The images come to us every day through television or social networks. But the government of Israel, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, (TPI) For war crimes and against humanity, it continues to deny the existence of a genocide in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli Prime Minister even says that “there is no hunger in Gaza”, contrary to the numbers of (UN), which points to 222 deaths (101 children) for malnutrition since the beginning of the war. The speech is the same as the Israeli ambassador in Portugal, Oren Rozenblat, who stated, in an interview with SIC Notícias, that.
Israel’s official speech is not, however, that of all Israelites. In the last month, Israelite Human Rights Organizations have recognized for the first that the country is committing a genocide in Gaza. This is also the position of a group of Jewish Israelites who live in Portugalwhich includes international filmmaker Avi Mograpi, resident in Lisbon for a year and a half.
“Shameful denial campaign”
In a statement sent to SIC Notícias, in response to Oren Rozenblat’s statements, Avi Mograpi speaks of a “shameful denial campaign” that “It is not only undermined millions of innocent Palestinians, but also endanger the life of Jews and Israelites inside and outside Israel.”.
“Not surprisingly, the Israeli ambassador in Portugal, appointed by Netanyahu, has emerged in the media with official arguments, in an effort that could be considered pathetic, were it not for such a catastrophic situation. (…) Screaming that only Israel see reality clearly, while all others are blind or stupid, we do not transform a lie into truth. Holocaust – and yet that’s precisely what you did. ”
The filmmaker says that, day after day, “the world observes the dimension of devastation”, the “indiscriminate massacre of its population” and, in recent months, “hunger to spread throughout the Gaza Strip”. ”Despite what Israel intends, their crimes are not hidden. Only in Israel is looking away and insists that the sun we see in heaven is, in fact, the moon”IRONIZA AVI MOGRABI, CRITICAL OF THE OCCUPATION OF PAINETINIAN TERRITORIES.
“We applaud the decision of the Portuguese government”
Since the beginning of the war, Ireland, Norway, Spain and Slovenia have joined the 10 of the 27 European Union countries that already recognized Palestine as an independent state. In July this year, France and the United Kingdom took a step forward to do the same. On the 30th ,.
“As Israelites Jews living in Portugal, We greeted the determination of the UN Secretary-General, António Guterresin its constant and firm condemnation of Israel’s crimes and its appeal to end the war and immediately allow the entry into Gaza of the amount of humanitarian aid that it urgently needs. We applaud the Portuguese government’s decision to recognize the state of Palestine ”says Avi Mograbi.
The 69-year-old filmmaker, co-founder of the organization, says that “The simple recognition of a Palestinian state will not be enough to wage Israel”. “Much stronger measures are needed, such as an embargo on weapons and economic sanctions,” he says.
“But this is an important first step in recognizing Palestinian rights – not only the right to life, but also freedom, autonomy and self -determination. It is an initial and essential step towards a historical reparation of prolonged injustice, from which European and United States are fully accomplices.”
Situation has been worsened in recent months
About 61,500 people have died in the Gaza range since the beginning of the conflict, according to the last count at the Hamas Ministry of Health. In July, deaths from lack of food fired after months of blocking humanitarian aid by Israel, which controls all access to the territory.
The reports of people’s deaths are also multiplied while trying to get food at private aid centers managed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), supported by Israel and the United States. The organization without borders, one of many that criticizes GHF, speaks of “orchestrated murders” of Palestinians.
Earlier this month of August, Benjamin Netanyahu announced one, the “best way to end the war” that has been going on for 22 months. The UN warns of the risk of a “new calamity” in the territory.
