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Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt@FranceskAlbs · Feb 17, 2026

1/5 For 2+yrs pro🇮🇱 lobbyists have orchestrated a defamation campaign against me including by chopping my…

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A UN special rapporteur accuses pro-Israel lobbyists of a years-long defamation campaign involving decontextualizing and misrepresenting statements to portray them as justifying violence or denying atrocities. The author notes that such manipulations rarely face correction despite widespread documentation, and expresses concern that these lobbyists receive more credibility from some governments than UN officials.

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  1. #1

    1/5 For 2+yrs pro🇮🇱 lobbyists have orchestrated a defamation campaign against me including by chopping my statements/decontextualizing my words so as to project me as someone who: justifies Oct 7 atrocities, denies crimes such as sexual violence, downplays the hostages'plight. 🧵

    Agnes Callamard@AgnesCallamard · Feb 16, 2026

    « La manipulation des propos d’une experte indépendante de l’ONU est d’une gravité extrême en ce qu’elle porte atteinte à l’intégrité du débat public »

  2. #2

    2/5 I have been closely monitored across dozens of countries, hundreds of events, thousands of interviews. When my words were chopped & decontextualized, few fact-checked, fewer reported or corrected. The culprits never apologized: emboldened by impunity, they continued.

  3. #3

    3/5 Example: at a book talk in Catania🇮🇹, I explained how Israel justifies the targeting and annihilation of doctors and civil servants, by labeling them "Hamas". My words were twisted to make it seem I said "Hamas are good, they run schools!" youtube.com/watch?v=kOBFuU…

  4. #4

    4/5 That the manipulation of my Doha statement was exposed is accidental, due to: -the prominence of the authorities involved -the extraordinary vehemence against me (not against the perpetrators of crimes in Gaza) -the fact that in France, a minister lying is serious business.

  5. #5

    5/5 As a UNSR, I find deeply disheartening that the pro🇮🇱lobbyists whom diplomats and UN officials privately dismiss as unserious and undeserving of attention, are treated as credible sources in capitals (France, Italy, Germany) where their word carries more weight than the UN's.