The Israeli who calls on the US and Germany not to sell weapons to the country/Yoav Itiel
Maoz Yanon, who killed his parents in Leh and Yacovi on October 7th in the Hamas massacre in Netiv Hathara, participated yesterday (Saturday) in a demonstration in Haifa against the war in Gaza and called on the United States and Germany to stop arms shipments to Israel.
"Don't send us military aid, send us aid for reconciliation, send us aid for initiatives, send us aid for peace - we want peace, not war," he said.
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Yanon, one of the founders of the "Abraham Hostel" hotel chain, is a tourism entrepreneur and social activist.
After the disaster that befell him, he said in interviews he gave to Al Jazeera and the BBC, "I don't cry for my parents, I cry for those who will lose their lives in this war."
Last night, during his speech, he said that "Bogi Ya'alon does not understand security, and the current Minister of Defense does not understand security, and the Minister of Internal Security probably does not understand security, and none of the generals, and the Chief of Staff, and the Chiefs of Staff in response - none of them understand security."
Maoz Yanon/screenshot, screenshot
With his daughter standing by his side, he added, "Whoever understands security is my daughter, Eden, who understands that security requires equality, justice and peace," and received applause and cheers.
Then, mindful of the foreign media covering the event, he switched to English to make a direct appeal: "To Germany and the United States, the best friends of the far-right government," he said.
"You 'retweet' the Israeli government as a spoiled and favored child, setting no conditions, no reservations, and no taking responsibility for its behavior. Nothing. As parents, we know what happens when we don't set limits or reservations for a spoiled and favored child - what happens is a catastrophe."
"Germany and America, you are not Israel's best friends, you are our worst enemy with your unreserved support for The Hague and the UN Security Council for the Israeli government that dehumanizes, and suppresses not only the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, but it suppresses freedom of expression, the The freedom of assembly, the freedom of demonstration of the voices of peace within Israel," Yanon added. "There are only hundreds of us here, not thousands - only because of the government's refusal.
We are here today and we weren't here last week, or the week before - only because we couldn't get a license from the government and if you continue to spoil the favored child, then the next catastrophe will be so great that we will still miss October 7 and you will be the ones who will bring an end to the State of Israel.
" The Italian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Antonio Tiani, said yesterday (Friday) that his country has stopped selling weapons to Israel. "We decided to stop the deliveries of the systems since October 7," Tiani said in response to the Italian Parliament's demand to impose an arms embargo on Israel - and revealed the decision that was kept confidential .
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