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US imposes sanctions on UN Palestinian rapporteur, citing anti-Israel, anti-US campaigns
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
WASHINGTON —The US is imposing sanctions against UN rapporteur on Palestinian rights Francesca Albanese “for her illegitimate and shameful efforts to prompt International Criminal Court action against US and Israeli officials, companies, and executives,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces.
“Albanese’s campaign of political and economic warfare against the United States and Israel will no longer be tolerated. We will always stand by our partners in their right to self-defense,” Rubio tweets.
“The United States will continue to take whatever actions we deem necessary to respond to lawfare and protect our sovereignty and that of our allies,” he adds.
Last month, the Trump administration penned a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urging him to remove Albanese from her post, alleging “virulent antisemitism and support for terrorism.”
Albanese, an Italian national, who regularly accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza and has said that the October 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas must be put in a “context of decades of oppression imposed on the Palestinians,” has come under harsh criticism from both the Biden and Trump administrations.
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