WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday removed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, a UN expert on the Palestinian territories who has harshly criticized Israel, following a court order.
A notice on the Treasury Department’s website showed that it had removed a sanctions designation on Albanese that had blacklisted her globally, making it impossible for her to use major credit cards or carry out bank transactions.
Albanese is an Italian lawyer who is UN special rapporteur on the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.
In that role, she had recommended the International Criminal Court pursue war-crimes prosecutions against Israeli and American nationals.
She also authored a report accusing major US companies of complicity in what she called Israel’s “ongoing genocidal campaign in Gaza.”
