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Francesca Albanese

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Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

produce legal analysis.

Today in Focus
Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

So I tell the Israelis, the Israeli governments or the allies, Germany, Italy or France in Europe, challenge the facts, challenge the facts.

Today in Focus
Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

They don't have arguments to challenge the facts.

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Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

So they accuse me.

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Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

And they think that they're going to, I mean, of course, they are harming me.

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Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

Of course, of course, it's exhausting.

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Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

And of course, it takes a psychological toll.

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Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

But look, if we were in 1938, people like me would endure the same, would be not heard or ridiculed or accused or vilified.

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Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

But I would say,

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Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

Today, everyone is morally clear that they would have defended the Jewish people 100 years ago.

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Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

But 100 years ago, defending the Jewish people was not popular at all because the Jewish people were considered an unwanted population, an unwanted encumbrance.

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Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

This is what like the Palestinians today.

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Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

So I don't mind taking the brand.

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Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

And again, it's just a minority of people who stands against what I'm saying or what Amnesty International, the Commission of Inquiry on Israel-Palestine, the Special Committee on Israeli Practices, Israeli historians, Israeli human rights organizations.

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Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

We are all partials.

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Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

The only one in partials are the Israelis, the Italian government, the German government, the U.S.

Today in Focus
Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

government and France.

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Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

First of all, the question of the Jewish lobby being subjugating the US, I was referring to AIPAC.

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Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

AIPAC is one of the largest lobbying groups who's on record for influencing US policy.

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Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions

Now, the thing is that I know now, like over a decade later, first of all, I never said anything like that in my capacity as a special rapporteur.