Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur, responds to member states at the UN Third Committee (28 Oct 2025). She rejects accusations against her and turns the focus back to the Palestinian question, saying it is “grotesque and frankly delusional that a genocidal state can't respond to the substance of my findings.” "And the best thing that he resorts to is accusing me of witchcraft. So be it, you're the one accused of genocide. If the worst thing you can accuse me for is witchcraft, I take it. But rest assured that if I had the power to make spells, I would use it not for vengeance, I would use it to stop your crimes once and for all, and to make sure that those responsibles end up behind bars. And that would make sure that everyone from the river to the sea, Jewish people, Muslim people, Christian people, and secular people lived in freedom and enjoying their rights, not just privilege for few, again, between the river and the sea" she said. Albanese stresses that criticism of Israel is rooted in international law, not religion or ideology. She reminds states that Israel stands before international courts “accused of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity,” and argues that genuine peace requires “ending the occupation... ending apartheid.”

She urges governments to stop treating Palestine as “a humanitarian crisis to manage in perpetuity” and calls on states to comply with ICJ orders, end arms transfers, and dismantle systems of domination. She frames global solidarity movements as rising forces, saying “the question is no longer if Israel’s apartheid... will end. It matters when and how.” To Palestinians, she says their “struggle is seen” and the world “will stand with you... until your liberation.”