurrence.

    What this record does not prove

    The appellate decision is about notification and scope of an existing investigation, not a criminal guilt determination; the separate Article 19 jurisdiction challenge is not resolved by this judgment.

    WPD-S078ICJ advisory opinion

    International courts / International Court of Justice; UN General Assembly

    ICJ clarifies obligations toward UN relief and humanitarian activities

    In advisory proceedings case 196, the ICJ issued an opinion on Israel’s international legal obligations concerning the presence and activities of UN and other humanitarian actors in the occupied Palestinian territory, addressing the need for aid facilitation.

    What this record does not prove

    An advisory opinion has a different legal character from a binding judgment between parties in a contentious case and is not a finding that specified U.S. aid contractors violated law or proof of genocide in case 192.

    WPD-S079ICJ procedural order

    International courts / International Court of Justice; South Africa; Israel

    ICJ extends Israel’s genocide-case Counter-Memorial deadline

    In contentious case 192, the ICJ extended the deadline for Israel’s Counter-Memorial to January 12, 2026, after considering Israel’s request and South Africa’s objections.

    What this record does not prove

    A filing deadline or extension is not a genocide judgment. This earlier deadline was superseded by the October 20, 2025 extension. The ICJ later confirmed in its May 21, 2026 order that Israel filed within the revised March 12, 2026 deadline. Neither order adjudicates the merits.

    Later update: the October 2025 ICJ order extended the deadline to 12 March 2026, and the May 2026 order confirms Israel submitted its Counter-Memorial within that deadline. See WPD-S082 and WPD-S085.

    WPD-S080Party legal submission

    International courts / State of Israel; International Court of Justice

    Israel files its position in UN humanitarian-assistance advisory case

    Israel lodged a written statement in advisory case 196 arguing that the question was one-sided and that security and UNRWA-related concerns should be considered when assessing Israel’s obligations. The submission is the State’s legal position, not the Court’s finding.

    What this record does not prove

    The filing does not establish the truth of every allegation it contains; it must be compared against other submissions, the evidence and the Court’s later advisory opinion.

    WPD-S081ICJ procedural release

    International courts / International Court of Justice; participating States and organizations

    ICJ confirms forty-five written statements in its humanitarian proceedings

    The Court’s press release 2025/13 records 45 written statements filed by States and international organizations, including Israel, the United States and the State of Palestine, ahead of oral hearings.

    What this record does not prove

    The number of statements is a participation count, not 45 independent factual findings or evidence of any country endorsing a particular proposition.

    WPD-S082Signed procedural court order

    International Court of Justice / ICJ President Yuji Iwasawa; representatives of South Africa and Israel

    ICJ extends Israel’s Counter-Memorial deadline to March 12, 2026

    A signed ICJ order shows Israel sought a further extension of at least five months on October 14, 2025; South Africa objected, invoking urgency. The President extended the deadline to March 12, 2026, superseding the earlier January 12 deadline.

    What this record does not prove

    A granted procedural extension is not a final determination of the merits and does not prove improper influence. A later May 2026 order records that Israel filed within the extended deadline.

    WPD-S083Authenticated government litigation submission

    International Court of Justice / Government of the United States of America; ICJ Registry

    United States intervenes and disputes the genocide case in a signed ICJ filing

    The United States filed a signed Article 63 intervention asking the ICJ to adopt its proposed construction of Genocide Convention Articles I, II and III. Its preliminary observations expressly asserted that the genocide allegations against Israel are false. That is an attributable U.S. legal position.

    What this record does not prove

    A declaration by an intervening government is not an ICJ judgment on genocide, nor proof that the filing changed a judge’s ruling. The complete legal argument and any later objections must be evaluated separately from the fact of filing.

    WPD-S084Authenticated government litigation submission

    International Court of Justice / Government of Hungary; ICJ Registry

    Hungary files a separate Article 63 intervention in South Africa v Israel

    The ICJ docket and signed declaration show Hungary formally intervened on the interpretation of the Genocide Convention, on the same date as the U.S., Namibia and Fiji. This is separate from the ICC’s 2025 finding against Hungary over Netanyahu’s visit.

    What this record does not prove

    Submitting an intervention does not establish that Hungary received privileged influence over the ICJ or explain its national arrest decision. Nor should the two distinct court systems be conflated.

    WPD-S085Signed procedural court order

    International Court of Justice / ICJ President Yuji Iwasawa; ICJ Registry; South Africa; Israel

    ICJ acknowledges Israel filed its pleading and sets 2027 and 2029 deadlines

    The Court’s signed order confirms Israel filed its Counter-Memorial within the March 12, 2026 extended deadline. It directed a further pleading round, setting November 22, 2027 for South Africa’s Reply and May 22, 2029 for Israel’s Rejoinder. The order reports Israel raised jurisdiction and admissibility objections.

