Port employees at Greece’s Piraeus Port on Monday halted a cargo of military-grade metal certain for Israel, taking a daring stand towards Israel’s genocidal battle on Gaza.
At a rally held at Piers 2 and three, union members – joined by pro-Palestinian activists, left-leaning teams, and lawmakers from the Greek Communist Party (KKE) – Markos Bekris, president of ENEDEP (the port’s container dealing with employees’ union), stated they won’t permit the port to grew to become a base to help Israeli massacres towards Palestinians.
“We is not going to let the port turn into an outpost of the US, NATO or the EU. Our purpose is: to dam the unloading in follow and forestall the transport of this lethal cargo. We is not going to stain our arms with blood, we is not going to turn into complicit and on the identical time targets of retaliation,” he stated.
Rejecting worldwide requires a ceasefire, Israel has pursued a brutal offensive on Gaza since October 2023, killing over 58,000 Palestinians, most of them ladies and kids. The relentless bombardment has destroyed the enclave, led to meals shortages and the unfold of ailments.
Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for battle crimes and crimes towards humanity in Gaza.
Israel additionally faces a genocide case on the International Court of Justice for its battle on the enclave.
Source: www.dailysabah.com