{"id":39629,"date":"2025-07-05T02:20:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T02:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/39629\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T02:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T02:20:07","slug":"u-n-special-rapporteur-francesca-albanese-urges-countries-to-cut-trade-and-arms-ties-with-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/39629\/","title":{"rendered":"U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese Urges Countries to Cut Trade and Arms Ties with Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"651\">A United Nations expert has called on states worldwide to impose an arms embargo and sever trade and financial ties with Israel, accusing it of conducting a \u201cgenocidal campaign\u201d in Gaza. Francesca Albanese, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, described the current situation as \u201capocalyptic\u201d during her speech at the U.N. Human Rights Council.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"653\" data-end=\"695\"><strong data-start=\"653\" data-end=\"695\">Allegations of genocide spark reaction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-263128\" class=\"wp-image-263128 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-06-16T201404Z_656243970_RC2R3FAIDE49_RTRMADP_5_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"albanese and israel\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-263128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palestinians gather to receive aid supplies in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, June 16, 2025. REUTERS\/Dawoud Abu Alkas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"697\" data-end=\"1148\">Albanese\u2019s statement, declaring Israel responsible for \u201cone of the cruellest genocides in modern history,\u201d was met with applause by members of the Geneva council. Israel has strongly denied these accusations, emphasizing its right to self-defense following the deadly Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. Notably, Israel\u2019s delegate was absent from the council session, following a policy to disengage from what it describes as an anti-Semitic biased forum.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-263125\" class=\"size-large wp-image-263125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-06-17T070419Z_184351079_RC254FAJ9QHW_RTRMADP_5_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-1024x719.jpg\" alt=\"albanese and israel\" width=\"1024\" height=\"719\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-263125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB Palestinians react next to people wounded in an Israeli strike while waiting for aid, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, at Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, June 17, 2025. REUTERS\/Hatem Khaled TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1150\" data-end=\"1203\"><strong data-start=\"1150\" data-end=\"1203\">Report names companies supporting Israeli actions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1205\" data-end=\"1599\">The UN expert presented a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/a-hrc-59-23-from-economy-of-occupation-to-economy-of-genocide-report-special-rapporteur-francesca-albanese-palestine-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> listing over 60 companies alleged to be involved in supporting Israeli settlements and military operations in Gaza. Albanese stressed that this was not merely a list but a systemic issue that requires urgent action. She urged states to impose a full arms embargo, suspend trade agreements, and hold companies legally accountable for violating international law.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1601\" data-end=\"1640\"><strong data-start=\"1601\" data-end=\"1640\">Israeli mission responds critically<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-274450\" class=\"size-large wp-image-274450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-02T080125Z_521124301_RC25EFANDR0Q_RTRMADP_5_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"albanese and israel\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-274450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mourners carry the body of a Palestinian, who, according to Gaza\u2019s health ministry, was killed in an overnight Israeli strike on a tent, near Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, July 2, 2025. REUTERS\/Hatem Khaled<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1642\" data-end=\"1886\">Earlier this week, Israel\u2019s diplomatic mission in Geneva condemned Albanese\u2019s report as \u201clegally groundless, defamatory and a flagrant abuse of her office.\u201d This call from the UN expert comes amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tovima.com\/world\/israel-agrees-to-60-day-ceasefire-terms-proposed-by-u-s-president-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent efforts<\/a> by the United States to broker a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, aiming to bring an end to the ongoing violence in Gaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A United Nations expert has called on states worldwide to impose an arms embargo and sever trade and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":39630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[99,50,4851,31689],"class_list":{"0":"post-39629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-israel","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-palestine","11":"tag-un"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114798239639145379","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}