Georgetown University appears to drop partnership with UN’s Albanese

Luke Tress is The Times of Israel's New York correspondent.

UN Special Rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza Francesca Albanese speaks at a press conference in Geneva on September 15, 2025. (Fabrice Cofrini/ AFP)
UN Special Rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza Francesca Albanese speaks at a press conference in Geneva on September 15, 2025. (Fabrice Cofrini/ AFP)

Georgetown University in Washington, DC, appears to have dropped its partnership with the UN special rapporteur for the Palestinians, Francesca Albanese.

Albanese has been removed from Georgetown’s list of affiliated scholars and her biography page has been dropped from the university website.

Archived web pages show that the changes were made in recent months.

The university does not respond to a request for comment.

Albanese has a history of antisemitism and extremist rhetoric toward Israel.

The US government imposed sanctions on Albanese earlier this year, cutting her off from all financial activity related to the US.

Her removal from Georgetown’s directory was first reported by UN Watch, a watchdog group that campaigns against Albanese.

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