U.N. special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, has just presented a new report that finds Israel is committing genocide on
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The report, titled "Genocide as Colonial Erasure," recommends that Israel, like apartheid South Africa, be unseated from the U.N.
As a result, Albanese has been accused of antisemitism by U.S. and Israeli officials, a charge she rejects. "Claiming that October 7 was prompted by antisemitism is a way to
decontextualize history and to deresponsibilize Israel. I condemn Israel not because it's a Jewish state. It's not about that, but because it's in
breach of international law through and through."
Albanese is in New York to present her report, titled “Genocide as colonial erasure,” which finds that Israel’s genocide is founded on “ideological hatred” and “dehumanization” and “enabled through the various organs of the state,” and recommends that Israel be unseated from the United Nations over its conduct. She argues that Israel’s attacks on U.N. employees, including the killings of at least 230 U.N. staff in Gaza, its flagrant violations of U.N. resolutions and international law and the unique status of “the first settler-colonial genocide to be ever litigated before [an international] court” justify this unprecedented measure. Israel’s continued impunity, Albanese warns, “is the nail in the coffin of the U.N. Charter.”
Watch the full interview here:
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/10/31/francesca_albanese
#Israel #Genocide #Palestine #UN
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The report, titled "Genocide as Colonial Erasure," recommends that Israel, like apartheid South Africa, be unseated from the U.N.
As a result, Albanese has been accused of antisemitism by U.S. and Israeli officials, a charge she rejects. "Claiming that October 7 was prompted by antisemitism is a way to
decontextualize history and to deresponsibilize Israel. I condemn Israel not because it's a Jewish state. It's not about that, but because it's in
breach of international law through and through."
Albanese is in New York to present her report, titled “Genocide as colonial erasure,” which finds that Israel’s genocide is founded on “ideological hatred” and “dehumanization” and “enabled through the various organs of the state,” and recommends that Israel be unseated from the United Nations over its conduct. She argues that Israel’s attacks on U.N. employees, including the killings of at least 230 U.N. staff in Gaza, its flagrant violations of U.N. resolutions and international law and the unique status of “the first settler-colonial genocide to be ever litigated before [an international] court” justify this unprecedented measure. Israel’s continued impunity, Albanese warns, “is the nail in the coffin of the U.N. Charter.”
Watch the full interview here:
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/10/31/francesca_albanese
#Israel #Genocide #Palestine #UN
“Genocide as Colonial Erasure”: U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese on Israel’s “Intent to Destroy” Gaza
We are joined by U.N. special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, who says Israel is committing genocide on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Facing accusations of antisemitism from Israeli and U.S.Democracy Now!
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