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I swapped the original article at the request of a mod to from a source deemed more reliable, but to avoid confusion when reading the comment section prior to this edit, here is the link to the original article. I chose the Relief Web source listed by some who commented. Cheers!

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    To report something is to make a finding. You may have an interesting definition of report, but the common usage is about findings. The UN did not make a finding that Israel committed a mass killing. The implication of the title is the UN made a determination which it did not do.

    The UN is calling on Israel to investigate an allegation but it did not make a finding.

    https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/report

    • To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.
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        considering you and I have both agreed the title is misleading. I’m not being pedantic. You understood what I meant, and you have acknowledged it.

        So when the question of what the title actually means came up, it seems like a worthwhile discussion

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          Actually I read it again and changed my mind… wrote you another comment, do check it.

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        Fighting over dictionary definitions is the least interesting type of discussion. That’s why we have dictionaries