Albanese: Support for Israeli occupation policies later turned into genocide.

The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Palestine, Francesca Albanese, stated that the support of some countries for Israel's policies regarding occupation and settlement has subsequently turned into genocide against the Palestinian people.

This was said in a speech on Tuesday via video conference during a meeting of the Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee (Third Committee) of the United Nations at the organization's headquarters in New York.

Albanese added that she was unable to attend the UN meeting in person due to the sanctions imposed on her by the United States.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last July that sanctions were imposed on Albanese, who documented the Israeli genocide against Palestinians in Gaza in several reports and called for accountability for those involved.

She pointed out that there are more than 240,000 Palestinians killed or injured due to Israeli attacks on Gaza, while thousands remain missing, either under the rubble of homes or inside Israeli prisons.

Israel began a genocide in Gaza on October 8, 2023, which lasted for two years, resulting in the deaths of 68,531 martyrs and injuries to 170,402 others, ending with a ceasefire agreement that came into effect on October 10.

This agreement was reached between Hamas and Israel with the mediation of Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey, and under the sponsorship of US President Donald Trump.

In parallel with the genocide in Gaza, Israel intensified its seizure of Palestinian lands in the West Bank and the attacks by settlers on Palestinians there, according to Albanese.

She went on to say: These horrific events are not an aberration, but rather the culmination of decades of moral and political failure in a colonial global system managed through a framework of global complicity.

Additionally, the UN Rapporteur noted that many countries have armed, funded, and protected Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories through illegal actions and deliberate neglect.

She indicated that "these practices have led to the transformation of colonial settlement into genocide, which is the greatest crime committed against the Palestinian people."

Over two years of the genocide in Gaza, the escalation by the Israeli army and settlers in the West Bank resulted in the deaths of 1,062 Palestinians and injuries to about 10,000 others, in addition to the arrest of more than 20,000 people, including 1,600 children.