A UN children's agency official is now under scrutiny after leaked emails suggest he fed confidential UN documents to Israel — bad news for the UN's claim to neutrality.

• Yahav Lipner, head of UNICEF's Washington office, was placed inside the UN in 2014 after Israel's then-ambassador pushed hard to get him hired.
• Leaked 2014–2015 emails show that almost immediately he began passing confidential reports, private meeting notes, and internal correspondence to Israeli officials.
• US diplomat Samantha Power reportedly helped pressure UN officials to hire him, making Israel's access easier than most countries could manage.
• He allegedly helped soften the UN chief's draft remarks to favor Israel and shaped responses to reports of Palestinian teens killed in the West Bank.
• The UN marks documents confidential but has no real enforcement, so leaking carries little risk beyond breaking an honor system.

Outlook: The report piles fresh pressure on the UN over its impartiality, but with Lipner still in his post and no penalties in place, little is likely to change soon.