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Georgetown University severs ties with UN’s Francesca Albanese over antisemitic remarks

Georgetown University has removed Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur, following her antisemitic remarks, including justifying the October 7 attacks, after a campaign by UN Watch.

United Nations Special Rapporteur, Francesca Albanese, attends a press conference at the European headquarters of the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, September 15, 2025.
FRANCESCA ALBANESE, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, speaks at the UN in Geneva in September. Her antisemitic record and support for terrorists led to condemnation and sanctioning by the US, the writer notes.

UN's Broken Chair: How Geneva became ground zero for global antisemitism - opinion

Palestinian employees of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) take part in a protest against job cuts by UNRWA, in Gaza City September 19, 2018.

UNRWA ignored Hamas ties in schools, fostering terrorism – UN Watch report

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.

UN's Francesca Albanese loses 'blue check' verification on X amid coming US sanctions


Over 100 UNRWA teachers incite violence, antisemitism online - report

A total of 113 instances of incitement obtained by UN Watch from the public social media pages of the UNWRA employees shows that many celebrated and promoted violence.

Palestinian employees of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) take part in a protest against job cuts by UNRWA, in Gaza City September 19, 2018.

US boycotts fail to shake UNHRC’s anti-Israel bias

The UN as an organization has never found a formula that both allows for full democratic participation of all member states, while at the same time protecting against undue bias.

United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet adjusts her glasses during the opening of 45th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland September 14, 2020.

UN official who was caught in sex act in Tel Aviv traffic condemned

Stéphane Dujarric, the spokesman for the UN's Secretary General, António Guterres, characterized their behavior in the 18-second as "abhorrent"

Dizengoff St. traffic

Jordan, Palestinians confident UNRWA’s mandate will be renewed

The UN is currently investigating the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) following charges of ethical misconduct.

SEATS NORMALLY occupied by the United States delegation are empty one day after the US announced its withdrawal from the UN’s Human Rights Council, at the United Nations in Geneva on June 20, 2018

UNRWA staffers share antisemitic content with no consequences, NGO says

According to the UN Watch report, the latest cases bring the total number of staff members uncovered posting similar messages to one hundred.

A Palestinian woman walks with her children near an entrance of the UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) health center in the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem October 10, 2018

Danon to UNSC: Ramallah following Tehran in seeking Israel’s destruction

Palestinians: Envoy lying about normalized Arab ties

"This is the deed to our land," stated Danny Danon, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations as he read from the Bible at the Security Council, April 29, 2019

Palestinians revive charge Zionism is racism at U.N. hearing

“What we face is the Zionist movement," PLO Ambassador to the UN in Geneva Ibrahim Khraishi said.

Anti-Israel demonstrators at the World Conference on Racism in Durban, South Africa, in 2001; Muslim anti-Zionism is picking up from where Christian antisemitism left off.

Name: Becca Wertman, ID: Fighting boycotts

“I knew that the Canadian government and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had come out a number of times against BDS, even referring to the campaigns as a ‘new form of antisemitism in the world.’

Becca Wertman

Miss Iraq to receive Ambassador for Peace award for promoting tolerance

Sarah Idan, who made headlines for taking a selfie with Miss Israel in 2017, has made a commitment to connecting Muslims and Jews, Arabs and Israelis.

Contestants Miss Iraq, Sarah Eedan (R) and Miss Israel, Adar Gandelsman (L) pose together for a selfie, during preparations for the Miss Universe 2017 beauty pageant in Las Vegas, United States November 13, 2017

A bad world record

Calling it “a world record,” UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer said the UNHRC is again singling out Israel “while giving a free pass to the world’s worst abusers.

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border fence