The United Nations human rights experts criticized mostly Western states on Monday for continuing to support Israel despite what they described as a genocide in Gaza.
They warned that this support might turn Israel into a "pariah" nation. The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, resulting from more than 11 months of conflict, has raised questions about Western states' long-standing political and military support for Israel, including from the United States and Britain, which provide arms.
Francesca Albanese, U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), expressed shock at the lack of action from most member states in the face of the crisis in the OPT.
She accused them of either remaining inactive at best or actively aiding and assisting Israel's conduct, which she described as criminal.
Albanese also repeated allegations of genocide, which Israel denies. Israel maintains that it takes steps to reduce the risk of harm to civilians and states that at least a third of the Palestinian fatalities in Gaza are militants.
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