Hillel Neuer@HillelNeuer · Apr 15, 2026

GOOD NEWS: World Bank ousts husband of Hamas apologist Francesca Albanese from key post after we exposed him as a…

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The World Bank removed Massimiliano Calì, a senior economist and husband of UN official Francesca Albanese, from his position after being exposed for promoting extremist content including Hamas sympathies, Holocaust inversion, and accusations that Israel fabricates terrorist attacks. UN Watch, which campaigned for his removal, argues he should be completely fired rather than just reassigned, given his decade-long pattern of violating the organization's code of conduct.

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GOOD NEWS: World Bank ousts husband of Hamas apologist Francesca Albanese from key post after we exposed him as a dangerous nutcase who for a decade promoted Jihadi terrorism and Holocaust inversion. Albanese lashes out in The Guardian: “The World Bank was completely craven.” 🧵
UN Watch@UNWatch · Apr 15, 2026
.@Guardian: “Francesca Albanese accuses [UN Watch] of hounding her husband, Massimiliano Calì, a senior economist at the World Bank, in a campaign that led to him being removed from his lead position running its Syria file. “The World Bank was completely craven,” Albanese says. “He has stellar records of performance in all his positions.” 🔗 theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/1…
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2/ We demanded the World Bank hold Massimiliano Calì to account for extremist political conduct flagrantly violating his duty to “act responsibly in public statements” and avoid “compromising World Bank neutrality” and causing “reputational risks.” Our 📨: unwatch.org/wp-content/upl…
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3/ Like his wife, Cali is a dangerous nutcase who says Israel “invents” terrorist attacks. He equates the IDF fighting Hamas rockets with the Nazis murdering Jews in the Warsaw ghetto. He collaborates with his wife in promoting Holocaust inversion. unwatch.org/world-bank-eco…
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4/ The U.S. funds his World Bank salary, but Massimiliano Cali loves to attack “Amerika.” unwatch.org/massimiliano-c…
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5/ Major donors of the World Bank are the U.S., UK, Germany, France, and Canada — yet Massimiliano Cali accuses Western countries who fund his salary of “supporting genocide.”
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6/ Albanese's husband began frantically deleting his Facebook posts after we exposed his numerous inflammatory statements in flagrant violation of World Bank rules. But we archived everything before Massimiliano Cali scrubbed his timeline: unwatch.org/world-bank-off….
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7/ Here he is—a senior World Bank official—launching a political tirade in the Italian parliament, calling to scrap Italy's trade deal with Israel. Even his wife Albanese was shocked as her husband grabbed the Mic—watch her face as she realized.
Hillel Neuer@HillelNeuer · Aug 21, 2025
Francesca Albanese Shocked as Husband Grabs Mic at Italian Parliament: Watch her face when she realizes! @WorldBank, why is your official Massimiliano Cali launching political tirades in parliaments & calling to scrap trade deals? We demand you fire him: unwatch.org/world-bank-sca…
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8/ Albanese's husband also deleted or hid this public July 2014 post in which he promoted a petition calling to prosecute “mass murderer” Benjamin Netanyahu. Too bad for him, we archived everything. Original: facebook.com/maxillo.cali/p… Archived: archive.md/z9fyS
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9/ Massimiliano Calì, together with his wife, equated Palestinians with Jews resisting the Nazis in the Warsaw ghetto. Holocaust inversion is a recurring theme for Albanese and her husband. facebook.com/franci.albanes… facebook.com/franci.albanes…
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10/ Albanese's husband recently complained in U.S. Federal Court: “On Aug. 12, UN Watch lobbied the World Bank to terminate my employment. On Oct. 22, World Bank management informed me that my position as Country Economist for Syria was suspended, and I would be required to leave the organization’s Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan department by July 2026— three years earlier than my original end date of June 2029.” “The travel restrictions imposed on me by the U.S. sanctions severely constrained my options for future positions within the World Bank, as approximately half of the available vacancies—including several of my top choices— were located at the Washington, D.C. headquarters and thus inaccessible to me.”
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11/ We commend the World Bank for finally taking action against Cali. But it's not enough to remove him from this lead post. After he flagrantly violated the World Bank's Code of Conduct for over a decade, and promoted Jihadi terrorism, he should be completely removed and fired.