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February 4, 2025

A UN Representative Refused to Toe the Line on Israel—and Lost Her Job

Alice Ndertu wouldn’t join the jackals, and so became their prey.

A native of Kenya, Alice Nderitu became the United Nations’ special adviser on the prevention of genocide in 2020. She traveled to conflict zones on four different continents, visited refugee camps, published statements, and found herself generally ignored. Then she unwittingly broke the UN’s rules about Israel. Johanna Berkman reports:

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