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<article data-history-node-id="445098" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-expert-urges-immediate-trade-and-arms-embargo-israel" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-expert-urges-immediate-trade-and-arms-embargo-israel" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UN expert urges immediate trade and arms embargo on Israel</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, has renewed her demand for governments to halt trade with Israel and stop supplying it with weapons.</p> <p>Albanese said states should have acted when others first warned them about Israel’s conduct.</p> <p>She was responding to a former Israeli ambassador to France who urged the public to recognise that there are “genocidaires” in the Israeli government.</p> <p>Albanese said it is “never too late” for countries to intervene.</p> <p>“It is never too late to stop it. Cut trade with Israel now. Arms embargo now.”</p> <div class="url-embed-wrapper" data-social-platform="twitter" data-embed-url="https://x.com/FranceskAlbs/status/2082090021709107283"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I wish those in power had listened to those who sounded the alarm when the genocide started.<br><br>It is never too late to stop it.<br><br>Cut TRADE with Israel now.<br>Arms embargo now. <a href="https://t.co/qJyEVUJ2SK">https://t.co/qJyEVUJ2SK</a></p>— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) <a href="https://x.com/FranceskAlbs/status/2082090021709107283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> <div class="url-embed-wrapper" data-embed-url="UN expert urges immediate trade and arms embargo on Israel"></div> </div> </div> </article>

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