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Francesca Albanese, the UN Rapporteur on Palestine, is described as having said that America is controlled by the Jewish lobby. The speaker claims that on October 7 she defended Hamas, stating there was a context, and that she has been repeatedly echoing “the worst blood libels against Israel” on Twitter. The speaker further alleges that Albanese is “the leading purveyor of the genocide libel,” and says they are “fighting back” by exposing her and her hateful remarks.
The speaker claims Albanese has become the first UN rapporteur in history to have been condemned by multiple countries, including France, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, the UK, Argentina, Hungary, the US, Latvia, Estonia, and other countries, and argues that “each condemnation matters.” The speaker says they led a campaign that collected 120,000 signatures, including people at the event, for a petition asking Secretary Rubio to take action after the United Nations failed to act.
The speaker states that Secretary Rubio announced, for the first time in history, that the United States would sanction a UN official on July 9. The speaker says Albanese was sanctioned by the United States as a result. The speaker describes the sanctions as including a ban on Albanese’s entry into the United States. The speaker also claims that Albanese cannot use a bank card or a debit card, and cannot receive a payment. The speaker reports that Albanese said the sanctions are devastating, and quotes the speaker’s response as “very good, very good,” describing the sanctions as sending a message of deterrence.
After the sanctions, the speaker claims additional consequences occurred. The speaker says they got Albanese’s husband, who works for the World Bank, who “shares in her incitement.” The speaker states that he was demoted from his position at the World Bank for incitement to hate. The speaker also claims that after Albanese was sanctioned, Navi Pillay, the head of the Commission of Inquiry against Israel, resigned. The speaker adds that they heard Albanese has family in the United States and that she was afraid the sanctions would prevent her from entering, leading her to resign.
Overall, the speaker presents the sanctions against Albanese as unprecedented and connected to international condemnations and the petition campaign, and portrays the follow-on actions involving her husband and Navi Pillay as linked to her remarks and the consequences that followed.