UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese was hit with global condemnation for her antisemitic remarks, including from France, Canada, the United States, the World Jewish Congress, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation League, Canada’s Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, and United Nations Watch. We call on all other UN member states to speak out against her dehumanizing rhetoric.
BREAKING: 🇫🇷 France condemns UN rep Francesca Albanese for “hate speech and antisemitism,” calls on Human Rights Council to “draw all consequences” from her “failure to respect the minimum rules of ethics and professional conduct of the United Nations system.” #UnseatAlbanese https://t.co/2AblOyKF3V
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 18, 2024
Antisemitism has no place at the UN, especially from those tasked with promoting human rights.
Francesca Albanese's recent remarks, including evoking Nazis, show yet again that she is unfit for any role at the UN. The U.S. has never supported her mandate, and her conduct is… https://t.co/m1KdHdpX8G pic.twitter.com/fqZqn6gVgI— U.S. Ambassador to the Human Rights Council (@USAmbHRC) October 15, 2024
The recent remarks by Francesca Albanese are unacceptable and incompatible with her duty of impartiality, probity and good faith as an independent Special Rapporteur. Antisemitism has no place anywhere.
— Canada in Geneva 🍁 (@CanadaGeneva) October 24, 2024
As a former UN official, as the Special Envoy for Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism, and as a Canadian, I am horrified to see a United Nations Special Rapporteur, Francesca Albanese, engage in Holocaust distortion and inversion. While I recognize the… https://t.co/q1GuIBlByA
— Deborah Lyons (@DeborahLyonsSE) October 23, 2024
I agree with @USAmbHRC . Francesca Albanese has a long history of using antisemitic tropes. It is absolutely baffling to me that the United Nations condones her behaviour and does not remove her from her position. https://t.co/qBNcTO9yzA
— Anthony Housefather (@AHousefather) October 17, 2024
Yet a new apalling antisemitic comment by UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.
Comparing the Nazi "pure race" policy and extermination of the Jews, to Israel's current war of defense, is reprehensible. This is nothing else but Holocaust inversion.
Francesca Albanese is leading an… pic.twitter.com/pi0FD9ZYya
— Daniel Meron 🇮🇱🎗 (@AmbMeron) October 16, 2024
Albanese’s malign fixation on the Jewish state has of late escalated to comparing it to Nazi Germany, mocking the recent tragic deaths of four IDF soldiers, and even demanding that Israel be stripped of its seat at the UN. Her rhetoric reflects a lack of basic decency and… https://t.co/cO63JgC6o1
— William Daroff (@Daroff) October 15, 2024
Comparing #Israel to Nazi Germany is textbook antisemitism – plain and simple.@FranceskAlbs, UN Representative for the Palestinian Territories, once again peddles antisemitic conspiracy theories and proves she is an unfit, partial representative.
We call on the Government of… https://t.co/vvJrii7aJZ
— CIJA (@CIJAinfo) October 15, 2024
At this point, no one is surprised to see @UN Special Rapporteur Albanese expose her deep bias and blatantly use antisemitic tropes like comparing Israel to Nazi Germany. But this is why @ADL requested that @UN_HRC open proceedings to remove her from office.
UN officials should… pic.twitter.com/DsU3uIkdKS
— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) October 15, 2024
UN Special Rapporteur @FranceskAlbs continues to prove how unfit she is for her job.
Not only has she latched on to baseless genocide accusations against Israel and denied the antisemitic nature of October 7, but she has gone a step further with comparisons to the “Third Reich”… pic.twitter.com/rcyfVp2Tsc
— American Jewish Committee (@AJCGlobal) October 15, 2024
UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese’s comparison of Israel to the “Third Reich” and talk of “pure race” ideology is the embodiment of antisemitism, as defined by @TheIHRA. She is a repeat offender in spreading such hate. The fact that she is still in this role is a disgrace. https://t.co/80fc86lz2B pic.twitter.com/LroPKRYH6P
— Simone Rodan-Benzaquen (@srodan) October 15, 2024
The constant statements made by @FranceskAlbs comparing Israel to Nazi-Germany are not only deeply offensive, but a gross distortion of history. This blatant Holocaust inversion and antisemitism weaponizes the tragedy of the Jewish people to demonize Israel.
Such speech by…
— World Jewish Congress (@WorldJewishCong) October 15, 2024
Recent remarks by @FranceskAlbs comparing Israel to the “Third Reich” seeking a “pure race” are appalling and disgraceful as they are a blatant manifestation of Holocaust inversion and antisemitism.
They are an insult to the @UN, an org founded on the ashes on the Holocaust. https://t.co/hqyinvEkMs
— Leon Saltiel (@LeonSaltiel) October 15, 2024
In the past 48 hours, UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese compared Israel to the “Third Reich” and its “racial purity,” mocked Hezbollah’s killing of 4 IDF recruits, and called to “unseat” Israel. All must condemn her for spreading antisemitism and trampling the UN Code of Conduct. pic.twitter.com/PQyngzqXxI
— UN Watch (@UNWatch) October 15, 2024
No,@FranceskAlbs, it's time to unseat YOU from the UN: https://t.co/6FNaka4tFv
When your colleague Miloon Kothari committed the same breach of mandate, the Secretary-General was clear: “Israel is unquestionably a Member State of the United Nations, with the same rights and… https://t.co/x62XMjAX6p
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 15, 2024
Si vous ignorez encore de quoi Francesca Albanese, rapporteuse très spéciale de l’ONU, est capable… Lisez notre « portrait qui fâche »
👁️ https://t.co/6jeHlR2rES https://t.co/msQGwcP9co pic.twitter.com/C01a3iTnoc— Caroline Fourest (@CarolineFourest) October 15, 2024
