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Albanese admits that UN ‘displays some bias’ against Israel in stormy TV interview

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February 14, 2025 14:20
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Francesca Albanese has admitted that the UN 'displays some bias' against Israel (Image: Getty)
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Francesca Albanese, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, has admitted that the organisation “displays some bias” against Israel during a rare TV interview.

Speaking with Yama Wolasmal of Norway’s national broadcaster NRK, Albanese labelled the disproportionate number of UN resolutions condemning Israel as a ‘democratic instance’ to counter the US’ veto on the body’s security council.

According to figures from UN Watch, quoted by Wolasmal in the interview, the UN General Assembly condemned Israel 17 times in the past year.

This contrasted with just six condemnatory resolutions levied on the rest of the world – one each for North Korea, Iran, Syria, Myanmar, Russia and the US – with none aimed at regimes like the Taliban government in Afghanistan or the Maduro government in Venezuela.