UN special rapporteur calls for immediate sanctions against Israel over Gaza genocide
Condemning catastrophe in Palestine and taking action
against Israel is not a political issue, it is a matter of humanity, says
Francesca Albanese
Senhan Bolelli |24.06.2025 - Update : 24.06.2025
MADRID
The UN special rapporteur,
Francesca Albanese, Tuesday called for sanctions against Israel without further
delay, citing its actions in Gaza as genocide and one of the darkest chapters
in history.
During a series of official
meetings in Madrid, including with representatives from several political
groups in the Spanish Parliament, Albanese said that global inaction must end
and that measures against Israel are a matter of human decency, not politics.
“Condemning the catastrophe in
Palestine and taking action against Israel is not a political issue, it is a
matter of humanity,” she told journalists.
Albanese described the
violence and oppression by Israel in Palestine as long-standing and called for
a decisive international response.
“The time has come to
implement a complete halt of diplomatic, economic, and financial relations with
Israel—not just as an act of solidarity, but also as a preventative measure,”
she stated.
She accused Israel of
violating international law with impunity, saying: “Israel is writing one of
the darkest chapters in its history in Gaza. Once we understand what it has
done, we will be ashamed—but it will be too late.”
Albanese also criticized the
“Gaza Humanitarian Aid Fund” created by the United States and Israel, arguing
that it fails to meet the real needs on the ground.
“This is a rejection of
humanitarian aid,” she said.
“This is one of the most
brutal experiments I have ever witnessed. This is not aid. Palestinians call it
‘The Hunger Games.’ They are killing people who are on the verge of starvation,
and there is a clear solution to this: states must break the blockade. We must
send humanitarian aid by ship. Stopping the genocide is our responsibility.”
Rejecting international calls
for a ceasefire, the Israeli army has pursued a brutal offensive against Gaza
since October 2023, killing nearly 56,000 Palestinians, most of them women and
children.
Last November, the
International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes
and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide
case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.
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