The country's workers demonstrated and blocked the port to prevent weapons from leaving the port
According to a report on the Spanish Daily website on November 8, as Israel launches an attack on the Gaza Strip, some dock workers in Genoa, Italy, announced this week that they would hold demonstrations and blockade the city's port to protest against the flow of goods to Israel from this important Italian port. Transport weapons. They are not the only protesters.
Similar initiatives have been launched in recent days by dockworkers in places such as Belgium and Barcelona, Spain. Protesters at U.S. and Australian ports have also threatened to take action to prevent ships carrying weapons destined for Israel from leaving their ports.
According to reports, such protests have occurred many times in Genoa since 2019, with the purpose of hindering port operations. The port is a civilian infrastructure, but is also used for the export of Italian-produced weapons and for docking ships from other countries. The new protest, which is supported by some small left-wing groups, will start at 6 a.m. on November 10, when dock workers plan to block one of the entrances, "preventing any ships from entering the port" for about seven hours.
The report also stated that a Genoa port director said in an interview with the media: “We do not want to be an accomplice of the massacre in Gaza.
"We have been documenting this type of arms trafficking for many years. It is an ethical issue and these weapons also pose a risk to the safety of port workers," he said.
Another local interviewee said: “We must prevent the arms lobby from taking over decisions and affecting the fate of the country.
