Source: Reason
by Matthew Petti
“The U.S. government doesn’t want you to read what Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, has to say. In July 2025, the State Department announced that it was going to freeze her assets for her ‘lawfare that targets U.S. and Israeli persons.’ … The U.S. government’s attempts to stop the report from being published in the first place make it especially worth reading. Politicians have long wanted to erode Americans’ right to vote with their wallets, and they’ve used boycotts of Israel as a test case to introduce wide-ranging anti-boycott laws. By accusing the United Nations of ‘lawfare’ for simply printing a report, the government is attacking the right of consumers and investors to hear information that lets them make politically conscious decisions.” (for publication 11/25)
https://reason.com/2025/10/04/the-report-the-u-s-government-doesnt-want-you-to-read/