Francesca Albanese: Gaza ceasefire ‘insufficient’ amid ongoing genocide

• UN Rapporteur says a ceasefire in Gaza is insufficient and calls the situation genocide, not just a war.
• She criticizes Western support for ‘Israel’ and stresses the need to end the occupation, exploitation, and colonization of Palestinian territories.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, warned that a ceasefire in Gaza is insufficient to address what she described as genocide against the Palestinian people.

Speaking to Agence France-Presse, Albanese criticized the proposed ceasefire plan as “entirely inadequate and inconsistent with international law,” emphasizing the need to end the occupation, stop the exploitation of Palestinian resources, and halt ongoing colonization.

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“What is happening in Gaza is not a war but a genocide, as there is a clear intent to annihilate a people,” she said.

UN investigators and human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have documented acts in Gaza that they describe as genocide.

Albanese, who has been under US sanctions since July for her public criticism of ‘Israel’, is set to present a new report to the UN in the coming days. An initial version of her report highlighted Western support for 'Israel’s' actions in Gaza as “the culmination of a long history of Western complicity.”