Public sentiment is largely unfavorable towards the US sanctions against Francesca Albanese, with many viewing her as a courageous advocate for human rights and the sanctions as an attempt to suppress free speech. While a notable minority supports the sanctions, accusing her of bias, the overwhelming majority express outrage and concern over the hypocrisy of the US government regarding human rights. This division highlights significant tensions surrounding accountability and the role of the UN in global politics.

Francesca Albanese

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I mean she literally wants to remove Hamas from the terrorist designated organizations list, she is not to be taken seriously

RecordEnvironmental4

Leaving aside the conflict for a moment - she's incredibly unprofessional and biased. This is a UN rapporteur,  which is meant to symbolise fair judgment and neutrality. None of her comments indicated nuance or in-depth analysis. She was a horrible pick to begin with and discredits the UN further.

KLei2020

Israel’s actions should absolutely be scrutinized. But if a Palestinian tripped while hurling a rock at an Israeli child, Francesca Albanese would blame the ground and accuse Israel of putting it there.

Amoxychillen

Quackethy

Of course she thinks that, she blames everything on Jews.

The UN should be disbanded for their blatant anti-semitism

NegevThunderstorm

The unofficial Hamas spokesperson at the UN. Fuck her.

Mental_Sun_9455

Good. These pro-hamas clowns like her shall learn their lesson

a1289a

Better_Cauliflower63

Francesca acts like a lawyer representing all Palestinians defendants, Hamas or not, in the court of law. Is that her role?

You know how shameless lawyers can be when defending their guilty clients for the press and against witnesses on the stand? That is the job of the defense lawyer, and yet that is exactly how Francesca behaves even though I'm pretty sure she is supposed to be neutral.

c0mputar

Hey, I used this line of defense as a school kid, too!

Feels good to be as eloquent as a well-known lawyer.

Oh, wait.

ganbaro

soap_and_waterpolo

Rossum81

Punishing everyone who opposes their agenda of accumulating unlimited power should frighten us all.  We are all in danger from being targeted.

Tub_floaters

I mean, it's interesting that she was sanctioned hours after making the determination that major companies which funded the war crimes perpetrated by the Israeli government could be prosecuted under international law. 

It's also interesting how everyone (bots) label her an antisemite, without explaining how and why she is one. It's almost like if you're critical of Israel's Trump friendly government, all the sudden you hate Jewish people. Which is weird for me as a Jewish person who disagrees mightily with the conduct of the Israeli government.

MargraveVIII

Manboobsboobman

Karlzbad

The U.S. is essentially a partner in Israel's genocide of Gaza.

traanquil

ALittleBitOffBoop

But - but the US gov doesn't answer to the UN.. They only answer to mr combover yayahu. 

It's no coincidence - they first sanction the ICC, right after his first visit to the new US pres, now her during this visit. It's evident the trump administration is doing his dirty bidding. It's not enough that they break international law. They need to bury it.

gonna-see-riverman

The US is among the last countries that should be trying to play world police, embarrassing

MultipolarityEnjoyer

A little bit more attention on US complicity than they wanted I guess? Oops, too late. Israel is already too far down the road the National Party of South Africa paved for them. Almost like a Streisand effect; the more they try to suppress the worse the symptoms get.

clowncollege

Finally taking action against the dishonest warmongers

GaryGaulin

The free people of the world charge Marco Rubio with crimes against humanity, aiding and abetting genocide. May he be tried and punished according to the law when found guilty as there is extremely exorbitant evidence.

Appropriate_Tie_8180

You don't have to support Israel to know Francesca Albanese is a bad person.

* In July 2014, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese fundraised for her former employer UNRWA by posting that America is “subjugated by the Jewish lobby.”

* Also in July 2014, Albanese posted a message addressed to the BBC that “the Israeli lobby is clearly inside your veins” and spoke of an Orwellian nightmare caused “once again by Israel’s greed.”

* In January 2015, immediately following the Charlie Hebdo terror attack, Albanese posted an article from Iranian state-owned media PressTV with the title “CIA and Mossad carried out the Paris attack.”

* In November 2022, Albanese told a Hamas conference: “You have a right to resist.”

