Albaniz accuses the European Union of complicity in destroying Palestine

The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Palestine, Francesca Albanese, sharply criticized the European Union and its member states, arguing that their policies contribute to the “destruction of Palestine” and provide cover for the failure to meet international obligations towards Gaza.

Speaking to reporters outside the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday, Albanese said the EU’s continued refusal to suspend its trade agreement with Israel was “extremely dangerous,” noting that Germany and Italy opposed such a move.

She added that the ongoing arms trade and research cooperation with Israel through the Horizon program revealed that the problem was not a lack of European efforts, but rather the EU’s own contribution to the destruction.

Regarding the two-state solution, Albanese said that political discussion about it was “currently pointless,” explaining that the priority should be stopping the “ongoing death” in Gaza and the West Bank, where Palestinians are experiencing “ethnic cleansing of unprecedented violence for the past 80 years,” as she put it.

Albanese criticized the humanitarian situation in Gaza, saying that 80% of the remaining population, some 1.9 million people, are “flooded and homeless,” questioning the point of “destroying everything to satisfy Israel’s thirst for revenge.” She added, “I am ashamed of Europe, which acts so greedily and wants to sit at the negotiating table like a vulture. They should be ashamed.” The UN Special Rapporteur indicated that US President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza is “incompatible with international law,” following the Security Council’s adoption on Monday evening of Resolution 2803, which welcomed Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war.