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Barclays and BP are hardly strangers to criticism. But even those UK PLC heavyweights must have been taken aback when last week – along with the likes of Google, Amazon and educational institutions such as the the University of Edinburgh – they were accused by the United Nations of exploiting an “economy of genocide” by maintaining ties with Israel.
The Trump administration has announced it is issuing sanctions against an independent investigator tasked with probing human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories.
HuffPost first reported the planned move against Francesca Albanese that comes amid a Washington visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Al Jazeera on MSNUS sanctions UN expert Francesca Albanese over Israel criticismUN rapporteur appears to dismiss the Trump administration penalties, calling them ‘mafia-style intimidation techniques’.
Trump administration sanctions UN expert Francesca Albanese over criticism of Israel’s war on Gaza Move against independent human rights abuses investigator represents latest US effort to punish ...