UN expert condemns Israeli response to sexual abuse allegations

UN expert condemns Israeli response to sexual abuse allegations Francesca Albanese criticised Israel’s foreign ministry after it described a New York Times article documenting alleged sexual abuse against Palestinians in Israeli prisons as “hideous and distorted lies” and announced plans to file a defamation lawsuit against the newspaper. In a series of posts on X, Albanese described the article as “accurate but barely scratching the surface” and said it was “triggering hysteria” within the Israeli government, "not because of the facts, but because of the audience”. She added, “apartheid Israel fears NYT readers will finally see and no longer ignore.