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December 26, 2023

Qatar-run Al Jazeera reports that U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese said that Israel cannot claim the right of self-defense because Israel “occupies” Gaza.

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She is also on record as using anti-Semitic themes such as the “Jewish lobby.”

She has also …compared Israelis to Nazis and accused the Jewish state of potential “war crimes,” and has condoned Palestinian “resistance.”

The Special Rapporteur’s job, according to the United Nations, is as follows:

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The Special Rapporteur is an independent expert appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to follow and report on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. 

The task of the Special Rapporteur is to assess the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, report publicly about it, and work with governments, civil society and others to foster international cooperation. The Special Rapporteur undertakes regular visits or missions to the Occupied Palestinian Territory and reports annually to the Human Rights Council. OHCHR provides the mandate holder with logistical and technical assistance. 

Why does the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur promote a narrative favorable to murderers, truce-breakers, gang rapists, mass shooters, and thieves who steal relief supplies from their own people? Why does she also give Hamas and its cohorts a pass for, per the Simon Wiesenthal Center, “…human rights violations of ‘Palestine’ – in regards to women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights, religious minorities, freedom of speech, press or assembly, unlawful detention, summary trials and executions, extrajudicial killings, incitement of children to ‘martyrdom’, terrorist attacks or bombing of civilians, among others…?”

Action on Communication and the Middle East (ACOM) adds,

In her sad career Albanese has referred to the “Jewish lobbies” with terms more in line with a follower of conspiracy theories than with an international civil servant. She has compared the Israelis with the Nazis. She has supported the BDS movement (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) of antisemitic nature (see the definition of the IHRA, supported by Spain). She has accused the Jewish State of atrocious crimes like Apartheid or genocide. She has referred to organisations related to terrorism as “defenders of human rights”…She has praised Palestinian terrorists like Leila Khaled. She has defended the launching of missiles from Gaza against Israeli civilians. She has publicly praised the Hamas terrorist organisation appealing to the “right to resist”.

The principle of Occam’s Razor says “…if you have two competing ideas to explain the same phenomenon, you should prefer the simpler one.” In this case, there are not even competing ideas; the only conceivable explanation is that Francesca Albanese has a conflict of interest between the U.N. and the pro-Palestinian camp. The fact that I cannot conceive of any other explanation does not mean there isn’t one, but there is ample evidence to support my inference, perception, and opinion.

 Francesco Giubilei reports in The European Conservative, “She reportedly failed to declare that her husband, Massimiliano Calì, previously worked for the Palestinian Authority’s ministry of national economy …Yet her husband Massimiliano Calì’s role was anything but marginal, [having served] as an economic adviser to the Palestinian Authority’s ministry of national economy in Ramallah,” and the article adds that she failed to disclose this as a potential conflict of interest.