LONDON, (The Palestine Foundation Pakistan)
Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, has accused major European powers, including Britain, Italy, and Germany, of direct complicity in the genocide in the Gaza Strip.
She warned that government officials from these countries should face legal accountability for their involvement in the genocide in Gaza.
In a recent interview with “Middle East Eye’s Expert Witness” podcast, Albanese discussed the findings of her latest report, titled Gaza Genocide: A Collective Crime, where she cited evidence of the responsibility of 63 states for enabling Israeli breaches of international law.
Despite mounting evidence of genocide and mass atrocities in Gaza and the West Bank, Albanese told Middle East Eye that Europe’s most influential governments continue to provide Israel with diplomatic, military, and political support.
She specifically criticized British premier Keir Starmer for failing to acknowledge the risk of genocide and for his government’s complicity in Israel’s actions against Palestinians.
“The UK is one of those interesting cases where the political leadership has helped manufacture consensus around the war that Israel has unleashed against the population of Gaza,” she said.
Albanese also slammed Germany and Italy for blocking joint European Union action against Israel.
“It is a very sad coincidence that one century later, these two countries are still on the wrong side of history,” Albanese said, referring to Italy and Germany’s opposition to suspending the EU-Israel Association Agreement, even as other European states, including Slovenia and Spain, have opted to impose arms embargoes and sanctions independently.
“These two countries have individually the highest responsibility to prevent genocide – particularly Germany, given its record,” she underlined.
Albanese argued that Germany, “which has already brought havoc upon Europe and beyond once in history,” is again failing to prevent atrocity.