    What this record does not prove

    The Counter-Memorial itself is not reproduced in the order. Timely filing is not a merits finding, and the subsequent schedule does not imply the Court has ruled on liability.

    WPD-S086UN depositary treaty action

    United Nations treaty depositary / ICC / Government of Hungary; UN Secretary-General as depositary; ICC

    Hungary rescinds its withdrawal notice and remains an ICC State Party

    The UN treaty depositary records that on May 29, 2026 Hungary withdrew the notice of withdrawal it had deposited on June 2, 2025. The ICC publicly acknowledged the reversal on June 1, so the departure formerly scheduled for June 2, 2026 did not take effect.

    What this record does not prove

    Reversing withdrawal does not expunge the July 2025 ICC finding of noncompliance, reveal Hungary’s internal police instructions or prove any individual criminal liability.

    WPD-S087Court registry procedural announcement

    International Court of Justice / Government of Colombia; ICJ Registry

    Colombia withdraws its earlier declaration of intervention

    ICJ press release 2026/24 reports that Colombia informed the Court on September 18, 2026 that it was withdrawing its April 5, 2024 Article 63 declaration. The Court published this change on September 22.

    What this record does not prove

    The registry announcement does not supply Colombia’s internal rationale and is not withdrawal by South Africa of its underlying case. It does not terminate proceedings or reverse provisional measures.

    What becomes visible when records are connected?

    Thirty-four comparisons to test.

    The crosswalks are documentary comparisons, not misconduct findings. These relationships determine which specific files should be obtained next.

    WPD-CW001 / LEGAL STRUCTURE

    The warrant gate

    Government proposal, Israeli bilateral conversation, enacted UK law and later prosecution rules form a connected public record. Compare the policy rationale against the actual number of applications and outcomes, which remain missing.

    Start at the bilateral record ↗
    WPD-CW002 / OFFICIAL RHETORIC

    How ministers described the change

    The January 2011 statement and January 2012 speech both associate UK law reform with Israeli official travel. The two texts do not independently verify private diplomatic negotiations.

    Read the speech ↗
    WPD-CW003 / VETO TIMELINE

    The draft that did not pass

    Multiple US vetoes prevented specific Council texts; China and Russia blocked a US-sponsored proposal. Compare sponsors, exact wording and stated reasons before making a general claim about obstruction.

    Compare November 2024 ↗
    WPD-CW004 / JUDICIAL PRESSURE

    From warrants to sanctions to judicial review

    ICC allegations were followed by American sanctions authority and a later US court injunction protecting plaintiffs. The injunction was preliminary and narrow.

    Read the court order ↗
    WPD-CW005 / EXPORT LICENCES

    A suspension and its exceptions

    The UK froze certain licences while retaining other channels, including the global F-35 programme under stated limits. Public category totals must not be presented as actual shipments.

    Compare 2026 figures ↗
    WPD-CW006 / CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW

    The emergency route

    Two arms-sale notices identify the same emergency waiver mechanism in December 2023. The records establish the authority invoked and the items covered, while the full congressional justifications and definitive delivery logs remain to be acquired.

    Examine the first determination ↗
    WPD-CW007 / KNOWLEDGE AND ACTION

    Assurances during documented concern

    NSM-20 introduced assurances; GAO reports that the United States accepted Israel’s assurances while acknowledging material concerns about the use of U.S.-origin defense articles. The underlying bureau memoranda remain necessary to reconstruct individual judgments.

    Read the GAO account ↗
    WPD-CW008 / INSTITUTIONAL OVERSIGHT

    The review system changed

    The 2025 GAO report records a backlog and a limited intake channel. The later recommendation status says CHIRG was discontinued while other forms of civilian-harm tracking continued. The replacement procedures have not been obtained.

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    WPD-CW009 / ORDER TO AWARD TERMINATION

    From the order to project termination

    2025 EO review authority, incomplete transition planning, and regional closures form a public administrative sequence. No finding that the EO caused termination of a named award absent its agency decision record.

    Start with the original ↗
    WPD-CW010 / FUNDING STATUSES

    Four kinds of money

    GAO allocated, obligated, disbursed and expired balances are comparable with the program closure timeline and lack of new obligations. Never add expired and unliquidated balances as if both were missing money; do not attribute an award-level cancellation without notices.

    Start with the original ↗
    WPD-CW011 / TRANSFER AND LOST RECORDS

    Who inherited the records?

