"US Sanctions UN Human Rights Expert Over Criticism of Israel" [View all]

NOTE: THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP

"The US imposed sanctions on a United Nations expert investigating human rights conditions in the Palestinian territories, escalating a feud after earlier calling for her ouster over allegations of anti-Israel bias.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the sanctions against Francesca Albanese, UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur, were in response to her “campaign of political and economic warfare against the United States and Israel.”

“The United States will continue to take whatever actions we deem necessary to respond to lawfare and protect our sovereignty and that of our allies,” Rubio wrote in a social media post."

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"Albanese, who was appointed to her role in 2022, is a staunch critic of Israel’s war in Gaza. Her statements have sparked controversy, including a social media post last year that said victims of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack were killed because of “Israel’s oppression.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-08/trump-says-he-s-weighing-federal-takeover-of-washington-dc?srnd=homepage-americas

The Bloomberg link has a firewall, but a simple Google search will find other reports.

Isn't that special. A UN representative blaming the VICTIMS of the October 7 massacre, and the lack of her condemnation against Hamas speaks volumes.

Ms. Albanese has a very troubling history of prejudice, not just against Israel, but Jews in general, as her comments on various outlets, and social media platforms reveal.

"The American Jewish Committee (AJC) exposed some of the troubling bias, associations, and prejudices of Ms. Albanese in the following letter:

https://www.ajc.org/news/ajc-letter-to-un-members-on-francesca-albanese-serving-as-special-rapporteur-on-human-rights

The ADL has documented her troubling statements in her own words:

Below are select antisemitic and/or inflammatory categories containing troubling statements from Ms. Albanese included in the link below:

1. Holocaust Distortion, Trivialization and Comparisons to Nazis
2. Conspiracies about Jewish power
3. Demonization and Delegitimization of Israel
4. Denying or Diminishing the Oct. 7th Massacre
5. Justification of Violence
6. Albanese’s Antisemitism Prior to Her UN appointment

https://www.adl.org/resources/article/francesca-albanese-her-own-words