Albanese calls for Israel to be expelled from the United Nations
The UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, one of the most critical voices of Israel in international organizations, called on Thursday on his official account on X for Israel to be expelled from the United Nations, something that was shortly after condemned by the Israeli government account on the same social network.
“It is time for Israel to lose its seat at the United Nations,” Albanese said on his social media, using the hashtag #UNseatIsrael.
The Italian also echoed a lA similar call was made two days earlier by his fellow UN rapporteur on the right to housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal, who suggested withdrawing Israel’s participation in the UN “in the same way that was done with apartheid South Africa.”
The official account of the Government of Israel In X he reacted to these calls by assuring that “They come from people who abuse their positions at the UN to justify Hamas’s savagery, promote terrorism, and spread lies and hatred.”
In response to Albanese’s comment, the official Israeli account He called on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, to “remove the rapporteur from the system” and hold her and others with similar charges accountable “be held accountable for their aggressive actions.”
