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Francesca Albanese

UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese in Cape Town, South Africa, October 28, 2025. (Rodger Bosch/AFP)
May 28, 2026, 5:42 am
US reimposes sanctions on anti-Israel UN rapporteur, one week after dropping them
Resumption of measures reverses federal judge’s earlier ruling that said blacklisting of Francesca Albanese likely violated her free-speech rights
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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)
May 21, 2026, 11:39 am
US Treasury removes anti-Israel UN envoy Francesca Albanese from sanctions list
A week after federal judge nixed Trump administration’s sanctions on firebrand UN special rapporteur on free speech grounds, she is quietly taken off list of sanctioned individuals
By Agencies and ToI Staff
UN Special Rapporteur in the West Bank and Gaza Francesca Albanese speaks at a press conference in Geneva on September 15, 2025. (Fabrice Cofrini/AFP)
May 14, 2026, 12:16 pm
US federal judge blocks Trump’s sanctions against anti-Israel UN envoy Albanese
Judge says measures against Francesca Albanese violate her 1st Amendment rights, after US imposed measures on her last year for ‘political and economic warfare’ against US, Israel
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Israeli officers bring Spanish flotilla activist Saif Abu Keshek to a court in Ashkelon on May 5, 2026. (Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)
May 7, 2026, 7:37 pm
Spain summons Israeli envoy to protest detention of Spanish flotilla activist
Latest diplomatic clash comes after Israel detained Spanish-Palestinian Saif Abu Keshek, saying he is a leading member of a group accused of being affiliated with Hamas
By AFP and ToI Staff
UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese talks to The Associated Press at the Sarajevo airport in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Thursday, July 10, 2025, on her way to events commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
February 27, 2026, 1:11 am
Family of anti-Israel UN rapporteur Albanese sues Trump over sanctions
Lawsuit claims Italian diplomat Francesca Albanese’s family is ‘part of the national community’ because her daughter was born in US
By Luke Tress and Reuters
UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese talks to The Associated Press at the Sarajevo airport in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Thursday, July 10, 2025, on her way to events commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
February 14, 2026, 2:28 pm
Artists for Palestine sends letter backing UN’s anti-Israel rapporteur Albanese
Mark Ruffalo, Javier Bardem among those supporting figure with history of antisemitic statements who is facing calls from EU governments to quit over comments calling Israel ‘the common enemy’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese looks on at the end of a press conference on the human rights situation in Gaza in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 15, 2025. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
February 13, 2026, 7:52 pm
UN rights office ‘worried’ after calls for anti-Israel rapporteur Albanese to resign
Czech Republic joins other European nations in demanding resignation, accuses independent expert of referring to Israel as ‘common enemy’ of humanity, which she denies
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese, during an Al-Jazeera forum, February 8, 2026. (X)
February 11, 2026, 11:01 pm
France calls on UN rapporteur Albanese to resign over ‘common enemy’ Israel remarks
Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot condemns ‘outrageous’ comments made at Doha forum; Albanese rejects ‘manipulation’ of her sentiments on general foe of humanity
By AFP and ToI Staff
United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese looks on at the end of a press conference on the human rights situation in Gaza in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 15, 2025. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
December 29, 2025, 11:44 pm
Georgetown University drops UN’s Albanese due to US sanctions
Washington, DC, university mum on decision but scrubs website of affiliation with special rapporteur for the Palestinians after more than 10 years
By Luke Tress
People march behind a banner reading "Against the war maneuver, for wages, pensions and social rights" during an anti-Israel demonstration amid a one-day strike in Genoa, Italy on November 28, 2025 (Piero CRUCIATTI / AFP)
November 28, 2025, 10:25 pm
Flights, trains canceled in Italy as activists rally against government’s Israel support
Thunberg, UN’s Albanese join the one-day general strike against so-called war budget; activists block access to Italian defense company offices, are dispersed by water cannon
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Zohran Mamdani speaks during a victory speech at a mayoral election night watch party, November 4, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
November 5, 2025, 1:12 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 5: Day 761 – Avowedly anti-Zionist, NYC’s new mayor Mamdani has Jews on edge
New York correspondent Luke Tress explains concerns as the young, socialist politician takes office, and delves into the strangely relevant antisemitic ‘Jewish spiders’ trope
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Luke Tress
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)
November 5, 2025, 2:56 am
UN’s Albanese posts cartoon echoing age-old anti-Jewish spiderweb trope
Investigator’s office says comic depicts a ‘net,’ not a web, and denounces antisemitism; Holocaust museum calls graphic ‘unconscionable’
By Luke Tress
Employees of United Nations agencies hold placards in front of the UN Offices Geneva, on September 18, 2025, to honor the memory of the 370 UN employees killed in Gaza, calling for the end to the Israel-Hamas war. (Elodie Le Maou/AFP)
September 19, 2025, 7:00 am
US, Israel dispute UN staffers’ impartiality on Gaza war as latter protest outside Geneva HQ
Documents show Israeli and US diplomats objected to briefing that thousands of United Nations employees held with anti-Israel special rapporteur accused of antisemitism
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian Territories, speaks to journalists in Rome, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/ Gregorio Borgia)
September 15, 2025, 8:14 pm
IDF using ‘unconventional weapons’ to make Gaza City ‘unlivable,’ says UN’s Albanese
Anti-Israel rapporteur accuses international community of complicity in ‘ethnic cleansing’; Israel’s mission to the UN rejects remarks
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Palestinians, gives a statement in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on July 10, 2025 (Jure Makovec / AFP)
September 9, 2025, 10:05 am
US pro-Israel Christian groups sue UN’s Albanese over ‘malicious lies’
Federal court lawsuit alleging defamation says UN rapporteur for the Palestinians falsely accused nonprofits of complicity in war crimes, crimes against humanity, apartheid
By Luke Tress
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