    Two independent OIG evaluations and GAO reports separately identify transition and award documentation issues. Global Green List figures are not Gaza-only and reports share some underlying agency records.

    Start with the original ↗
    WPD-CW012 / COMPLIANCE EVIDENCE

    Missing papers and verified compliance

    GAO reports gaps in retention and future procedures alongside mostly compliant USAID vetting and financial audits. Incomplete paperwork is a records problem, not proof of terrorist diversion or criminal conspiracy.

    Start with the original ↗
    WPD-CW013 / ARMS OVERSIGHT TRACKS

    Two different arms oversight systems

    Civilian harm CHIRG and government-to-government end-use rules use different thresholds and workflows; both had reporting weaknesses. Do not assign global end-use incidents to Israel or equate CHIRG cases with end-use breach cases.

    Start with the original ↗
    WPD-CW014 / 2025 ORDERS TO PROGRAM-LEVEL ACTS

    2025 orders to program-level acts

    The presidential directive, USAID implementation notice, humanitarian waiver and one documented hospital-program reversal connect high-level instructions to concrete reported results. Signed hospital decisions and other award-specific records remain absent. A general waiver does not show all Gaza awards resumed.

    Read original record ↗
    WPD-CW015 / FY2026 STATUTE VERSUS NON-OBLIGATION

    FY2026 statute versus non-obligation

    Congress established a 30-day certification and annual audit condition, while the latest GAO snapshot recorded no new NSIP Gaza obligations. The certification is a prerequisite to the first covered obligation, not itself proof of obstruction or a breached requirement.

    Read original record ↗
    WPD-CW016 / DISTINCT OVERSIGHT AUDITS

    Distinct oversight audits

    GAO found substantial ESF prime-award compliance with isolated documentation gaps; separate inspector-general audits identified humanitarian-award vetting and cash-risk-control weaknesses. Different periods, funding streams, populations and methodologies. Do not add the 37 ESF awards to the 18 OIG humanitarian awards as though mutually exclusive.

    Read original record ↗
    WPD-CW017 / INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR-GENERAL SCRUTINY

    Independent inspector-general scrutiny

    The May 2026 USAID OIG report concerned cash risk controls while State OIG initiated a 2026 audit examining its food assistance delivery structure. The latter is only an audit commencement notice; no findings may be imputed to the unfinished investigation.

    Read original record ↗
    SUPPORTING CONTEXT / AUTHORITY AND REACH

    From executive order to an institution on the sanctions list

    Executive Order 14203 supplied authority for individual ICC personnel listings and the October 2026 listing of the court itself. The listings do not prove that every court operation was stopped.

    Examine the original ↗
    SUPPORTING CONTEXT / TIMELINE OF RELIEF

    Albanese removed and restored

    The May district-court relief, May removal, May relisting and June appellate order show that enforceability changed while the merits dispute remained open.

    Examine the original ↗
    SUPPORTING CONTEXT / LICENSING VERSUS DELIVERY

    An institutional listing and its permissions

    The October 9 institutional sanctions listing occurred alongside four signed general licences covering defined operations, communications, pension processing and detention services. Actual vendor responses remain missing.

    Examine the original ↗
    WPD-CW021 / SEPARATE JUDICIAL CHALLENGES

    Who obtained preliminary protection?

    Two separate U.S. courts considered relief for particular plaintiffs and conduct affected by ICC-related sanctions. Their rulings do not invalidate the entire program worldwide.

    Examine the original ↗
    WPD-CW022 / EMERGENCY PROCEDURE

    Emergency exception and future delivery

    Three February 2025 waivers invoked immediate security needs, while government notices projected deliveries beginning between 2026 and 2028. The missing document is the detailed case-specific emergency justification; the dates alone do not disprove legality.

    Read linked original ↗
    WPD-CW023 / EXECUTIVE PROCESS

    Seven and twenty-eight February

    Notices issued February 7 relied on the normal public notice language, while February 28 notices specifically used the AECA emergency procedure. Compare internal approval memoranda and review dates before drawing conclusions about timing or intent.

    Read linked original ↗
    WPD-CW024 / LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT

    Four votes to advance disapproval

    The Senate rejected two April and two July 2025 discharge motions related to arms-disapproval resolutions. Original roll calls identify individual votes; the motions were procedural and cannot be represented as final votes on deliveries.

    Read linked original ↗
    WPD-CW025 / RECORD COMPLETENESS

    Revised publication path

    Two January 2026 possible sales remained indexed at DSCA, while the February 2026 executive order and subsequent DSCA announcement shifted future notifications to State’s website. Subsequent cases must be sought across both repositories.

