US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced tonight that his country will impose sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories based in Geneva.
Rubio criticized her "illegitimate and shameful efforts to pressure the International Criminal Court to take action against American and Israeli officials, companies and leaders."
The American minister also condemned her harsh criticism of the US. According to him, she recommended that the International Criminal Court (ICC) issue arrest warrants, particularly against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Rubio added that the reporter allegedly engaged in "biased and malicious activities" and accused her of "blatant anti-Semitism and support for terrorism."
According to him, she allegedly sent "threatening letters" to some American companies, making "baseless accusations" and recommending criminal prosecution against those companies and their executives.
Francesca Albanese presented a report to the UN Human Rights Council in July in which she examined "the mechanisms of companies that support Israel's colonial project of displacement and replacement of Palestinians."
In February, she condemned the plan to occupy the Gaza Strip and displace its population, announced at the time by US President Donald Trump, describing the plan as "illegal and completely absurd."
Trump then reaffirmed his desire to take "control" of the war-torn Gaza Strip and reiterated that its residents could move to Jordan or Egypt, despite opposition from those countries and the Palestinians themselves.
"It is illegal, immoral and irresponsible. It is completely irresponsible because it will worsen the regional crisis," said Francesca Albanese, who repeated her accusations of Israeli "genocide" in the Gaza Strip.
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