‘Made in the West’ genocide taking place in Gaza: UN special rapporteur
Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, has condemned the Israeli military’s forced displacement of staff and patients from Kamal Adwan Hospital, which was northern Gaza’s last medical facility.
“Israel is writing one of the darkest pages in the history of genocides, with “Made in the West” ink,” Albanese wrote on X, alongside a video showing a line of Palestinian men, stripped down to their underwear, walking with arms raised between Israeli battle tanks.
Earlier this year, Albanese published a report that found “reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating the commission of … acts of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza has been met”.
US-funded north Gaza famine report retracted after pressure from Washington: Report
The US-funded Famine Early Warning Systems report that found famine was imminent in Israeli-besieged northern Gaza was retracted after the White House asked for it, US officials told The Associated Press.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) also confirmed to the AP that it had asked the famine-monitoring organisation to withdraw its report, which was issued on Monday.
The report is meant to reflect the data-driven analysis of unbiased experts, and the US is now being accused by aid and human rights figures of more political interference amid the war on Gaza.
The retraction came after public, scathing criticism from US Ambassador to Israel Jacob Lew, who called the report “irresponsible”. An adjusted report is expected to be released in January.
