Overview

• President Trump’s administration imposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese earlier this month, freezing her U.S. assets and barring financial interactions with American banks.
• The move followed U.S. attempts to force her removal as the U.N. special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza after she labeled Israel’s actions as genocide.
• Albanese says the sanctions threaten her personal life because she holds assets in the U.S. and has an American daughter relying on financial ties.
• Undeterred, she released a July report detailing what she calls “Israel’s genocidal economy” and urging sanctions on Israel and prosecutions of those she deems responsible.
• Her disclosures come against a backdrop of severe hunger and medical shortages in Gaza after nearly two years of conflict under an Israeli blockade.