{"id":130725,"date":"2026-05-20T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=130725"},"modified":"2026-05-20T06:24:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:24:52","slug":"23-00-119","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=130725","title":{"rendered":"UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese Urges Germany to Get Over Holocaust Guilt in Antisemitic Tirade"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/algem.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/05\/19\/un-special-rapporteur-francesca-albanese-urges-germany-get-over-holocaust-guilt-antisemitic-tirade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese Urges Germany to Get Over Holocaust Guilt in Antisemitic Tirade<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Ailin Vilches Arguello<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Francesca-Albanese-1.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Francesa Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, speaks at a conference, \u201cA Cartography of Genocide: Israel\u2019s Conduct in Gaza,\u201d at the Roma Tre University, in Rome, Italy, Oct. 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS\/Remo Casilli<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Francesca Albanese, the United Nations\u2019 special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories, has published\u00a0a bizarre social media post mixing antisemitic rhetoric with Holocaust revisionism, appearing to urge Germany to move beyond its historical guilt while casting Jews as arrogant and viewing themselves as morally superior to Europeans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In a Facebook post published on Sunday, Albanese \u2014 who has an extensive history of using her role to denigrate Israel and seemingly\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2024\/10\/30\/un-special-rapporteur-francesca-albanese-suggests-israel-leveraged-oct-7-massacre-to-justify-colonization-of-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rationalize the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas\u2019s attacks<\/a>\u00a0against the Jewish state \u2014 called on Germans to absolve themselves of responsibility for the Nazi regime\u2019s crimes and the historical burden of guilt tied to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The anti-Israel UN official argued that modern Germany\u2019s efforts to come to terms with its past through strong support for the Jewish state do not reflect genuine remorse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Instead, she claimed this stance reflects a \u201chistorical superiority syndrome\u201d that has never been addressed and serves as a \u201cconvenient mask\u201d for Germany\u2019s return to the international community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThe Western club accepted them because they proved themselves capable of tolerating certain members of the group that were previously \u2018undesirable,\u2019 and so they accepted the Jews, but not all of them,\u201d\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2024\/12\/31\/un-special-rapporteur-francesca-albanese-calls-medical-professionals-cut-ties-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Albanese wrote<\/a>. \u201cThey learned that to survive in this world they must be superior. No longer a fragile minority. No longer a people in exile. No longer the people of the book. But the chosen people. \u2018Chosen to rule?\u2019 One might wonder when looking at what Israel has become.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">She then went on to claim that Germany does not respect Jews unless they are Zionist and behaves like a \u201csocially deranged\u201d state that enacts discriminatory laws, while calling on its citizens to free themselves from what she described as an obligation to Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cI know Germans can do better,\u201d Albanese concluded. \u201cI have seen them. But they are called upon emancipating themselves. This is their chance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ffranci.albanese%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02w6wQ35xP5B5pMDniBGxum9xi72jsHFEoWrKRsKen3AvNxNyTQHZAN185VMmUaRbAl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=650\" width=\"650\" height=\"729\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">This latest controversy is far from the first involving Albanese, who has a mandate from the UN to advise the international body on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In her position, which she has held since 2022, Albanese has faced consistent criticism over a pattern of incendiary anti-Israel remarks, with officials accusing her of inciting violence and hatred.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Earlier this year, top diplomats from Austria, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, and France\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/02\/13\/european-countries-join-france-demanding-anti-israel-un-special-rapporteur-albaneses-resignation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called for Albanese\u2019s resignation<\/a>\u00a0after she delivered yet another inflammatory tirade against Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">During an\u00a0Al Jazeera\u00a0forum in Doha, Albanese described the state of Israel as \u201cthe common enemy of humanity\u201d and accused the country of \u201cplanning and carrying out a genocide\u201d during its defensive war against Hamas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cIt\u2019s also true that never before has the global community seen the challenges that we all face, we who do not control large amounts of financial, algorithms, and weapons,\u201d Albanese said at the time, appearing to invoke a long-standing antisemitic conspiracy that Jews control wealth and technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">She also accused Western nations of being complicit in the so-called \u201cgenocide\u201d by supplying arms and financing Israel, while claiming that Western media helps defend the Jewish state by \u201camplifying the pro-apartheid, genocidal narrative.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Albanese has previously referred to a \u201cJewish lobby\u201d controlling the US and Europe, compared Israel to Nazi Germany, and stated that Hamas\u2019s violence against Israelis \u2014 including rape, murder, and kidnapping \u2014 needs to be \u201cput in context.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Despite her\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2025\/04\/02\/pressure-mounts-un-members-block-reappointment-controversial-anti-israel-official\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">history of antisemitic statements<\/a>, the UN has consistently refused to fire Albanese, citing her status as one of its \u201cindependent experts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Since taking on her UN role, Albanese has been at the center of controversy due to what critics, including US and European lawmakers, have described as antisemitic and anti-Israel public remarks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Last year, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) faced intense pressure to block Albanese\u2019s reappointment for another three-year term, with several countries and NGOs urging UN members to oppose the move due to her controversial remarks and alleged pro-Hamas stance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Despite significant pressure and opposition, her mandate was confirmed to extend until 2028.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Last year, the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2024\/07\/02\/un-launches-probe-anti-israel-rapporteur-allegedly-accepting-trip-funded-pro-hamas-organizations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UN launched a probe into Albanese<\/a>\u00a0for allegedly accepting a trip to Australia funded by pro-Hamas organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In the past, she has also celebrated the anti-Israel protesters rampaging across US college campuses during the 2023-2024 academic year, saying they represent a \u201crevolution\u201d and give her \u201chope.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; 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