There is an image that burns more than a thousand words: ten containers full of biscuits, honey and jam for hungry children, stopped in port as forbidden goods. Not weapons, not explosives: biscuits. Israel blocks them, placing surreal conditions: entrusting them to a Giordano body that eliminates these foods “with high energy value”, destroys them and present the disposal account. The bureaucracy of the absurd applied to hunger. It is no longer security, it is humiliation. Even a pack of aid cannot come entirely, as the dignity of those who receive it should remain. Hunger used as a weapon, in addition to bombs.
During a press conference in Genoa, the Music4peace humanitarian organization denounced the heavy restrictions imposed by Israel on the aid intended for the civilian population of Gaza. According to the NGO, Tel Aviv prohibits the entry of fundamental foods such as biscuits, honey and jam, Despite the international guidelines – including those of the United Nations FAO – they indicate them as priority in the contexts of famine. The president of Music4peace Stefano Rebora in a press conference explained that in three weeks they were rejected beyond 300 tons of aidwith additional costs imposed on donors. In fact, he explained, each truck must pay a toll of $ 2,200, and the packages are open, modified and deprived of the most useful foods. A mode called “inhuman” And “In violation of humanitarian law“.
Saturday 27 September 25 thousand people took part in the torchlight procession organized by Music for Peace in Genoa against the genocide of the Palestinian people. Lights also lit in the cathedral of San Lorenzo where a solemn vigil took place “In order for weapons to be placed in all countries at war.” Many people present, including, in addition to the archbishop Monsignor Marco Tasca, the mayor Silvia Salis and the president of the Liguria Region Marco Bucci.
In the photo, the torchlight procession of September 27th
