{"id":20088,"date":"2025-07-10T16:23:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=20088"},"modified":"2025-07-10T16:23:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:23:34","slug":"un-gaza-rapporteur-calls-us-sanctions-mafia-like-intimidation-after-icc-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/10\/un-gaza-rapporteur-calls-us-sanctions-mafia-like-intimidation-after-icc-advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Gaza Rapporteur Calls US Sanctions \u2018Mafia-Like Intimidation\u2019 After ICC Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-On Thursday, Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, described the U.S. sanctions imposed on her as &#8220;mafia-like intimidation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"567\" data-end=\"865\">The U.S. State Department announced Wednesday that it was placing Albanese under sanctions, citing her efforts to urge the International Criminal Court (ICC) to take action against the United States and Israel for violating international law during what she called the genocide in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"867\" data-end=\"1026\">In her first response, Albanese appeared to brush off the move, calling it &#8220;mafia-style intimidation&#8221; in a post shared on her Instagram and X accounts:\u201cNo comment on mafia-like intimidation tactics. I\u2019m busy reminding UN member states of their obligations to stop and punish genocide and those who profit from it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1194\" data-end=\"1221\">In another post, she wrote:\u201cItalian, French, and Greek citizens deserve to know that every political act undermining international law weakens and endangers us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19301\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19301 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/966333.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli genocide in Gaza.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/966333.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/966333-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/966333-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In her first response, Albanese appeared to brush off the move, calling it &#8220;mafia-style intimidation&#8221; in a post shared on her Instagram and X accounts:\u201cNo comment on mafia-like intimidation tactics. I\u2019m busy reminding UN member states of their obligations to stop and punish genocide and those who profit from it.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"1364\" data-end=\"1564\">Albanese had earlier on Wednesday called on Italy, France, and Greece to explain why they allowed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2014wanted for war crimes\u2014to fly through their airspace.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1566\" data-end=\"1605\">U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said on X:\u201cToday, I imposed sanctions on UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for her disgraceful efforts to pressure the ICC to act against American and Israeli officials and companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1812\" data-end=\"1994\">Rubio added that her \u201cpolitical and economic campaign\u201d against the U.S. and Israel would no longer be tolerated and that Washington would continue taking all necessary actions.\u201cWe will always stand with Israel\u2019s right to defend itself,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2073\" data-end=\"2203\">Also on Wednesday, the U.S. asked UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres to dismiss Albanese, accusing her of antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2205\" data-end=\"2436\">Since October 7, 2023, Albanese has issued several reports documenting what she has called \u201cIsraeli genocide\u201d in Gaza and has consistently described the Israeli military campaign as one of mass extermination and war crimes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2438\" data-end=\"2665\">In her most recent report released this month, Albanese named over 60 global companies, including major weapons and tech firms, as complicit in supporting Israel\u2019s military actions in Gaza and West Bank settlements.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18618\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/961.jpg\" alt=\"The U.S. State Department announced Wednesday that it was placing Albanese under sanctions, citing her efforts to urge the International Criminal Court (ICC) to take action against the United States and Israel for violating international law during what she called the genocide in Gaza.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/961.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/961-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/961-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli war crimes in Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"2672\" data-end=\"2730\">European MP Proposes Nobel Peace Prize for Albanese<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2732\" data-end=\"2901\">Amid this growing pressure campaign against her, European Parliament member Matja\u017e Nemec on Wednesday proposed Francesca Albanese for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2903\" data-end=\"2992\">In a post on X, the Slovenian MP called for support from fellow parliamentarians, saying:\u201cThrough her statements and reports as UN Special Rapporteur, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/05\/un-extends-francesca-albaneses-mandate-despite-israeli-outrage-over-genocide-criticism\/\">Albanese<\/a> has become the voice of millions demanding sanctions against the Israeli government committing genocide, backed by facts and compelling evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3214\" data-end=\"3325\">He emphasized that unlike Albanese, many Western politicians are complicit in the genocide through silence:\u201cAlbanese is a moral counterweight to the hypocrisy of U.S. and European policies.\u201d\u201cWhile mass killings continue in Gaza and the West Bank, Albanese stands out as 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