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Jason's avatar

‘The fact that the United States is imposing sanctions on an international law expert, simply for writing factual reports about Israel’s war crimes and U.S. complicity in them means the U.S. is fully lifting the veil on any notion that they support “democracy” or a “rules based international order”.’

Exactly this.

She speaks truth and does so without any hint of aggression or violence towards the parties responsible. She’s very knowledgeable and articulate. So of course she must be silenced and sanctioned.

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Peter Nielsen's avatar

Another sad day. One of many.

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Timothy Wallace's avatar

If the US (aor Israel) isn't doing 'the wrong thing', neither of them would be doing anything at all. Sick to death of both of them. The people of the US are another story. We're basically being held hostage as tax slaves with marginal representation and fed shit.

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Apeetha Arunagiri's avatar

Of course the US imposes sanctions on those who speak the truth about israeli warcrimes . . . both these countries are complicit in committing such crimes.

What’s super weird is that the guilty don’t seem to realise that we all know, we’re not the stupid ones, they are.

Francesca Albanese is internationally renowned as absolutely honourable highly intelligent and courageous.

The US and israel are not fooling anybody.

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Apeetha Arunagiri's avatar

Except themselves.

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Emmanuel Goldstein's avatar

Forget "Terror," "Poverty," "Drugs," and co. -- the only consistent battle the U.S. government ever waged over the past few generations is the War on Truth.

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Nola Krosch's avatar

The USA has waged a war on truth pretty much since its inception. The vast majority of SCOTUS cases have been decided in favor of corporate or elitist interests since the court was established. Likewise, most of the regulations have favored big business. And tRump hasn’t been draining the swamp, he *is* the swamp!

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Nic's avatar

The fact that Francesca isn’t paid for her role as Special Rapporteur and Rubio is paid off, tells me all I need to know!

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Paul Reichardt's avatar

As a party to the conflict, Israel is the one to get to keep a military with the sovereign right to employ lethal violence, effectively without limit, and an open-checkbook and UN veto pen from their doting uncle, the worlds only economic and military superpower.

The Palestinians, on the other hand, have no sovereignty, no state, no legally-sanctioned military, are orphaned charity wards of the UN and international community, and whose only right to defense is limited to whatever sympathetic words and futile legal gestures can be mustered from UN advocates like Francesca Albanese. Now even THAT pittance in their favor can’t be allowed to stand.

Yet all we hear from the Israelis and their western apologists is how unfair and biased against them this state of affairs is. Delusional. It’s like Israel is a nation of spoiled teenagers.

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Steven Feinstein's avatar

Terribly pathetic that she’s the one being attacked and sanctioned.

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albert venezio's avatar

Disgusting Trump and his Clowns!

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