If you needed further proof that the United Nations (UN) is an unnecessary and irrelevant relic in need of dismantling, look no further than the bile being spewed forth by an Italian woman named Francesca Albanese. Ms. Albanese is the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories, which, in theory, means she is an independent expert on human rights' violations who has been given extraordinary latitude by the UN to investigate and report on how Israel is literally Hitler.

Just last week, in a speech before the UN Human Rights Council, Albanese claimed “Israel is responsible for one of the cruelest genocides in modern history," and accused Israel of waging a “genocidal campaign” in Gaza. She also issued a report accusing several American companies, including Lockheed Martin, Caterpillar and Palantir, of profiting from the "genocide," and urged the UN to impose a full arms embargo against Israel, suspend any existing trade agreements and impose legal consequences on companies for what she framed as their role in violating "international law."

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Unfortunately for Francesca Albanese, Joe Biden is currently wandering a beach somewhere in Delaware and it's Donald Trump who now lives in the White House. Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are having none of it and are imposing sanctions of their own against one Francesca Paola Albanese.

Rubio first made the announcement Wednesday afternoon on X:

Here's the full text of that announcement:

Today I am imposing sanctions on UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for her illegitimate and shameful efforts to prompt @IntlCrimCourt action against U.S. and Israeli officials, companies, and executives. 

Albanese’s campaign of political and economic warfare against the United States and Israel will no longer be tolerated. We will always stand by our partners in their right to self-defense. 

The United States will continue to take whatever actions we deem necessary to respond to lawfare and protect our sovereignty and that of our allies.

In a follow-up statement on the State Department website, Rubio provided more context, stating that Albanese "directly engaged with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in efforts to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute nationals of the United States or Israel, without the consent of those two countries." The ICC, of course, issued an arrest warrant last year against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for daring to fight back against Hamas following the Oct. 7 massacre.

Sadly for global elites like Francesca Albanese, and as Rubio noted in his statement, neither the United States nor Israel are party to the ICC's Rome Statute. Per an executive order signed by Trump earlier this year, the ICC has zero legal power in the U.S., and they certainly hold no power to punish American companies. It's unclear what kind of reprisals await Albanese, but Rubio promised "to take whatever actions we deem necessary to respond to lawfare, to check and prevent illegitimate ICC overreach and abuse of power, and to protect our sovereignty and that of our allies."

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