United Nations (UN) human rights experts on Wednesday condemned the United States for its "double standards" in addressing violations of international law in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, urging an end to impunity for both Israel and its supporters.

At a press conference in Geneva, four experts, who serve as Special Rapporteurs to the UN Human Rights Council, urged the international community to hold Israel accountable for alleged violations of international law, including disproportionate violence, humanitarian blockades, and settlement expansion in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Margaret Satterthwaite, Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, criticized the U.S. government for undermining the International Criminal Court with "outrageous" threats and stressed the need for international justice to be equitably applied to all.

"It's time to end the double standards," Satterthwaite said.

Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, cited high civilian casualties and attacks on UN personnel as evidence of systemic violations by Israel, facilitated by a lack of international accountability.

"There are never sanctions on Israel," Albanese said. "Judicial processes are either ignored or circumvented, trade continues, and diplomatic ties remain intact. Member States seem paralyzed or awestruck, many of them still normalizing the occupation."

Ben Saul, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, criticized Israel's use of counterterrorism rhetoric to justify extreme violence against Palestinians and the chronic dehumanization of the Palestinian people over the past 14 months.

He called for credible investigations and an end to impunity, noting that violations have largely "gone unchallenged by the states that matter and that can have a real influence to change Israel's behavior."

Saul specifically criticized the United States as a major supplier of military hardware to Israel, accusing its lack of action to use its leverage to address human rights violations effectively.

George Katrougalos, Special Rapporteur on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, echoed the concern for the broader consequences of impunity for the international order, warning that Israel's actions risk creating a two-tiered system where some states are immune to consequences. 

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