UN finally says it paid for Albanese’s anti-Israel lobbying trip
July 14, 2024 by Miriam Bell
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After months of refusing to state publicly who paid for an anti-Israel United Nations official’s politically-centred visit to Australia and New Zealand, the U.N. Human Rights Office told JNS on Friday that the global body paid for the trip in November. Read more
Anatomy of an antisemite
March 29, 2024 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
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Francesca Albanese is at it again, cloaking her Jew-hatred in legalese and justifying it through denial. Read more
Jerusalem denies entry to UN official who blamed Israel for Oct. 7
Israel will bar Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the “occupied Palestinian territories,” from entering the Jewish state, including Judea and Samaria. Read more
Oct 7: Not an international crime to kill soldiers, says UN’s Francesca Albanese
December 24, 2023 by Mike Wagenheim - JNS
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Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur for Palestinian rights, has courted controversy among Israel supporters for her one-sided faulting of Israel for its conflict with the Palestinians and comments she has made which have been widely interpreted as antisemitic. Read more
UN Rapporteur to Hamas gathering: ‘You have a right to resist Israel’
December 1, 2022 by Pesach Benson
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Days after two people were killed in twin bombings of Jerusalem bus stops, a key UN human rights investigator addressing a Hamas-organized event told her audience, “you have a right to resist Israel.” Read more