* On October 7th, 2023, as the Hamas massacre was still unfolding, Albanese minimized the atrocities by posting: “Today’s violence must be put in context.”

* Since the October 7th massacre, Albanese has systematically whitewashed Hamas’s atrocities.

* Albanese denied that the October 7 Hamas massacre was the worst antisemitic attack on Jews since the Holocaust, instead justifying it as a “reaction to Israel’s oppression.”

* In July 2024, Albanese endorsed comparing the Prime Minister of Israel to Adolf Hitler.

* In October 2024, Albanese compared Israel with the “Third Reich” and its “pure race” laws.

[Francesca Albanese in Her Own Words](https://www.adl.org/resources/article/francesca-albanese-her-own-words)

Anyone who praise Hamas is not a good person, you can recognise Israel genocide Gazan without supporting Hamas.

Tattletail_Media

The US has a huge problem with who pays for what. Just as the US should public disclose who is funding their election campaigns via a patch system like sports people with sponsorship, the UN should too. 


In which case Albanese would have a large Qatar flag, a smaller Iran flag, and for unknown reasons a smaller again black Islamic Jihad flag. 

Go0s3

The UN is nothing. It has failed to do anything worth note and has no real power without the US. Nothing more than a copy of the league of nations. Disband it and be done with it.

Key-Celery-6123

Why would we remove sanctions on someone who clearly supports Hamas? They're a terrorist organization.

ImperatorEternal

Cool, what's her opinion of China's decades-long cultural genocide in Tibet?  Can't say anything because she doesn't want to get on China's bad side?  Or it's beneath her notice because no Jews are involved?

shoesofwandering

She deserved it! The whole world should sanction her

Trick-College-1603

I advise all the keyboard warriors if r/unitednations to read her report, look at her other work, and look into to the specific UN officials and oppointees who comissioned her report. 


Before you come in swinging, acquire an informed opinion based on something besides antizionist ideology, conspiracy theory or post-truth games. It will take you just 20 minutes at most to gain a minimal usable understanding. 


She is a disgrace to the United Nations as an idea. So is the HRC committee that comissioned here. 


I mean that literally.  You guys are participating in the process of degrading the UNs credibility and integrity to the point that it will actually be dissolved. 


...go a step beyond vibes. Read the actual report.

Golda_M

Gee the woman who write a report on the Israel “genocide” that didn’t mention October 7th or Hamas once? Useful idiot at best.

Pure_Salamander2681

dberis

None of those people are independent or authoritative voices. These are the definition of fringe voices. The UN outside of the security council is irrelevant.

Any claim that the Israeli actions in Gaza are genocide is antisemitic and can be discarded without further response.

Props to the US for finally calling out the UN and its blatant antisemitism

FreudianSlip48

No no no no no no Are ya hearing me 🇺🇦💙💛

still-on-my-path


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On a totally un-related note...

Let's discuss Trump's raping people's 13 year old daughter's and the Epstein files...

Zazen_Satori_Gaming

&gt;Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked the move to her support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), some of whose judges have already been sanctioned by the US.

I want my country back.

dremonearm

Marxian_factotum

**"Albanese holds a** [**law degree**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_degree) **with honours from the** [**University of Pisa**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pisa) **and a** [**Master of Laws**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Laws) **in** [**human rights**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights) **from** [**SOAS University of London**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOAS_University_of_London)**.**[^(\[4\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Albanese#cite_note-ohchrbio-4) **She is an Affiliate Scholar at the** [**Institute for the Study of International Migration**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_the_Study_of_International_Migration) **at** [**Georgetown University**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown_University), a senior advisor on Migration and Forced Displacement at the non-profit Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development

In December 2022, **sixty-five(!)** scholars of **antisemitism**, the **Holocaust**, and [**Jewish studies**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_studies)[^(\[42\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Albanese#cite_note-42)[^(\[43\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Albanese#cite_note-43) stated: "It is evident that the campaign against \[Albanese\] is not about combating today's antisemitism. It is essentially about efforts to silence her and to undermine her mandate as a senior UN official reporting about Israel's violations of human rights and international law."[^(\[7\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Albanese#cite_note-:0-7) ^(")

  
JFC

HengeFud

American democracy is dying before our eyes. In the meantime they think they can tell the world what to do. I suspect their approach will have a short shelf life.

