The concern from the UN seems reasonable to me. There is already a reputational issue which this fuels. Signwritten car in a busy street in broad daylight? A trusted peacekeeping and aid organisation?
That's not a moral judgement. I have certainly had employment contracts that listed damaging the employer's reputation as an example of gross misconduct.
That's the behaviour of somebody very careless and arrogant, a loose cannon that the UN should publicly get rid of for the sake of its own image.
Whether it's newsworthy is a different question. I don't suppose it would be if it was Fred Bloggs in his council van. But the UN in Tel Aviv, in the context of the ongoing UN investigations? I'd say yes. It's been very widely reported and for the BBC not to do so would be incongruous.
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