The twisted reasoning of Francesca Albanese, who serves as special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, is that Israel as a sovereign nation has no right to defend itself against Hamas.
Albanese, who has a long history of anti-Israel bias, brings the already antisemitic UN to a new low. In her thinking and in that of others who support Hamas, Israel must simply put down its weapons and allow its citizens to be savaged and its nation-state to be destroyed. No other nation on earth would be expected to do this. The darkest antisemitism continues to manifest itself globally. Despite the thinking of many, an Islamic jihad is being waged against Jews and Israel.
“UN Official Says Israel Has No Right to Self-Defense,” by Charles Hilu, Washington Free Beacon, November 7, 2023:
A U.N. official argued Saturday that Israel does not have a right to self-defense against Hamas under international law.
Francesca Albanese, who serves as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights’s special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories, argued on X Saturday that “self-defense” has a narrow meaning under Article 51 of the U.N. charter. That definition, she said, does not give the Jewish state the right to self-defense against Hamas because the threat stems from an armed group within “occupied territory” and not “another state.” Thus, “under Int’l Law Israel’s actions in Gaza cannot qualify as self-defense,” Albanese said.
“Under Art 51, use of force in #SelfDefense is permissible solely to repel an armed attack by another State,” Albanese said. “Threats from armed groups from within occ. territory give state the RIGHT TO PROTECT ITSELF, but not to wage war against the state from which the armed group emanates.”
Albanese has also said that Israel’s actions in Gaza are “criminal.”
“The attacks are clearly indiscriminate, disproportionate and violate the principle of precaution,” she said in an interview with the Guardian published Tuesday. “One cannot bomb hospitals hosting hundreds of patients and sheltering thousands of refugees. Sorry, we need to look for another solution, and not to bomb hospitals. Absolutely not. This is criminal.”
The day after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack that killed more than 1,400 Israelis, mostly civilians, Albanese said she was “horrified by the narrative” that focused outrage on Hamas for the attack. She also condemned Israel’s “militarized settler colonial occupation” and violence against “defenseless Palestinians.”
A spokesman for Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said Albanese’s comments are not representative of the U.N.’s position.
“The Special Rapporteur is independent and makes her own assessment,” the spokesman told the Washington Free Beacon. “Israel has legitimate security interests, in respect of which all measures taken must comply with international law, we therefore focus on conduct of hostilities and compliance with International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law.”….
Jack Reynolds says
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Hoi Polloi says
Yet another reason to abandon the UN and force them off US soil. The line should have been drawn at sex with children.
FYI says
Of course Israel has a right to defend itself.
“UN official”:usually Lefty Socialists overpaid for the useless work they do.
“Ethnic Cleansing”?Israel is at war with HAMAS and HAMAS like to use children.
The Israelis are not necessarily at war with Gazans although it is promoted as such by the utterly corrupt leftist media.
Albaneses is all into Human Rights apparently:so how about the KIDNAPPED ISRAELI CHILDREN’s rights ms lefty lawyer?I mean don’t they have ..human rights?
“Defenseless palestinians”:but what about defenseless Israeli Children?
That’s different.
A Lying Lefty Legal Hypocrite.Truly we live in a moronocracy.Nothing good comes from the UN and UN officials are a joke.
Walter Sieruk says
Francesca Albanese had, by that statement, exposed her ignorant and warped mindset.
For in reality the government officials of the Jewish State of Israel do have every right to use of the power military force against that murderous Islamic terror entity, Hamas. That is a very important and necessary action of self-defense.
As the former US President James Monroe, had rightly and wisely, in a speech declared, “The right of self -defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and individuals.”
Walter Sieruk says
The appropriate ,fitting and right way that this appalling and horrific murderous and destructive jihad entity , Hamas, should be dealt with defeated and even destroyed is to hit it hard , hit it long and keep on hitting it with strong powerful forceful military strikes until it’s unable to raise up again with its ugly , vicious and deadly jihad Islamic head.
Transmaster says
Why should anyone be surprised that an European, in Francesca Albanese case an Italian, would be an anti-semitic. Wasn’t it jews who killed Jesus. For 2000 years Jews have been the scapegoat for everything bad in Europe, and the Slavic states. Your bread didn’t raise it was a Jews fault, a epidemic, they would find and kill a Jew for cause. There is a reason why Jewish people became diamond merchants. When you heard a howling mob coming for you and your family you could pocket enough diamonds in the time you had to escape with your family to someplace safer, gold was too heavy. A few short decades in not going to change the mindset of 2 millenia.
somehistory says
Any nation which had an army not connected with the government of said nation, which attacked the citizens of the nation, slaughtering thousands of innocent babies, children, etc., would be in the right to go after members of the army. To do less, would be to ignore the threat to the innocent citizens.
This woman is an idiot. The world is full of idiots, and many have high positions with high pay, telling the rest of us what’s right and wrong.
“Woe to those putting bad for good, bitter for sweet and darkness for light.”
Hank says
“A U.N. official argued Saturday that Israel does not have a right to self-defense against Hamas under international law.”
Francesca Albanese and her peers have extensive experience in applying the same princip to Italy, France and other EU nations. Her argument is easily applied to her own country.
Just fill in your own non-Muslim country name.
“A U.N. official argued Saturday that Europe does not have a right to self-defense against illegal Muslim migration under international law.”
tgusa says
We know what islam says regarding women. Well, islam is right about Francesca Albanese. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
medaber_emet says
hii all
i watched the interview Francesca albanese gave to Owen jones, After 8 minutes of hearing so many lies, nonsense and horse shit, I couldn’t take it anymore. This woman is a representative of Hamas. She may have an Italian accent but she definitely represents Hamas. Israel should continue to attack Gaza relentlessly and mercilessly, without hesitation and with great determination
Until Hamas is defeated and the Palestinians are on their kneesbegging for their lives, then they should be exiled to South Lebanon and told clearly and unequivocally that although we should not have had mercy and spared their lives and that now we have mercy on them and we are giving them one last chance to start being human and now they have the responsibility to fight Hezbollah and keep the peace. And if they don’t keep the peace, their punishment will be death
arent they keep saying that they love death more than we love life ?
medaber_emet says
by the way The pendant on her neck in the interview is the word love in Arabic so I can conclude that she most likely has an Arab boyfriend who put his dick in her