Francesca Albanese

When Francesca Albanese gets it wrong, Spanish media look away - opinion

Spanish media have repeatedly presented Francesca Albanese as an authority on Israel and Gaza. But when she made a major error about antisemitism, the outlets that elevated her largely stayed silent.

UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese has become one of the most controversial figures in the UN human rights system, drawing condemnation over her statements on Israel and the Gaza War.
UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese has become one of the most controversial figures in the UN human rights system, drawing condemnation over her statements on Israel and the Gaza War.

Albanese apologizes for misinterpreting Nazi camp term away from original meaning of Jews

Yair Golan, chairman of The Democrats party, with party members following the announcement of the results of The Democrats party primaries ahead of the upcoming elections, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 20, 2026.

Yair Golan wants Arab representation in next gov't as Knesset polls show wide disparities

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese holds a press conference at MACBA on May 08, 2026 in Barcelona, Spain.

UN's Albanese claims Jews in Nazi camps were called ‘Muslims,’ distorts history of 'antisemitism'


Holocaust survivors son against Francesca Albanese: "She's obsessed with my mother"

"Evidently, Albanese had not read my mother's words in which she states that she feels repulsion for the Netanyahu government and the fascist and racist right-wing in power today in Israel," he said.

Italian Senator Liliana Segre attends the opening of the first International Summit on Children’s Rights at the Clementina Hall on February 03, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican.

Spain launches investigation into 158 companies tied to 'Israeli-occupied territories'

According to a new law approved by the Spanish Government last week, the advertising of goods and services from the 'occupied territories' is prohibited.

A drone view of Al-Arroub refugee camp alongside a new road, part of the expansion of Israeli bypass roads connecting Israeli settlers in the West Bank with Jerusalem, in the West Bank, September 29, 2025.

US, Israel criticize UN staff over Israel-Hamas War stance amid protests, documents show

United Nations staffers have been accused of violating standards of conduct that require them to maintain neutrality.

Staff of the United Nations agencies gather to denounce their colleagues killed in Gaza since October 2023 outside the European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, September 18, 2025

Grapevine, September 12, 2025: The ever-revolving door

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

BARBARA SOFER (middle-left) and Barbara Goldstein flanked by Hadassah event chair Anne Rothenberg (left) and Hadassah Israel National President Rivkah Cooper.

Gaza flotilla claims ship struck by drone, but Tunisian authorities assert an accidental fire

The flotilla stated in a post on Instagram that it believed that its main "Family boat" was struck by a drone.

CCTV footage shows a glow from a fire that struck a vessel of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) in the Tunisian waters off the coast of Tunisia, September 8, 2025

UN's Albanese sued for accusing Christian groups of financing 'genocide'

The groups said that the UN representative engaged in a "malicious and false campaign accusing the charities of war crimes and other heinous acts" in a June report.

 UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese gives a press conference at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark February 5, 2025.

The anti-Israel Hall of Shame: Naming and shaming the haters of the Jewish state

In a world so divided, it is important to know just who your friends are – and who aren’t.

Thousands of demonstrators called for an end to the war in Gaza in a protest in Copenhagen on August 24, 2025.

Two Israelis attacked in the Netherlands, False reports of terror cause chaos at Jerusalem shuk

Netanyahu approves Gaza City takeover • Arab-Israeli citizen returns to Israel after imprisonment in Lebanese jail • Lebanon begins disarming Palestinian factions

 The Israeli police pointing towards the inside of a car.

Francesca Albanese needs to be fired. Hamas are terrorists not a 'political force' - editorial

When a UN official tells the world to see Hamas primarily as a political service provider, the signal to would-be spoilers everywhere is unmistakable: wage war from behind civilians.

 UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese gives a press conference at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark February 5, 2025.

Albanese claims Hamas should be understood as a 'political force,' not 'fighters'

Francesca Albanese asserted that Hamas should not be thought of as "cut-throats, people armed to the teeth or fighters,” because "it's not like that."

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine, at an Emergency Conference of States, hosted by Colombia and South Africa, to discuss measures against Israel, in Bogota, Colombia, July 15, 2025; illustrative.