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Leaders look like this - Albanese was not the first person to describe the Israeli military campaign as a genocide, but she was the first person with the initials UN in her title to do so. She has used her megaphone consistently over the past two years not just to condemn the Israeli government and its military, but also the constellation of western states and corporations that have abetted them. Her message, delivered emphatically in person and in a series of UN reports, is that we are living in an interlocking system that has shown itself capable of mass killing. The genocides in Rwanda and Bosnia did not bring this mass reaction,” Albanese says. “So it means that human rights are better understood now. This is a test for universality of rights and for humanity.” The difference in the public response is due partly to western complicity. The slaughter in Rwanda was carried out with machetes, the mass executions in Srebrenica by machine guns and assault rifles. Many Palestinians in Gaza were killed by precision bombs supplied by the US, guided by AI-assisted, target-selecting algorithms. It is very much a genocide of the 21st century. https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/14/my-life-has-become-a-rollercoaster-francesca-albanese-death-threats-danger-dread-accusing-israel-genocide?CMP=share_btn_url

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