US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announcing sanctions against Albanese on Wednesday alleged that she “has spewed unabashed antisemitism, expressed support for terrorism, and open contempt for the United States,

An independent UN investigator and outspoken critic of Israel's military operation in Gaza said on Thursday that "it was shocking" that the Trump administration had imposed sanctions on her but stood by her view on the war.

Washington: The United States has placed sanctions on human rights legal scholar Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur for Palestine, in a dramatic move believed to be the first time the US has directly sanctioned a UN representative.