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The United States has removed Francesca Albanese, a UN expert on the Palestinian territories, from its list of sanctioned individuals, according to the US Treasury Department website.The removal comes a week after a federal judge temporarily blocked the sanctions, finding that the Trump administration likely violated her free-speech rights by imposing the measures after she criticized US ally Israel’s war in Gaza.For the latest updates on the Israel-Palestine conflict, visit our dedicated page.Here are the details:Albanese is an Italian lawyer who is UN special rapporteur on the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.In that role, she had recommended the International Criminal Court pursue war-crimes prosecutions against Israeli and American nationals.She also authored a report accusing major US companies of complicity in what she called Israel’s “ongoing genocidal campaign in Gaza.”The US imposed sanctions on Albanese in July 2025 over what it said were her efforts to prompt the
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