Solidarity with Francesca Albanese sanctioned by the USA, the letter open to Mattarella, Meloni and Tajani. Tlon: “It is not the time to be silent, the story will judge us”

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Francesca Albanese was sanctioned by United States For having done his work: document the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories as a special speaker. The Albanian report, From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocidehas documented The economic interests behind the destruction of Gaza: humanitarian horror has become a source of profit for a system of corporate and financial interests. The conflict persists because generates money, and this takes place on the skin of millions of civilians.

In particular, Albanian identifies 48 multinationals accused of profit from what he calls a “genocidal system”: technological companies provide infrastructures for military operations, financial giants invest billions in companies that produce used weapons in Gaza, tourist platforms monetize employment renting properties in illegal colonies.

Each charge in the report is supported by verifiable sources, company documents, public contracts. Albanian applied the principle of follow the money: tracing the map of the money showing that behind the humanitarian tragedy there is an international economic system that from suffering benefits.

Used the same criteria used to analyze other historical genocides, demonstrating pattern systematic destruction: not only mass killings, but also deliberate destruction of the living conditions and forced transfers of the population. Instead of discussing the report on the merits, however, it started A campaign aimed at delegitimize Albanian on a personal levelwhich culminated in the request for sanctions by the US government.

It is the first time that such a thing has happened, and in the face of this unprecedented attack you cannot remain silent. So we wrote an open letteralready signed by many names of Italian culture including Pierfrancesco Favino, Serena Dandini, Luca Zingaretti, Valeria Golino, Lella Costa, Alba Rohrwacher, Fabrizio Gifuni, Claudio Santamaria, Levante, Cosmos, Mariangela Pira, Stefano Accorsi, Claudia Gerini, The list representative, Michele Riondino, Andrea Segre, Rodrigo d’Erasmo, Alessandro Bergonzoni, Marracash… our letter is not only an act of solidarity, it is an appeal to the President Mattarellato the premier Melons and al Minister Tajani: Defend an Italian citizen sanctioned for carrying out his UN mandate. We also ask Parliament to express themselves with one Unitary motion for the diplomatic protection of Francesca Albanese.

It is not a question of the right or left, but of national dignity and respect for international law. The silence of our institutions would be unacceptable. In the scenario of one World War to piecesmust be guaranteed to the United Nations, to humanitarian organizations and all the people who work in the direction of social justice the opportunity to carry on their work without threats and without fear. Because of this It’s not the time to be silent. The story will judge us for what we will have done or not done in front of this tragedy.

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