UN Human Rights Council-appointed expert Francesca Albanese has criticised the international community for not doing more to end Israel’s “illegal occupation” of the Palestinian territories.

In an interview with UN News, the UN’s special rapporteur to the occupied Palestinian territories said: “The [Israeli] occupation has been the vehicle to colonise, brutalise, arbitrarily arrest and detain and to carry out summary executions against the Palestinian people.”

“Has the international community ever stopped this protracted illegality? No. This is why I keep on saying the international community has a huge, huge responsibility in the catastrophe that is now unfolding.”

She also described the UN chief’s words to the Security Council last Tuesday when he noted that October 7 attacks “did not occur in a vacuum” as “brave”.

Listen to the full interview here or read it here.