A United Nations watchdog filed a complaint Monday morning against a top official at the international organization for trying to skirt the rules of accepting honorariums.
The complaint is based on a series of emails obtained by The Daily Wire in which a top official was duped by the satirical “Chief Rabbi of Gaza” to speak at an anti-Israel protest. Francesca Albanese, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, was fooled last month by the invite and honorarium offer to speak at Columbia University’s encampment by the parody account “Rabbi Linda Goldstein,” known for using progressive talking points to mock anti-Israel protesters.
In the emails, Albanese’s assistant proposed the eight-month anniversary of Hamas’ attack for the speech, asked for the Zoom link, and requested that the honorarium amount be given to an outside organization to fund her…