War in Gaza: Italian dockworkers block arms shipments to Israel • FRANCE 24 English

This is the port of Ravena in northern Italy. A few days ago, dock workers took action to block the transport of weapons to Israel. Two containers that were supposed to transit through the port were refused entry because of their contents. We realized that these containers had a risk classification of 1.4s, 4S, which is an international classification reference number for explosives. At that point, we became suspicious, particularly as the container’s destination was Hifa. Once informed, the city’s council, a shareholder of the docks, wrote to the port operator in order to block the containers before they were loaded onto a ship owned by an Israeli company. I do not want our port to become complicit in the ongoing massacre in Gaza. There have been too many assassinations, too many civilians massacred. We’re well aware that this blockade will not put an end to the conflict. But every small action could send a signal and mobilize Western public. This is not the first case. Last June, weapons coming from Austria left the port of Ravena for Israel. Today, the dock workers are being visited by the UN special reporter for the occupied territories, who has come to show her support. What they’re doing is what every individual with a grain of humanity or a conscience should be doing. Institutions are not doing anything to prevent this genocide. The authorities, national, regional, and local, continue to facilitate the transport of arms to Israel. In front of Ravena’s town hall, demonstrators denounce the government’s ambiguous position. Italian law strictly forbids arm sales to countries that violate international law. Italy has suspended the sale of weapons to Israel, but continues to allow the transit of arms made in other European countries.

Italian dockworkers blocked some ports in solidarity with Palestinians, saying they wanted to stop Italy being used as a staging post for weapons bound for Israel.
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28 comments

  2. Withholding labor is our the only and last bargaining chip. Though we are more than our labors we can choose. May freewill be chosen and the usurpers of choice alleviated of their powers of deception.

  3. my country has always been doing this (not allowing shipments to and from Israel or any Israeli ship to berth) and its understandable since our government support Palestine but this coming from Italy now, I never saw this coming. Its like a breath of fresh air.

  7. Israel is losing its grip… Come on humans, be human, not animals (like those countries and leaders who support such inhuman acts).

  11. The dockworkers are right, every small action makes a difference. We need to boycott Israel anyway we can do we can collectively condemn and isolate Israel

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