[News] UN expert urges states to embargo Israel over 'cruellest genocide of modern history'

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 UN expert urges states to embargo Israel over 'cruellest genocide of
modern history'

The UN rapporteur says the US, by enabling Israel’s campaign through
weapons, technology, and political cover, shares responsibility for the
atrocities unfolding in Gaza

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JUL 3, 2025 -
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UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca
Albanese, on 3 July, urged states to sever all financial and trade ties
with Israel and impose a full arms embargo.

She described the situation in Gaza as “apocalyptic,” accusing Tel Aviv of
carrying out “one of the cruellest genocides in modern history.”

Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Albanese said, “What
I expose is not a list, it is a system, and that is to be addressed.” She
went on to present her latest report, which names over 60 companies accused
of facilitating Israeli settlements and military activity in Gaza.

The recommendations were met with applause inside the chamber. Israel’s
delegate was not present, in line with Tel Aviv’s stated policy of
disengagement from the council, which it accuses of antisemitism.

Albanese urged UN member states to halt all arms transfers, suspend trade
agreements with Israel, and prosecute companies complicit in war crimes.
“We must reverse the tide.” She warned that the continued complicity of
states and corporations sustains the conditions for genocide in Gaza and
the occupied West Bank.

Israel’s diplomatic mission in Geneva dismissed the report as “legally
groundless, defamatory and a flagrant abuse of her office” earlier this
week, before the session.

During the session itself, no Israeli response was issued. The mission also
did not reply to *Reuters*'s request for comment on the rapporteur's
remarks.

Israel continues to reject all accusations of genocide in Gaza, citing its
response to the 7 October 2023 attack.

Albanese is one of dozens of independent UN-mandated experts who monitor
and report on rights abuses around the world.

Soldiers’ testimonies
<https://thecradle.co/articles/killing-fields-israeli-soldiers-ordered-to-shoot-unarmed-palestinians-at-ghf-sites>
and a comprehensive report <https://thecradle.co/articles-id/31732> by AP
confirm long-standing accusations that the GHF has militarized food aid
under US-Israeli oversight.

Eyewitness accounts and video evidence show contractors using live
ammunition, tear gas, and stun grenades against crowds of civilians
collecting aid.

Internal documents detail dozens of injuries during each distribution,
while Palestinian families say they are shot at from towers and dirt mounds
as they flee.

Despite denials, AP’s findings show GHF guards operating with impunity in
what one contractor described as “a war zone, not a relief mission.”
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