Middle East, Albanese: ‘The US wants to intimidate, but I will not remain silent on genocide’

Rome, 11 July (LaPresse) – ‘They want to intimidate me and anyone who tries to tell the truth about the genocide taking place in Gaza, using methods reminiscent of those employed by the mafia. But they will not succeed, because I will continue to do my job with my head held high, calling for the involvement of the International Criminal Court. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu must be tried in The Hague.’ This was stated to Repubblica by Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories. She received news of the sanctions imposed on her by US Secretary of State Rubio while travelling to Srebrenica: ‘I am going to commemorate the victims of that genocide, in the hope that it will serve as a lesson to prevent it from happening again,’ she said. I don't want to comment on this, but I would like to talk about the fact that 60,000 people have been killed in Gaza, including 18,000 children. The news is not about me, but about the attempt to silence allegations of genocide. This is just the latest unfortunate move by the United States after my last report."