{"id":279420,"date":"2026-02-07T19:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/279420\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T19:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:13:11","slug":"al-jazeera-forum-hosts-hamas-leader-uns-albanese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/279420\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Jazeera Forum hosts Hamas leader, UN’s Albanese"},"content":{"rendered":"

Humanity \u201cnow has a common enemy,\u201d United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese<\/a> told the Al Jazeera Forum via video link on Saturday night during her speech condemning Israel.<\/p>\n

Albanese, appearing at the same conference as Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi<\/a>, spoke during the panel “The Palestinian Cause in a World Moving Toward Multipolarity.”<\/p>\n

During the panel, she condemned countries for maintaining relationships and arms trade with the Jewish state and alleged global inaction during the two-year Israel-Hamas War<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that most of the media in the Western world has been amplifying \u2026 the genocidal narrative<\/a> is a challenge. But at the same time, here also lies the opportunity,\u201d she said. \u201cBecause if international law has been stabbed in the heart, it is also true that never before has the global community seen the challenges that we all face.\u201d<\/p>\n

She stressed that humanity \u201cnow has a common enemy \u2026 And the respect for fundamental freedoms is the last peaceful avenue, the last peaceful toolbox that we have to gain our freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"FrancescaFrancesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine, at an Emergency Conference of States, hosted by Colombia and South Africa, to discuss measures against Israel, in Bogota, Colombia, July 15, 2025; illustrative. (credit: REUTERS\/LUISA GONZALEZ)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to stand up, we need to do the right thing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Albanese inclusion a ‘profound failure’<\/p>\n

Danny Danon, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, responded to the reveal in his own X post on Thursday, calling Albanese’s inclusion a “profound failure” of the system.<\/p>\n

“Francesca Albanese exploits her position at the UN to echo terrorist propaganda and antisemitism,” Danon’s post read. “And if what she has done so far was not enough, she is expected to speak at the Al Jazeera forum alongside the chief murderer who heads the Hamas terrorist organization, Khaled Mashaal.”<\/p>\n

Ambassador of Israel to the European Union Avi Nir-Feldklein also condemned her appearance, writing,\u201d UN Secretary\u2011General [Antonio Guterres], How do you justify the UN\u2019s Special Rapporteur, Francesca Albanese, appearing at a forum run by Al Jazeera, the Muslim Brotherhood propaganda arm, alongside the foreign minister of Iran\u2019s terror regime, fresh from killing and executing its own citizens, \u00a0and alongside a senior leader of Hamas, one of the world\u2019s deadliest terrorist organizations, responsible for the October 7th massacre?\u201d<\/p>\n

Araghchi’s ‘profound question’<\/p>\n

Araghchi also dedicated most of his speaking time to discussing \u201cthe profound question of our region: Palestine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPalestine is not one issue among many. Palestine is the defining question of justice in West Asia and beyond\u2026The strategic and moral compass of our region,\u201d he claimed. \u201cIt is a test of whether international law has meaning, whether human rights have universal value\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Aragchi did not comment on the domestic issues in Iran, not mentioning the thousands of protesters who have been killed since demonstrators erupted in response to the economic crisis.
\u201cWhat we are witnessing in Gaza is not merely war\u2026It is the deliberate destruction of civilian life on a massive scale, it is genocide,\u201d he claimed, adding that Israel\u2019s war has \u201cshaken the heart of the Muslim world. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Aragchi claimed that the \u201cimpunity\u201d Israel experienced in Gaza has deeply damaged the global legal order and \u201cIsrael\u2019s expansionist project has had a direct and destabilizing impact on the security of all countries in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

He demanded that Israel be sanctioned, the global community put in place an immediate arms embargo, and the suspension of military and intelligence cooperation, as well as an immediate right of return for all Palestinians who left the territory.<\/p>\n

Later, turning his attention to the negotiations with the US, Araghchi told Al Jazeera in an interview excerpt that Uranium enrichment is our inalienable right and must continue. Even with bombing, they could not destroy our capabilities. We are ready to reach a reassuring agreement on enrichment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s sovereign position is opposition to transferring uranium abroad,\u201d he said.\u201cThe Iranian nuclear case will only be resolved through negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miriam Sela-Eitam contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Humanity \u201cnow has a common enemy,\u201d United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese told the Al Jazeera Forum via…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[50433,111,4500,51,42,46,43,40,38,41,39,4497],"class_list":{"0":"post-279420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-abbas-araghchi","9":"tag-antisemitism","10":"tag-francesca-albanese","11":"tag-hamas","12":"tag-headlines","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-top-news","16":"tag-top-stories","17":"tag-topnews","18":"tag-topstories","19":"tag-united-nations"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}