UN Palestine investigator Albanese slams US sanctions on her as 'a sign of guilt'

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UN Palestine investigator Albanese slams US sanctions on her as 'a sign of guilt'  The State Department’s decision to impose sanctions on Albanese followed an unsuccessful US pressure campaign to force the Geneva-based Human Rights Council to remove her from her post.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/07/11/un-palestine-investigator-albanese-slams-us-sanctions-on-her-as-a-sign-of-guilt  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00This is not a sign of power, it's a sign of guilt.

00:02An independent UN investigator and outspoken critic of Israel's military operation in Gaza

00:09has said that it was shocking that the Trump administration imposed sanctions on her but

00:15stood by her view on the Gaza war. Francesca Albanese on Thursday in an interview said that

00:22the powerful were trying to silence her for speaking out for those with little to no power

00:28other than standing and hoping not to die. The U.S. announced the sanctions on Wednesday

00:33as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was visiting Washington to meet with President

00:38Donald Trump and other U.S. officials about reaching a ceasefire deal in the war in Gaza.

00:46Albanese is taxed with probing human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories and has been vocal

00:53about what he described as the genocide by the Israeli military in Gaza. Both Israel and

00:59the U.S. strongly deny the accusations.

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