Concentrateman

At the same time, the US is removing Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham from its list of designated terror organizations, even as it is led by the founder of Al-Qaeda in Syria and former deputy head of ISIS, Abu Mohammad Al-Jolani, who is now in charge of Syria.

This is what a rogue state the US has become.

Allies itself with those who do actual terrorism, sanctions those who shine a spotlight on terrorism.

YeeticusFTW

Objective_R_549

What kind of sanctions? Aside from keeping her out of the US, which I'm assuming she wouldn't want to go to anyway, what else could he do?

gnomie1413

The US would sanction Reddit if they could

VladtheInhaler999

Trump really wants to build his big beautiful French Riviera of the Middle East with US taxpayers money and needs Netanyahu to level Gaza to get all the people out.

CAM6913

Trumpet the pedo raping 13 year olds, having the partner in crime murdered in a jail cell and stealing an election with other partner in crimes to suppress the evidence. Crazy times. 8647

Master-Culture-6232

This is why cash is king and digitalization is a scam. Don't let them take everything from you at the push of a button.

commy2

p2dan

"Rubio said the US was sanctioning Albanese for directly engaging with the ICC in its efforts to prosecute American or Israeli nationals, accusing her of being unfit for service as a UN Special Rapporteur."

Both parties are trying to stamp out any resistance to our role in the genocide, but I don't think this is about Israel at all.

If you don't fight back against accountability for Israeli officials for murdering thousands of women and children now, you weaken your position for when someone eventually wants to come after YOUR war criminals. And we have... a lot of those. In red and blue.

plightro

Nobody is saying here that a UN expert has been sanctioned while trying to do her job and she has rightfully called Israel's actions a Genocide.

OurLifeinBoxes

mkawasd

As expected, worldnews commenters say this is totally justified and reasonable

Fantastic-Video6426

She should be nominated for the peace Nobel price...at least

Much-Bluebird-8457

Sanctioning a person for making statements or reports is not a good look at all.

Besides, I had been ignoring what she was saying until now... A classic example of the "Streisand effect."

But I guess it's also meant as a warning to others.

I read that Israel is paying for a PR/counter-information campaign against Albanese, which will also make it difficult to find accurate information.

Hydrargyrum201

All those leftier than thou types who screamed that they couldn't possibly vote for Harris because she was just as bad as Trump... Any second thoughts or regrets yet? 


Biden lifted Trump's sanctions on ICC, he never punished the UN for pointing out the genocide was a genocide.


Go ahead and tell me how that and the Trump first administration's policy of intentionally inflaming tensions in Palestine that directly led to the Octo.er 6th attacks, and how Trump being Bibi's best friend was only as bad as Biden not doing much to stop Bibi. And explain how Harris definitely would have done this sanctioning too .

pingpongballreader

Even if you accept the conclusion that Albanese is anti-Semitic (I do), an administration that loves right wing antisemites sanctioning left wing antisemites is pure hypocrisy. Either sanction both or neither.

mps1729

Not condemning Hamas is a really, really bad look.  It should be mentioned in the first sentence, second at the most.

The videos I have watched, this woman acts like there is no such thing as Hamas.

Big problem.

But Thom Yorke did that (condemned Hamas) and they burned him at the stake even though he criticized Israel.

Zimmy68

Praising war criminals and terrorist who is starving and incinerating millions of people, while sectioning someone who advocates for human rights is diabolical.

Glum-County7218

Primary-Structure-41

This woman is a gem and should be protected at all costs. Truth she speaks is evil to the United States and Israel and they will do anything to silence her. Lord protect her, she now carries a large global target on her back.

cita91

d_repz

Lol the usa loves to keep digging that hole, it’s like they have a fetish for worsening their already abysmal reputation

Talk bad about my master,you're gonna get it.

ForsakenThing2051

Sanctioning human rights while supporting genocide - Trump is the exact opposite of Jesus.

