World failing Palestinians as it failed victims of genocide in Rwanda, Bosnia, UN expert says
Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- The UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, has equated the world’s failure to protect Palestinians from Israeli atrocities to earlier failures in protecting victims during the genocides in Rwanda and Bosnia.
In a post on X, Albanese said violence against Palestinians was “predictably” escalating in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem where 637 people – including 151 children – have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers since October.
Albanese described as “deeply alarming” Israel’s foreign minister saying that the occupied West Bank should be treated the same as Gaza – where more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in 11 months of war waged by Israeli forces.
“Are we blind to history repeating?” Albanese asks.
Israel Katz on Wednesday called on to consider “temporary evacuation” of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank as “we deal with terror infrastructure in Gaza” amid an ongoing Israeli military operation in three West Bank cities.
“The world’s failure to protect Palestinians echoes its failures with Bosnians and Tutsis, despite promises made after the Holocaust to prevent such atrocities,” she said.
“Human rights are being buried altogether, one by one.”
EMERGENCY IN THE WEST BANK & EAST JERUSALEM:
Predictably, violence against all Palestinians under Israel's unlawful occupation is dangerously escalating. In the past 11 months, Israeli forces have killed 637 Palestinians, including 151 children, amid military assaults, raids,…— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) August 29, 2024
