A bipartisan group of 18 Congressional lawmakers published a letter on Monday calling for the UN Commission of Inquiry into Israel to be disbanded, and the UN special rapporteur for Palestine, Francesca Albanese, to lose her job, the pro-Israel newspaper Algemeiner has reported. The group was led by Republican Representative Brad Schneider. According to Open Secrets, a group tracking money in US politics, Schneider’s main financial backers include the influential pro-Israel lobby group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). READ: AIPAC’s ‘dark money’ could be the death knell to democratic elections, warn US lawmakers The letter was addressed to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. Calling for the removal of Albanese, … Continue reading US lawmakers backed by AIPAC call for UN to disband inquiry into Israel apartheid