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| Albanese stresses the need for the international community to activate accountability mechanisms without delay [File photo: Pierre Albouy/Reuters] |
UN’s Albanese says Israel and backers should pay for rebuilding Gaza
The UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territory says the cost of rebuilding Gaza should be paid not only by Israel, but also by the US, Germany, Italy and the UK, as they are the main arms suppliers to Israel.
Speaking at an event organised by the London-based think tank ODI Global, Albanese said the support the UK provides to Israel through its military bases in Cyprus should be investigated for its connection to the attacks in Gaza, stressing the need for a comprehensive probe into “the UK’s complicity in the genocide”.
She said many of Israel’s practices were inherited from the UK’s colonial presence in Palestine, adding that administrative detention and torture systems are a reflection of the practices the UK employed with Palestinians.
Albanese also talked about the US sanctions against her, saying that they seriously affect her personal and professional life. She said that under the US legal system, she was treated like a criminal and cannot travel to the US.