Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, has said the Israeli army is “immoral” alongside being “one of the most criminal armies in the world”.

Quoting Chris Sidoti, member of a UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI), who made the original remark about Israeli military criminality, Albanese said there was “no need to be a spiritual authority to arrive at this conclusion”.

“Considering the low standards to which they [and many illegal settlers] have descended,” she added.