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The Trump administration announced on Wednesday it was issuing sanctions against an independent official tasked with investigating human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories, the latest effort by the United States to punish critics of Israel’s 21-month war in Gaza.

The state department’s decision to sanction Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, comes after a recent US pressure campaign to force the international body to remove her from her post failed.

Albanese, a human rights lawyer, has been vocal in calling for an end to what she describes as the “genocide” that Israel is waging against Palestinians in Gaza. Both Israel and the US, which provides military support, have strongly denied that accusation.

Israel has faced accusations of genocide at the International Court of Justice and of war crimes at the ICC over its devastating military assault on Gaza. Albanese’s position has also been backed by leading genocide scholars and rights organisations.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Badge of honour

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What does issuing sanctions against a single person actually do, like functionally? I assume a ban on travelling to the US, but is that it? Is it anything like issuing a fatwa against someone?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

No longer is able to work at the UN HQ (New York, New York).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Destroying sources of data is quite fascist.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Why does the U.S.A. bother with hiding another country's crimes? genuine question

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 minutes ago

I'll never understand why the US does anything with regard to Israel.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

The usa been commiting war crimes for decades nothing new

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

We plan to commit similar crimes in the future, you see?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I would expect nothing less from my piece of shit country. Taken over by MAGAts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It was a piece of shit long before MAGA. It just got tired of pretending otherwise

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The Biden admin already targeted UN officials and the ICC. This enjoys bipartisan support in the US.

There is nothing more beloved to the US oligarchy and their political representatives than committing war crimes and crimes against humanity with impunity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Indeed and as a Sentor during Bush's reign, he also voted for the "Hauge Invasion Act", fuck Biden as well.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2002/08/03/us-hague-invasion-act-becomes-law

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

The Biden admin already targeted UN officials and the ICC.

And this is exactly why absolutely no one should be giving him a pass. He went the extra fucking mile to act as an accomplice.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 day ago

"we don't like the reflection, so we're gonna break the mirror!"

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

Can't have her invesatigating US involvment. She must be a terrorist or something.