Washington to impose sanctions on UN special rapporteur for Palestinian territories – Middle East Monitor

The United States has announced it will impose sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, based in Geneva.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday X that Albanese had taken “illegitimate and shameful efforts to prompt International Criminal Court (ICC) action against US and Israeli officials, companies, and executives.” 

In a follow-up statement, Rubio condemned…