Past_Humor8321

ccalabro

Can't get my head around what is going on nowadays. Seems like a different world.

arab-european

the hasbara bots in the comment section here lool

ss640

Does she have a crypto wallet or funding source? WeChat? 

I’ll be paying her and sending my remittance to the State Department with a 🖕

ausezy

Jargonicles

dragonfrend

Bravo Albanese. Free Palestine. Fuck the Israeli government, and those who embrace their genocidal actions.

Big_Camera963

can we say that Trump's America is as evel as Putin's Russia now? or still not yet?

japusa

I would like to see my country distance itself completely from America. Rot has a way of spreading. The rot needs to stay in America.

FishermanOrnery1602

U.S. has zero respect for basic law.  They treat the world like a cowboy town where the gunslinger with the biggest and fastest gun rules and live by the rule of “might is right”

She spoke the truth and was sanctioned by a Isreali run USA

Ok-Youth-462

Albanese is an antisemitic vile woman who hates Jews and calls for the destruction of Israel. Albanese has never condemned Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis and Iran who support and supply weapons for the destruction of Israel. I hope the Australian government refuses this terrorist supporter a visa.

[deleted]

She talked about AIPAC dictating US foreign policy an now shes antisemtic??? Lol.

More_Net4011

Viva Mrs Albanese!!!  for been loyal to her duties and advocate for justice ..

Familiar_Mine_6402

A badge of honor. I'd wear it with pride.

Taserfaceomega

Jewish people are not a persecuted minority,  especially not in America.

CABJ_Riquelme

"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."

Few-Yak5141

Writing-Mother

Albanese is a lunatic who has been criticised by several countries including Canada, the UK, France, Germany and now the US as well as UN bodies.

People just hate Israel so much, that anyone hating Israel is automatically elevated to deity status, it seems.

OptimisticRealist__

There have been about half a dozen posts on this issue. Someone needs to make a megathread.

zackweinberg

Francesca albanese herself is a disgrace and affront to international justice 
She’s a danger not only to Israeli safety but also to Palestinians themselves but not advocating for removal of the actual problem which is Hamas

CompetitiveHost3723

She is pretty clearly on the absolute anti-israel frontline and should be focused on peace and not jihadism.

TreeP3O

Good. 

Oh her application to this position, she said she had no conflicts of interest. Her husband was an adviser to the Palestinian authority. He authored a report on Israel’s exploitative policies. 

Don’t care how you feel about that report, but you cannot say this was not a conflict that needed to be disclosed. Albanese is fraud but she’s perfect for the antisemitic UN so she’s a perfect vessel without the leadership being stained.

MCRN-Tachi158

I wonder how Palestinians will talk about the gang raping massacre of October 7 to their children? 

Oh right, their children will respond: dad, why didn’t you rape and murder more Jews? Inshallah.

secrethistory1

Thank goodness for the US.  Albanese is a fraud grifter.

Fragrant-Ocelot-3552

She is an antisemitic, Hamas collaborator and should be deemed unfit for service of the UN. You wanna criticize Israel no problem. But time time again she invents or perpetuates blatant lies and disinformation. This is a good thing to get the UN back to the standard the world needs.

Budget-Opportunity68

If any UN employee deserved sanctions, it’s this woman.

justhistory


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One of things that happened before WW2 was Japan withdrawing from League of Nations to avoid condemnations of Invasion of Manchuria

ProbstWyatt3

Just evil people doing evil things to cover up the evil they are doing.

punishedrudd

The cracks in the empire are showing. Not easy to support and fund genocide. So the only solution is to condemn anyone that criticizes you.

Independent_Scene673

Genocide is embarrassing, even for collaborators.

Used_Intention6479

Rubio loves killing children and all other harmful acts to them. Can’t believe we have such criminally grotesque people running America. Sad and dangerous times.

jomtoadwrath

As an American, if forced to choose between Francesca Albanese and Marco Rubio, I'm riding with Albanese any day of the week.

NittanyOrange

If Marco Rubio is punishing you, you’re doing something right.

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The US imposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, condemning her criticisms of Israel's actions in Gaza amid international human rights discussions.

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