What's happened
Francesca Albanese, a UN expert, accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, citing violations of the UN Genocide Convention. Israel rejects the report, dismissing it as an 'outrageous distortion'. Albanese has faced threats following the publication of her findings.
Why it matters
The accusation of genocide in Gaza by a UN expert has significant implications for Israel's international reputation and could lead to increased scrutiny and pressure. The report could also impact the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the treatment of Palestinians.
What the papers say
The report by Francesca Albanese accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza has been met with strong rejection from Israel, which described it as an 'obscene inversion of reality'. The report has sparked international debate, with some questioning the validity of the claims.
How we got here
Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, presented a report to the UN Human Rights Council accusing Israel of committing acts of genocide in Gaza. The report highlights violations of the UN Genocide Convention and the impact on Palestinians.
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Israel, formally known as the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia, located on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea.
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Francesca P. Albanese (born 1977) is an Italian international lawyer and academic. On 1 May 2022, she was appointed United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories for a three-year term.A strong opponent of the Israeli occupation
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The Gaza Strip, or simply Gaza, is a self-governing Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, that borders Egypt on the southwest for 11 kilometers and Israel on the east and north along a 51 km border.
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The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
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The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs, are an ethnonational group comprising the modern descendants of the peoples who have lived in Palestine continuously over the centuries and who today are largely culturally and