US puts anti-Israel UN envoy Albanese back on list of sanctioned individuals

The United States has re-added Francesca ​Albanese, a UN special rapporteur on the West Bank and Gaza, to a list of sanctioned individuals, according to a notice posted to the US Treasury’s website.

The Treasury Department removed Albanese from the list just last week after a federal judge temporarily blocked the sanctions, finding that US President Donald Trump’s administration likely violated her free-speech rights by imposing the measures.

Albanese, who has long been accused of antisemitism and extremist rhetoric against Israel, was sanctioned by the Trump administration last year for alleged “political and economic warfare” against the US and Israel. As United Nations special rapporteur on the West Bank and Gaza, she has recommended the International Criminal Court pursue war crimes prosecutions against Israeli and American nationals.