TFI Press Release
Statement From TFI Italy on Recent Events in Israel
Rome – 17 Aprile 2023 – Il Transatlantic Friends of Israel (TFI) Italy condanna fermamente l’ondata di estrema violenza che ha colpito Israele in questi ultimi giorni, i ripetuti efferati attacchi terroristici che hanno causato la morte di persone innocenti, tra cui una madre di famiglia e le sue due figlie e il nostro connazionale Alessandro Parini.
Il TFI Italy afferma il suo forte e costante sostegno allo Stato di Israele nel momento di maggiore necessità. Come membri del Transatlantic Friends of Israel Italy, esprimiamo la nostra ferma convinzione che lo Stato ebraico - il nostro principale alleato democratico in Medio Oriente - abbia, come tutti gli Stati sovrani, non solo il diritto ma anche il dovere di difendere i suoi cittadini dal terrore e dai razzi.
Hezbollah in Libano, Hamas in Gaza e la Jihad Islamica, tutti finanziati dall’Iran, non fanno più mistero del proprio obiettivo comune, la distruzione dello Stato di Israele.
L'Unione Europea e i governi nazionali devono dichiarare Hezbollah un'organizzazione terroristica nella sua interezza. Solo così potranno aiutare il Libano a uscire dalla profonda crisi economica, sociale e politica in cui Hezbollah, largamente controllato dall'Iran, lo ha trascinato.
L'UE dovrebbe condannare l'Iran per aver armato Hezbollah in violazione della Risoluzione 1701 del Consiglio di Sicurezza delle Nazioni Unite e condannare Hezbollah per aver nascosto i suoi missili tra i civili libanesi. L'uso di civili come scudi umani è un crimine di guerra.
Allo stesso tempo, Hamas e la Jihad islamica devono essere condannati pubblicamente per il loro terrorismo e l'Autorità palestinese per il suo incitamento alla violenza.
Un attacco a Israele è un attacco alla nostra civiltà, ai nostri valori occidentali. Se non mostriamo chiarezza morale, se non sosteniamo il nostro alleato Israele, non faremo altro che incoraggiare altro terrore, sia nella regione che forse anche qui in Europa.
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Sen. Gianni Berrino
On. Lorenzo Cesa
On. Elisabetta Gardini
On. Stefano Graziano
On. Nicola Caré
On. Andrea Orsini
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