Israeli Operative Running UNICEF’s Washington Office

It’s f*****g disgusting. UNICEF — the agency that’s supposed to protect children, especially the ones being blown apart in Gaza — has handed one of its most sensitive posts to someone who was already investigated for allegedly feeding UN intel to Israeli diplomats. Yahav Lichner, accused of acting like an Israeli mole inside UNFPA, is now running UNICEF’s Washington office. And the UN has said jackshit about this.The UN has a long, filthy habit of burying internal investigations, shielding insiders, and promoting people who should be nowhere near positions of trust. Lichner was accused — by her own colleagues — of leaking confidential UN documents, internal strategies, and diplomatic communications to Israeli officials. According to reporting from The Intercept, staff said she openly aligned herself with Israeli government interests while holding a UN badge. Instead of getting fired and ostracized, they gave her a promotion.Now she’s in Washington, the center of UNICEF’s relationship with the U.S. government, Congress, and the agencies that control billions in global child‑protection funding. This isn’t some local office. This is where all the lobbying happens, where narratives are shaped, where the UN bends or stands. And they put her there. Take a gander who owns the UN huh?It’s disgusting because UNICEF works in Gaza. UNICEF counts dead children. UNICEF documents starvation, trauma, amputations, bombed schools, shattered families. And while Gaza’s children are being killed by Israeli airstrikes, UNICEF hands a top job to a zionist accused of funneling UN intel to the same government responsible for those deaths. How do they expect anyone to trust them after this?UN staff are furious — but only off the record, because speaking publicly gets you punished. They say the appointment feels like a slap in the face, a reminder that the UN’s internal justice system is a joke. Whistleblowers get crushed. Insiders get protected. Investigations disappear. Promotions happen quietly. And the public never hears a word. UNICEF hasn’t explained anything. No statement. No reassurance. No acknowledgment of the investigation. Just silence — another institution that is above any international scrutiny obviously.UNICEF’s credibility depends on neutrality, on trust, on the belief that its leaders aren’t serving any government’s agenda. Putting a zionist with these allegations in charge of the Washington office tells the world exactly how little the UN thinks of its own standards.It’s disgusting. It’s reckless. It's deplorable. It's maddening. Just more proof international law is a damn farce.We are a fully reader - and subscriber - supported publication. We feature citizen journalists unapologetically. Help us grow and fuel honest, citizen journalism by becoming a paid member. Get full access to Manufacturing Dissent at mandissent.com/subscribe