Reporter who profiled UN’s Albanese deletes social media after ‘Jewish lobby’ posts surface

A reporter for Politico Europe who profiled UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese, who is known for saying the “Jewish lobby” had “subjugated America,” deletes his X account after his own Jewish lobby comment surfaces.

Albanese has a history of antisemitism and inflammatory rhetoric toward Israel, and is under US sanctions due to her conduct.

Politico Europe published a profile about Albanese and the sanctions yesterday, calling the 2014 Jewish lobby comment “a term that recalled racist theories about global Jewish conspiracies.” The comment was first exposed by The Times of Israel.

UN Watch, a nonprofit watchdog group, finds X comments from the same year by the reporter who wrote the article.

The reporter, Karl Mathiesen, wrote, “Can someone explain the US reluctance to stand up to Israel? Is it the Jewish lobby? How powerful can it be?”

Another user responded with a dollar sign, to which Mathiesen said, “Okay, gotcha. But where exactly does that transaction occur? Banks? Stock markets?”

.@POLITICOEurope Why did you assign a profile of Francesca Albanese—who says the US is controlled by ”the Jewish lobby”—to a guy who wonders if “the Jewish lobby” controls US policy, asking “Where exactly does that transaction occur? Banks? Stock markets?”https://t.co/JsUVknsxBK https://t.co/aqRkoylxBT pic.twitter.com/LOhzgRjk7M

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) April 1, 2026

Mathiesen deletes his account on X after the posts come to light.

Earlier this week, Politico removed a cartoon from its website after the illustration was criticized as antisemitic.