UN special rapporteur on Palestinian territories accuses Israel of ‘economy of genocide’

The UN’s special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories issues a report accusing Israel of an “economy of genocide,” and accuses major US and international corporations of ostensible complicity.

“Israel’s settler-colonial occupation has transformed into an insidious, bureaucratic and militarized regime of destruction — a calculated economy of genocide,” writes Francesca Albanese in “From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide.”

Albanese has come under harsh criticism from both the Biden and Trump administrations. She has said that the “Jewish lobby” controls the US, repeatedly compared Israelis to Nazis, rejected antisemitic motivations for Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, blamed Israel for the invasion, rejected Israeli security concerns, condemned Israel’s killing of Hamas terror chief Yahya Sinwar, and denied Israel’s right to self defense, among other inflammatory statements.

Albanese names defense giants Lockheed Martin, RTX Corporation, General Dynamics, BAE Systems and Boeing for their sale of weapons to Israel. She singles out Caterpillar and Hyundai for selling engineering equipment used to demolish Palestinian homes.

Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM and Palantir supply AI platforms, analytics and cloud infrastructure that aid Israeli intelligence gathering, she claims.

She also points at major banks — Bank of America, BlackRock, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase and Barclays — for investing in Israeli bonds, allowing Israel to wage war.

“Ms. Albanese’s report is yet another example of her repeated misuse of her mandate to advance a political agenda rather than to uphold the universal principles of human rights,” the World Jewish Congress says in a statement.

“The report promotes a deeply biased narrative that ignores the complex realities on the ground — including the ongoing threat of terrorism faced by Israeli civilians and the continued captivity of over 50 hostages held by Hamas — and lacks the neutrality, rigor, and fairness expected of any UN report,” WJC adds. “Particularly outrageous is the targeting of companies operating within Israel’s internationally recognized borders, which is a clear attempt to delegitimize the very existence of the Jewish state under the guise of human rights.”