{"id":2123088,"date":"2023-12-12T17:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T22:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/controversial-un-official-likes-anti-semitic-posts-railing-against-jewish-billionaire-class\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:10:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T22:10:36","slug":"controversial-un-official-likes-anti-semitic-posts-railing-against-jewish-billionaire-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/controversial-un-official-likes-anti-semitic-posts-railing-against-jewish-billionaire-class\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Official Engages with Anti-Semitic Content Criticizing &#8216;Jewish Billionaire Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcontroversial-un-official-likes-anti-semitic-posts-railing-against-jewish-billionaire-class%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2123088&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"Controversial UN Official Likes Anti-Semitic Posts Railing Against 'Jewish Billionaire Class'\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/media-outraged-that-alex-jones-is-also-allowed-to-spread-absurd-conspiracy-theories-on-x\" data-post-url id=\"print-1837122\">\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h2>Controversial UN Official Likes Anti-Semitic Posts<\/h2>\n<h3>Francesca Albanese, \u2063the \u2064United Nations special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories, has once again found herself in\u2063 the \u2063midst\u200d of controversy.<\/h3>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A United Nations official &#8220;liked&#8221; two social media posts this week that denounced the &#8220;Jewish billionaire\u200b class,&#8221; in the latest example of controversial public activity from the anti-Israel official.<\/p>\n<p>Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories, &#8220;liked&#8221; the two X posts from Norman Finkelstein, who posted them\u2062 Monday apparently\u200b in response to University\u2063 of \u2062Pennsylvania president Liz Magill stepping down from her position \u200dafter she faced backlash for her \u200dwidely\u200b criticized congressional testimony on campus anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Make no mistake about it,&#8221; Finkelstein\u200d wrote in one post. &#8220;In order to stifle dissent from Israel&#8217;s genocidal war in Gaza, the Jewish billionaire class has launched the\u2064 most concerted assault on academic freedom in the history of our\u2063 country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Jewish billionaire class must be stopped,&#8221; he said in another. &#8220;The student body at University of Pennsylvania \u200bmust boycott classes from Day One of the\u2063 Spring\u2064 semester until and \u2063unless President \u200cMagill is reinstated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Finkelstein also \u200cwrote replies to \u2063both posts that\u200c condemned &#8220;Jewish supremacists,&#8221; though Albanese did not engage specifically with those\u2063 replies.<\/p>\n<p>Neither\u200d Albanese nor the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human \u2062Rights responded to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>This is \u200bnot the \u2064first time Albanese has engaged in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nascar-driver-suspended-for-allegedly-liking-george-floyd-meme\/\" title=\"NASCAR driver suspended over 'liking' George Floyd meme.\">social media \u200bactivity<\/a> with questionable language directed toward Jewish \u2062people. In 2014, eight years before she began her role as special rapporteur,\u2064 she said in a Facebook post that the United States was &#8220;subjugated by the\u200c Jewish lobby.&#8221; She\u2064 distanced herself from that comment in a statement to the Times of Israel, which reported on it last year.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2062 has also made\u2062 multiple controversial \u200bstatements about Israel&#8217;s war on Hamas\u2062 since the Oct. 7 terror attacks. Last month, she\u2064 said that Israel, under international law, does not have a legal right to self-defense against Hamas-controlled Gaza. A little over a week later, she told an Australian outlet that\u2063 Hamas was\u2064 &#8220;entitled to embrace resistance&#8221; when she was asked whether there were things people in countries like Australia do\u200d not\u200c understand about the \u200dterror group.<\/p>\n<p>Albanese said earlier this month that calling on Hamas to release the hostages it took during the attacks is &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; and &#8220;[puts] \u2063 the onus to end the carnage in Gaza on the Palestinians, including those\u2064 being slaughtered in Gaza.&#8221; She added that \u200bit is also \u2064a\u200c way of &#8220;justifying and\u200c deflecting the attention from the\u200c atrocities committed by the Israeli army in Gaza.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the concerns raised by a UN official endorsing \u200binflammatory \u200band anti-Semitic content?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  H billionaire class has unleashed its hounds on University of \u200cPennsylvania president Liz Magill.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c posts,\u200c which included inflammatory language and conspiracy\u2062 theories, \u2063received criticism from various \u200bindividuals and organizations. The \u200bfact that a UN official would endorse such content raises concerns about impartiality and the commitment \u2063to fighting anti-Semitism within\u2062 the \u2064organization.<\/p>\n<p>This \u200dis \u2063not the \u200cfirst time that Francesca Albanese has\u200d been embroiled\u2064 in controversy. She has a history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-indicted-on-34-felony-counts-of-falsifying-business-records-pleads-not-guilty\/\" title=\"Trump Indicted On 34 Felony Counts Of Falsifying Business Records; Pleads Not Guilty\">making inflammatory statements<\/a> and supporting\u2063 individuals and organizations known\u200b for \u200btheir anti-Israel stance. Her actions undermine the credibility of the\u200d United Nations and its mission to promote peace and justice.<\/p>\n<p>The UN must take swift\u2063 and decisive action in response to these disturbing revelations. The organization should thoroughly investigate Francesca Albanese&#8217;s actions and hold\u2064 her accountable for any violations of ethical conduct. At the very least, she should be removed from her position as the special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories.<\/p>\n<p>By \u200dallowing individuals with\u2064 obvious biases and a tendency towards anti-Semitism to hold key positions within the\u200b organization, the United Nations is undermining its own credibility and legitimacy. It is imperative that the \u2062UN recognizes and addresses this \u2064issue to ensure\u2062 that its work is carried out with the highest level of integrity and impartiality.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, this incident highlights the need for a broader conversation \u2062on how the United Nations addresses issues related to anti-Semitism. It is not enough to simply condemn anti-Semitic incidents. The organization must take proactive measures to combat anti-Semitism and\u200c promote understanding and tolerance between different religious and ethnic groups.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations has a responsibility\u2062 to uphold its founding principles of promoting\u2063 peace, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-vows-to-recommit-u-s-to-u-n-human-rights-council-which-still-includes-china-and-cuba\/\" title=\"Secretary of State Antony Blinken Vows To Recommit U.S. To U.N. Human Rights Council, Which Still Includes China And Cuba\">protecting human rights<\/a>, and advancing\u2063 the well-being of all people. This can only be achieved by ensuring that its \u200cofficials and representatives are committed to these principles and adhere to the highest standards of professionalism and ethical conduct.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the endorsement of\u2062 anti-Semitic posts by a United Nations official is deeply concerning and further erodes the credibility of the organization.\u2062 The UN must take immediate action to address this \u2064issue and reassert\u200d its commitment to combating anti-Semitism. By doing \u200cso, it can reaffirm its role as a\u2062 vital institution in promoting global peace \u200dand justice.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Nations special rapporteur Francesca Albanese recently sparked controversy by endorsing two social media posts that criticized the &#8220;Jewish billionaire class.&#8221; This is not the first time the anti-Israel official has engaged in contentious public activity. Albanese, who serves as the United Nations special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories, showed support for the posts shared by Norman Finkelstein<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2112,"featured_media":2123089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2123088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2123088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2123089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2123088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2123088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2123088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}