Israel has demanded the resignation of independent UN expert Francesca Albanese, who spoke of the “eradication of the Palestinians” from their lands by means of “genocide”, reported France Press, quoted by BTA.
"According to her hate-filled view of the world, the state of Israel has no historical reason to exist, no right to defend its population, and the attack on October 7, 2023. and rescuing the hostages are just an excuse used by Israel”, the Israeli Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva wrote, a day after the publication of a new report by Albanese, who is the special rapporteur on the state of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
"This distorted reality is a smoke screen to cover up hatred of Israel”, believes the Israeli mission in Geneva, which sees in the Italian lawyer nothing more than a “political activist who abuses her mandate".
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Albanese, who is authorized by the Human Rights Council but does not speak for the United Nations, said that “the genocide of the Palestinian population appears to be a means to an end: the complete expulsion or eradication of the Palestinians from the land. to which so essential a part of their identity is attached and which is illegally and openly desired by Israel.
Yesterday before a committee of the UN General Assembly, she again stated that the events of recent months “reinforce (her) assessment that Israel is waging a campaign of genocide against the Palestinians”.
„Once again, the UN has rolled out the red carpet for one of the most anti-Semitic figures in modern history,” said Israel's ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, addressing Albanese and demanding her resignation.
“I no longer want to have these discussions about the attacks against me because I am not the story. The story is the fact that the Palestinians are in danger of being wiped from their land”, Albanese defended himself at a press conference.
While it is not unusual for UN rapporteurs to be questioned by the country they work for, “in the case of Israel, what is striking is the cohort of countries that echo what Israel says,” Albanese said, referring to “ an army of lackeys“ whose sole purpose is to “distract”.
Israel is not alone in its criticism of Albanese. This week on the network "X" US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield described the expert as “inappropriate for her role”. “The United Nations should not tolerate anti-Semitism from an official associated with the United Nations and committed to the promotion of human rights,”, she added.
This comes as no surprise to Albanese, who denounced the “conflict of interest” of the United States, which is Israel's ally.
The expert, who has been in office since 2022, has long been the subject of fierce accusations of anti-Semitism and calls for her removal from the post by Israel and some of its allies because of her constant criticism and accusations of “genocide&rdquo ;, carried out, according to her, by Israel.
The war in Gaza was triggered by the unprecedented attack by "Hamas" against Israeli territory on October 7, 2023, killing 1,206 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures, including hostages killed or killed in captivity. In response, Israel vowed to destroy the Palestinian Islamist movement, which has been in power in Gaza since 2007. here, and launched an offensive that has killed 43,163 Palestinians, most of them civilians, according to the Health Ministry of the Hamas government. - data that the UN considers reliable, notes France Press.