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The UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories receives “threats” but does not resign

The United Nations special rapporteur who ruled there are “substantial reasons” to believe Israel has committed multiple “acts of genocide” in Gaza said today she has received “threats” but insisted she does not want to resign. “I have always been under attack, from the beginning of my term” in 2022, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, said in a press conference she gave according to the Athens News Agency. “I'm not saying it's pleasant” and “it happens that I receive threats, but so far no additional precautions have been needed,” added Albanese, whose report was released on Monday. Israel has barred her from entering its territory because it considers her statements to be denying the “anti-Semitic” nature of the October 7 Hamas attack. Albanese has the support of many countries, but has been at the center of a controversy because some observers say her statements to the press are sometimes exaggerated. The Albanese, who […]
Source: News Beast

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