In the document published today by the digital newspaper Unimondo, the signatories point out that we, as “members of the Italian academic communities and research centers, write this letter in the name of peace and justice, united in the demand to send the letter immediately “to end the ongoing war against Gaza.”
The call by Italian academics calling for urgent measures for an immediate ceasefire and respect for international humanitarian law has already collected 3,400 signatures and the number of signatures is increasing, the statement said.
In the letter addressed to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Universities and Research, Antonio Tajani and Ana María Bernini, respectively, as well as to the Conference of Rectors of Italian Universities (CRUI), the professors call for “counteracting the growing level of violence, the we watch helplessly.”
They call on the Italian Foreign Minister to “mobilize to demand and support an immediate ceasefire, the provision of humanitarian assistance and the protection of the entire Palestinian population by the United Nations,” and both Bernini and the CRUI, “our voices agree strengthen and “our demands” for “respect for human rights”.
“We are witnessing massive and indiscriminate bombing attacks by the Israeli army against the population of the Gaza Strip, designed as collective punishment against the defenseless population trapped in an area of just over 360 square kilometers,” they emphasize.
They condemn the Israeli authorities for ordering more than a million residents of the area to leave their homes in anticipation of a ground attack, “knowing that there is no escape or exit from the Gaza Strip,” after which “many of these people were expelled.” then bombed in the safe areas.”
These facts, they claim, “show a clear intention of the Israeli government for ethnic cleansing.”
They point out that the health and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, which existed due to the 16-year illegal siege by the Israeli army before October 7, 2023, has been exacerbated by the total blockade of essential supplies such as water, fuel, food and electricity “, which they describe as an unprecedented catastrophe.
“Once again we feel fear and anxiety about the genocide that is taking place in Gaza,” say the Italian academics, who in this call called for an immediate cessation of Israeli bombing and an end to the war conflict.
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