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U.S.: Post by UN's Albanese equating Netanyahu with Hitler 'antisemitic'


UN Palestine Rapporteur Francesca Albanese faced stern backlash from U.S. officials for endorsing a social media post equating Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler

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Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories
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UN Palestine Rapporteur Francesca Albanese faced stern backlash from U.S. officials for endorsing a social media post equating Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. 

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Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. envoy to the global body, was among the American officials who renewed calls for Albanese’s ouster. 

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The Italian lawyer and academic faced criticism over her blatant anti-Israeli bias since her appointment. 

On Thursday, Albanese responded to a post on X by former UN rights official Craig Mokhiber that juxtaposed a picture of Hitler being celebrated by a Nazi crowd above a shot of Netanyahu greeted by U.S. Congress. “History is always watching,” he said.

“This is precisely what I was thinking today,” Albanese replied. 

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