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<article data-history-node-id="423297" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-expert-warns-against-scapegoating-netanyahu-gaza-atrocities" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-expert-warns-against-scapegoating-netanyahu-gaza-atrocities" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UN expert warns against scapegoating Netanyahu for Gaza atrocities</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="84" data-start="0">Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, has cautioned against blaming only Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the destruction in Gaza.</p> <p data-end="512" data-start="403">“The problem will not be resolved by scapegoating him, ignoring the rest,” Albanese posted on social media.</p> <p data-end="685" data-start="514">She emphasised that Israel’s broader policies—ranging from occupation and annexation to apartheid and what she called acts of genocide—must be confronted and dismantled.</p> <p data-end="865" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="687">Albanese’s comments highlight growing criticism of efforts to reduce the crisis to one individual’s actions, without addressing the systemic violence driving the assault on Gaza.</p> <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Now that the wind is changing and everyone starts to oppose the Gaza meat-grinding:<br> <br> Netanyahu did not commit the genocide by himself. The problem will not be resolved by scapegoating him, ignoring the rest.<br> <br> 1. End genocide.<br> 2. End occupation/annexation.<br> 3. End apartheid.</p> — Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) <a href="https://twitter.com/FranceskAlbs/status/1928833346668306642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center> </div> </div> </article>