As Israel’s deadly onslaught in Gaza continues, any notion of a ceasefire exists in name only, according to Francesca Albanese.
The UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories told a European Parliament hearing on Tuesday, via video link, that relatively few countries have stood up for Palestinians.
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur, said: “The rest have been bending backward and forward to comply with the diktat of the United States, including European countries and (the) European Union.”
The senior UN human rights expert denounced the European Union and the United States for enabling the Israeli regime’s ongoing assault on Gaza.
Albanese is scathing about the US driven plan for Gaza’s future, especially the reconstruction proposals. “The reconstruction plan not only is wrong as it is planned, because it’s planned without the Palestinians and while the bombing and the shooting and the starving are still ongoing, but also because Gaza is a crime scene.”
Francesca Albanese noted that the US-backed UNSC Resolution 2803 enables a US-led governing body in Gaza and resistance demilitarization, effectively repackaging Israeli occupation and apartheid under international cover.
Albanese told the committee that the EU should suspend all ties with Israel except those required to enforce international court rulings against Tel Aviv.
IMAGE CREDIT: Francesca Albanese Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories (UN Image)
[ SOURCE: PRESS TV ]