    Read linked original ↗
    WPD-CW026 / CASE ACCOUNTING

    An amended case and its earlier value

    The April 2025 Eitan notice covers a $180 million combined case and explicitly refers to an earlier $85.5 million case. Do not add the earlier value a second time or infer delivery from original implementation alone.

    Read linked original ↗
    WPD-CW027 / DOCUMENT RECONCILIATION

    Hungary and the enforceability of ICC warrants

    ICC warrants were followed by a formal 2025 Article 87(7) noncompliance finding and a referral to its Assembly. Hungary’s announced withdrawal did not have immediate effect. The Assembly’s review, national government documents and remedies require examination; a noncompliance finding is not a criminal conviction.

    Read linked record ↗
    WPD-CW028 / DOCUMENT RECONCILIATION

    Two different challenges to the ICC

    An Article 19 jurisdiction-remand track is distinct from the Article 18 notification track, which the Appeals Chamber resolved in December 2025. A procedural appeal should not be described as vacating arrest warrants or resolving criminal allegations.

    Read linked record ↗
    WPD-CW029 / DOCUMENT RECONCILIATION

    Judicial proceedings and American sanctions

    U.S. sanctions policy and ICC appellate rulings proceeded on different legal tracks. Their chronology can be compared for possible institutional effects. Chronological overlap does not establish that particular judges ruled differently or that a case ceased because of sanctions.

    Read linked record ↗
    WPD-CW030 / DOCUMENT RECONCILIATION

    Humanitarian duties versus assistance bottlenecks

    The ICJ advisory opinion’s international-law account can be read alongside U.S. assistance pauses and funding audit records. International legal duties, U.S. appropriations and contractor payments are distinct; no individual agency breach follows from temporal alignment.

    Read linked record ↗
    WPD-CW031 / DOCUMENT RECONCILIATION

    ICJ litigation lanes and contested state positions

    The genocide contentious case’s written-pleading schedule is distinct from the separate advisory case’s state submissions and resulting opinion. A provisional measure, a party statement and an advisory opinion must not be labeled a final genocide merits judgment.

    Read linked record ↗
    WPD-CW032 / DOCUMENT COMPARISON

    Continuing ICC membership after a noncooperation finding

    The ICC identified Hungary’s failure to execute an arrest request. A subsequent UN depositary act rescinded Hungary’s pending Rome Statute withdrawal, so the country remained a party after June 2, 2026. Limitation: The depositary act does not annul the court finding or establish the content of Bureau deliberations or specific national police orders.

    Read linked documentary record ↗
    WPD-CW033 / DOCUMENT COMPARISON

    U.S. role in separate international justice systems

    Official U.S. actions include ICC sanctions, proposed arms-sale emergency waivers and a signed intervention disputing the genocide accusations in the separate ICJ case. Each has an identifiable legal authorizer. Limitation: Comparable policy direction is not direct proof of a coordinated unlawful plan or of any court ruling changed by U.S. action.

    Read linked documentary record ↗
    WPD-CW034 / DOCUMENT COMPARISON

    Case 192 procedural status and interventions

    The original January 2026 pleading deadline was superseded in October 2025; Israel filed on time in March 2026; named states intervened; Colombia later withdrew its own intervention. Limitation: A deadline, intervention and intervention withdrawal are different procedural acts. None is a merits finding or disposal of South Africa’s claim.

    Read linked documentary record ↗

    Clear definitions

    Questions readers should be able to answer.

    Veto

    A permanent Security Council member can prevent a substantive resolution from being adopted even when most other members vote yes. The exact draft and vote must be checked.

    Universal jurisdiction

    A country can sometimes prosecute certain serious crimes even where they allegedly occurred abroad. The reach and procedure vary by law.

    ICC vs ICJ

    The International Criminal Court prosecutes people for specified crimes. The International Court of Justice hears disputes between states, including treaty obligations.

    Preliminary injunction

    A court order limiting certain conduct before final judgment. It may apply to particular parties and claims rather than everyone.

    Licence vs export

    A licence authorizes an activity under defined conditions. Its existence is not proof that a physical shipment occurred or that its destination was Gaza.

    Evidence threshold

    A standard that a decision-maker must apply before acting. An allegation, warrant, inquiry and conviction are different stages.

    Unresolved records

    We still need original warrant-application outcomes, interagency communications, CHIRG case dispositions, emergency-sale congressional justifications, sanctions designations, disaggregated export data, and the continuation of the October 2026 federal case. Public leak-archive items have not been independently authenticated. Those gaps are documented in the accompanying research queue.

    What the record establishes

    What remains unresolved

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