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[UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories] Francesca Albanese has taken aim at the global response to the Israel-Gaza war.
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She says the death toll and number of injured people will continue to rise.
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Her address follows a speech from the Israeli ambassador to the Press Club last month.
"The international community is almost completely paralysed [and] I am being generous when I say almost," she said.
"The UN [is] experiencing its most epic political and humanitarian failure since its creation.
"Individual member states, especially in the West – and Australia is no exception – are on the margins, muttering inaudible words of condemnation … or staying silent in fear of restraining Israel's self-proclaimed right to self-defence – whatever it means."
She said under international law, Israel had the right to protect itself, but not the right to wage a war.
I saw her on Q+A last night, visibly frustrated with what the pro-Israel guests were saying. Something which neither Israel nor Hamas can see but is glaringly obvious to an outsider
Full episode on YT for anyone interested in checking it out!
Edit: and here on ABC itself.