UN official reappointed despite accusations of antisemitism

Controversial United Nations Special Rapporteur connected Palestine Francesca Albanese has been reappointed to the presumption for different three-year term. Multiple countries and organizations person condemned Albanese implicit her past of antisemitic remarks. However, a committee tasked by the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) with reviewing complaints astir Albanese was convinced by her "detailed explanations" that she was not an antisemite.

"We’re talking astir 1 of the world's astir blatant legitimizers of Hamas terrorism, who says virtually that Israel does not person a close to support itself," U.N. Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer told Fox News Digital. "It's a horrible connection connected the authorities of the U.N. today."

United Nations Special Rapporteur connected the Rights Situation successful the Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, looks connected astatine a property league during a league of the UN Human Rights Council, successful Geneva, connected March 27, 2024. ( FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

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U.N. Watch has agelong opposed Albanese and has worked to exposure her alleged violations of the Code of Conduct. On Friday, the enactment submitted a database of statements by governments crossed the globe condemning Albanese’s rhetoric. The statements came from the U.S., France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Israel, Argentina, Germany and the U.K.

Additionally, anterior to Albanese’s reappointment, the U.S. ngo to the U.N. sent a missive to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres opposing the renewal. The ngo besides posted a connection connected X.

"We condemn [Albanese’s] virulent antisemitism, which demonizes Israel and supports Hamas. She has intelligibly violated the U.N.’s Code of Conduct and is unfit for her role. Her reappointment would amusement the [U.N.] tolerates antisemitic hatred and enactment for terrorism," the U.S. ngo to the U.N. posted.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee besides sent a missive to UNHRC President Jürg Lauber expressing its absorption to Albanese’s reappointment. In its letter, the committee said that Albanese’s rhetoric tainted some the U.N. arsenic an instauration and her ain position.

"Ms. Albanese unapologetically uses her presumption arsenic a UN Special Rapporteur to purvey and effort to legitimize antisemitic tropes, portion serving arsenic a Hamas apologist," the House Foreign Affairs Committee wrote.

Special Rapporteur connected the concern of quality rights successful the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, speaks during a property league astatine the European office of the UN successful Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 11, 2024. (REUTERS/Pierre Albouy)

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In usurpation of his ineligible duties nether 8/PRST/2, Lauber did not relay complaints astir Albanese to a committee that Neuer described arsenic "toothless" with a rank made of "Francesca Albanese’s ain champion friends."

In its effect to complaints submitted by U.N. Watch successful June and July 2024, the committee wrote that "some of her tweets whitethorn look arsenic not being successful enactment with the Code of Conduct and whitethorn person been interpreted by immoderate arsenic antisemitic." However, the committee besides said that they were "reassured" by Albanese’s "detailed explanations" that she was not successful usurpation of the Code of Conduct.

UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, gives a property league astatine the UN City successful Copenhagen, Denmark connected February 5, 2025. (Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard via REUTERS )

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Albanese has faced accusations of antisemitism since she took the presumption of peculiar rapporteur successful May 2022. The Anti-Defamation League has a moving database of Albanese’s statements that person been deemed to beryllium antisemitic. Some of the statements day backmost to 2014, astir 10 years earlier her assignment to her existent position.

In February 2024, Albanese was condemned by France and Germany aft saying French President Emmanuel Macron was incorrect to telephone Hamas’ Oct. 7 events "the largest antisemitic massacre of our century." In her response, she said "The victims of 7/10 were not killed due to the fact that of their Judaism but successful effect to Israel’s oppression."

France said Albanese seemed to "justify" the attacks and that her remarks were "all the much scandalous fixed that the combat against anti-Semitism and each forms of racism are astatine the bosom of the founding of the U.N," according to the ADL.