Speaking to MEE Live, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese called on member states to take responsibility for ending Israel's siege of Gaza, rather than leaving it to civilian groups like the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. Her comments follow the seizure of the Madleen aid vessel by Israeli forces early on Monday and the deportation of those on board from Israel detention centres. Amid reports of a land convoy travelling to Gaza from Tunisia to deliver aid, Albanese said "this should not be on

“In an interview with MEE Live, Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Palestine, responded to being sanctioned by Trump’s US government, saying: “Looks like I’ve hit a nerve.”Announcing the sanctions on Wednesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed the Italian lawyer had launched “political and economic warfare against the United States and Israel.”Albanese responded: “They’re hitting me from all over with whatever means they have, instead of doing what I'm asking,

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