The U.N. Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, during a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, in Geneva, on March 26, 2024. (Credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
Her name is more often associated with the numerous pressure campaigns against her than with her work as United Nations special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories. Targeted by Israel for years, Francesca Albanese has now become one of the main figures the Trump administration wants to take down. On Wednesday, July 9, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Washington will impose sanctions on the Italian lawyer, though it is still unclear whether the special rapporteur, already banned from entering Israel since December, will be allowed to travel to the U.S. in the future. In a statement posted on X, Rubio singled out the "illegitimate and shameful efforts [of Albanese] to prompt International Criminal Court (ICC) action against U.S. and Israeli officials, companies and executives," asserting that the jurist...
Her name is more often associated with the numerous pressure campaigns against her than with her work as United Nations special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories. Targeted by Israel for years, Francesca Albanese has now become one of the main figures the Trump administration wants to take down. On Wednesday, July 9, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Washington will impose sanctions on the Italian lawyer, though it is still unclear whether the special rapporteur, already banned from entering Israel since December, will be allowed to travel to the U.S. in the future. In a statement posted on X, Rubio singled out the "illegitimate and shameful efforts [of Albanese] to prompt International Criminal Court (ICC) action against U.S. and Israeli officials, companies and executives," asserting that the...
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