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Francesca Albanese
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
April 8, 2025, 3:14 pm
Anger as controversial UN official retains position
Francesca Albanese previously made inflammatory claims about a ‘Jewish lobby’ influencing America
By Annabel Sinclair
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
April 1, 2025, 9:27 pm
OPINION: Fired for fairness, promoted for prejudice – UN’s moral rot exposed once more
As Alice Wairimu Nderitu is cast aside for refusing to label Gaza a genocide, the UN prepares to reappoint Francesca Albanese – despite past antisemitic remarks and mounting international concern
By Daniel Sugarman
Deborah Lipstadt, United States Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, attends a press conference during a meeting of Special Envoys and Coordinators to Combat Anti-Semitism. Credit: John Macdougall/AFP/POOL/dpa/Alamy Live News
January 15, 2025, 10:34 am
Deborah Lipstadt, exiting as US antisemitism envoy, is hoping for the best under Trump
Lipstadt said she believes her office was successful despite the global rise of antisemitism in recent years
By Lauren Markoe JTA
Israeli hostages Almog Meir Jan and Andri Kozlov as the IDF stormed a Gazan residential building to rescue them.
June 12, 2024, 5:25 pm
OPINION: Next time Israel, maybe send Yahya Sinwar a friendly save-the-date card
It was a breathtaking operation, reminiscent of Entebbe. However, not everyone shared in the joy of the hostages' return, choosing instead to criticise Israel for how it rescued them
By Richard Ferrer
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
March 11, 2024, 1:40 pm
‘You will be haunted forever’: UN envoy shames Israeli women on International Women’s Day
'My thoughts also go to the Israeli women, especially the soldiers: what have you done, what have you become. Dears, when you realise it, you will be haunted forever'
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Francesca Albanese speaks at a U.N. forum in New York, May 18, 2018. (Atilgan Ozdil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
February 13, 2024, 10:43 am
Israel bans entry to UN envoy who claimed October was ‘response to oppression’
Francesca Albanese claimed that 'the victims of the October 7 massacre were not murdered because of their Jewishness, but in response to Israeli oppression.'
By JN Reporter
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