{"id":50821,"date":"2025-07-15T18:44:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T22:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/un-rapporteur-demands-global-action-to-stop-israels-genocide-in-gaza\/15\/07\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T18:44:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T22:44:33","slug":"un-rapporteur-demands-global-action-to-stop-israels-genocide-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/un-rapporteur-demands-global-action-to-stop-israels-genocide-in-gaza\/15\/07\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"UN rapporteur demands global action to stop Israel\u2019s \u2018genocide\u2019 in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The United Nations\u2019s special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian Territories has said that it is time for nations around the world to take concrete actions to stop Israel\u2019s \u201cgenocide\u201d in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Francesca Albanese spoke to delegates from 30 countries meeting in Colombia\u2019s capital, Bogota, on Tuesday to discuss Israel\u2019s brutal assault and ways nations can try to stop the offensive in the besieged enclave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Many of the participating nations have described Israel\u2019s war on Gaza as a <span>genocide against the Palestinians<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More than 58,000 people have been killed since Israel launched the assault in October 2023, according to Palestinian health authorities. Israeli forces have also imposed several total blockades on the territory throughout the war, pushing Gaza\u2019s 2.3 million residents to the brink of starvation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cEach state must immediately review and suspend all ties with the State of Israel \u2026 and ensure its private sector does the same,\u201d Albanese said. \u201cThe Israeli economy is structured to sustain the occupation that has now turned genocidal.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>A Palestinian boy queues for a portion of hot food distributed by a charity kitchen at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 15, 2025 [Eyad Baba\/AFP]<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The two-day conference organised by Colombia and South Africa is being attended mostly by developing nations, although Spain, Ireland and China have also sent delegates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The conference is co-chaired by South Africa and Colombia, which last year suspended coal exports to Israeli power plants. It includes the participation of members of The Hague Group, a coalition of eight countries that earlier this year pledged to cut military ties with Israel and comply with an <span>International Criminal Court arrest warrant<\/span> against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For decades, South Africa\u2019s governing African National Congress party has compared Israel\u2019s policies in Gaza and the West Bank with its own history of oppression under the harsh apartheid regime of white minority rule, which restricted most Black people to areas called \u201chomelands\u201d, before ending in 1994.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The gathering comes as the European Union weighs various measures against Israel, which include a ban on imports from illegal Israeli settlements, an arms embargo and individual sanctions against Israeli officials who are found to be blocking a peaceful solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Colombian Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Mauricio Jaramillo said on Monday that the nations participating in the Bogota meeting, which also include Qatar and Turkiye, will be discussing diplomatic and judicial measures to put more pressure on Israel to cease its attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Colombian official described Israel\u2019s conduct in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as an affront to the international order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis is not just about Palestine,\u201d Jaramillo said in a news conference. \u201cIt is about defending international law and the right to self-determination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Special rapporteur Albanese\u2019s comments echoed remarks she made earlier on Tuesday addressed to the EU. The bloc\u2019s foreign ministers had been meeting in Brussels to discuss possible action against Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a series of posts on X, Albanese wrote that the EU is \u201clegally bound\u201d to suspend its association agreement with Israel, citing its obligations under international law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Albanese said the EU is not only Israel\u2019s top trading partner but also its top investment partner, nearly double the size of the US, and \u201ctrade with an economy inextricably tied to occupation, apartheid and genocide is complicity\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/un-rapporteur-demands-global-action-214408477.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations&rsquo;s special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian Territories has said that it is time for nations around the world to<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/un-rapporteur-demands-global-action-to-stop-israels-genocide-in-gaza\/15\/07\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/guVsPB5IaidjVCt09Ewqig--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/al_jazeera_289\/49eed8d3c17f6f6798c6a1b132a83313","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50821"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}