[Source](https://thepostmillennial.com/marco-rubio-slaps-un-special-rapporteur-francesca-albanese-with-sanctions-for-political-and-economic-warfare-against-us) > On Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the US has imposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestinian rights, accusing her of antisemitism, anti-American rhetoric, and attempting to weaponize international legal systems against US and Israeli officials. > "Albanese’s campaign of political and economic warfare against the United States and Israel will no longer be tolerated," Rubio posted on X. "We will always stand by our partners in their right to self-defense."