Israel demands the resignation of a UN expert whom it accuses of anti-Semitism
Israel demanded on Wednesday the resignation of Francesca Albanese, United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, who repeated the day before before a commission of the UN General Assembly that the events of recent months “consolidate [son] assessment that Israel is carrying out 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”denounced in X, after his speech, the Israeli ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, demanding his resignation.
«According to its hate-filled representation of the world, the State of Israel has no historical reason to exist, no right to defend its population, and the October 7 attack and the rescue of the hostages are just an excuse used by Israel »wrote Danon to the UN in Geneva, the day after a new report by the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. “This distorted reality is a smokescreen to hide hatred towards Israel”according to the Israeli mission, which sees in the Italian lawyer only a “political activist” who abuses his mandate.
According to the expert, commissioned by the Human Rights Council, but who does not speak on behalf of the UN, “The genocide of the Palestinian population appears to be a means to an end: the complete expulsion or eradication of Palestinians from the land to which such an essential part of their identity is tied, and which is illegally and openly coveted by Israel.”.
“I no longer want to entertain these discussions about attacks against me, because (…) I am not the story. “The story is that Palestinians are at risk of being erased from their land.”defended the expert during a press conference.
While it is not uncommon for UN rapporteurs to be accused by the country in which they work, “What is surprising in the case of Israel is the cohort of states that echo what Israel says”he added, referring to a “army of lackeys” only intended for “distract attention”.
Israel is not the only one that criticizes M.me Albanian. This week on X, the US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, judged the expert “unfit for his role”. “The United Nations should not tolerate anti-Semitism by a UN-affiliated official committed to promoting human rights.”he added.
