‘Grotesque and Delusional’: UN expert slams Israeli envoy for ‘witch’ insult after Gaza report
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, launched a bizarre and personal attack against UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, calling her a “witch” after she presented her latest report detailing third-state complicity in the alleged genocide in Gaza.
Danon’s tirade, delivered before the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, accused Albanese of trying to “curse Israel with lies and hatred.” He claimed, “You are a witch, and this report is another page in your spellbook,” and continued, “Every page of this report is an empty spell, every accusation a charm that does not work because you are a failed witch.”
Albanese’s Rebuttal
Albanese remained unperturbed by the ambassador’s comments, striking back with a strong statement. She said it was “grotesque and frankly delusional that a genocidal state can’t respond to the substance of my findings, and the best thing that he resorts to is accusing me of witchcraft.”
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Playing on Danon’s strange metaphor, she added a powerful retort, stating that if she “had the power to make spells, I would use it not for vengeance, but to stop your crimes once and for all.”
The Controversial Report
The special rapporteur’s report, titled “Gaza Genocide: a collective crime,” examines the responsibility of over 60 countries for allegedly enabling Israel’s actions against Palestinians in Gaza.
Albanese asserted that the horrors in Palestine “are neither sudden nor accidental. They are the culmination of decades of moral and political failure within a resilient colonial world order sustained by a global system of complicity.”
She emphasized that “International law is clear. No state may aid or assist another commit another committing international crimes.” Due to US sanctions imposed earlier this year, Albanese spoke from Cape Town, South Africa, instead of New York.
Her presentation concluded with a strong call for UN member states to push for a permanent ceasefire and the suspension of “all military trade and diplomatic relations with Israel.”
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