UN Expert: Israeli Occupation Responsible For Cruelest Genocides In Modern History

2025-07-03 07:03:35

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) GENEVA, July 3 (KUNA) -- The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory Francesca Albanese said on Thursday, "Israel is responsible for one of the cruelest genocides in modern history."
This came during her presentation of her report "From the Economy of Occupation to the Economy of Genocide" before the United Nations Human Rights Council at its 59th session in Geneva in which she stressed that this genocide "marked an escalatory stage of a long-standing settler-colonial project of erasure one that has targeted the Palestinian people for over seven decades."
Albanese stated that the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory is "apocalyptic" as Palestinians continue to endure "suffering beyond imagination" with official figures counting over 200,000 killed or injured while leading health experts estimate the true toll to be "far higher."
She added that as the cost to the Palestinian people grows Israeli occupation has dismantled "the last function of the UN in Gaza: humanitarian aid" replacing it with the so-called "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" which she described as "a death trap engineered to kill or force the flight of a starved bombarded emaciated population."
She pointed out that the Israeli occupation economy has profited from this genocide noting, "Since October 2023 the (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange) has soared by 213 percent" as Israeli occupation "used the genocide as an opportunity to test new weapons customized surveillance lethal drones' radar systems and other unmanned technology to exterminate a population without restraint."
Albanese called on UN member states to "impose a full arms embargo on Israel suspend all trade agreements and investment relations and enforce accountability ensuring that corporate entities face legal consequences for their involvement in serious violations of international law." (end)
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