The Human Rights Council discusses Item 7 on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory.

The United Nations Human Rights Council held a session today, Thursday, to discuss Item 7, related to the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, as part of its fifty-ninth session.

The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, presented her new report, "From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide," which reveals how the Israeli occupation has transformed into a profit-making system based on cross-border partnerships that include the arms industry, artificial intelligence, and digital surveillance.

Ambassador Ibrahim Khraishi, Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, expressed his gratitude to the Special Rapporteur for her courage and professionalism despite the threats and accusations she faces, emphasizing that those who support the genocidal government are anti-Semitic, not those who expose its crimes.

Ambassador Khraishi said the report complements last year's report on genocide and comprehensively analyzes how the occupation-linked economy has transformed into a genocidal economy, supported by a series of transnational partnerships, ranging from the arms industry to artificial intelligence and digital surveillance. The report attributes this system to what it accurately describes as "racist colonial capitalism," which reproduces the Nakba on a daily basis, using both the tools of the market and force.

He pointed out that more than 200,000 Palestinians have been killed, wounded, or missing in over 20 months, most of them children and women. Meanwhile, the occupation has forcibly displaced nearly two million Palestinians from their homes and destroyed infrastructure in Gaza, in addition to a systematic campaign of killing, arrest, and destruction in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

Ambassador Khraishi called on the international community to assume its legal and moral responsibilities, cease all forms of military and economic support for the occupation, end cooperation with the settlements, and implement international legal obligations, including Article 146 of the Fourth Geneva Convention and the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

He stressed the need to hold war criminals accountable, affirming that the Palestinian people will remain on their land and adhere to their national rights despite all the crimes committed.

The session was attended by numerous international and regional organizations and countries, who affirmed their support for the Special Rapporteur's role and the protection of her charter. They also emphasized the need to uphold international law, international justice, and accountability, achieve a comprehensive and just settlement, and establish a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. They also called for an urgent ceasefire and the delivery of humanitarian aid.

During her presentation of the report, Rapporteur Albanese explained that the Israeli occupation is based on what she described as "racist colonial capitalism," which reproduces the Palestinian Nakba daily, using market tools and military force.

She noted that the occupying power's impunity and the complicity of international parties have allowed it to expand its settlement regime and crimes, and called for an end to economic partnerships with the occupation and for officials implicated in the crimes of genocide to be held accountable.