Alexis Tsipras: “Basil Adra Missing – Mitsotakis Doubly Shames Us as Greeks”

Israeli service seizes the Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker’s location – Family members assaulted beforehand – Sharp disapproval of the Greek Prime Minister and EU stance

eized yesterday, Sunday (14/9), by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank.

According to reports, the raid followed the beating of Adra’s member and cousin by groups of Israeli settlers who attacked his village, Al-Tuwani, successful the confederate West Bank.

Tsipras’ Statement

“Basil came to Athens past June with his family. In his wife’s arms was their newborn child,” Tsipras recalled, noting that Adra had received the Prespa Peace Prize in Athens unneurotic with Israeli filmmaker Yuval Abraham for their documentary “No Other Land.”

Tsipras underlined that the convulsive battle is “one among thousands endured regular by the Palestinian people, who are being slaughtered and starved by Netanyahu’s government, with the tacit tolerance of the planetary community.”

Criticism of the EU

The erstwhile Greek PM accused the European Union of hypocrisy and failure:“As European citizens, we are ashamed by the EU’s stance, refusing to enforce sanctions connected Israel, proving its nonaccomplishment arsenic an planetary powerfulness and its hypocrisy erstwhile it claims to beryllium based connected humanitarian principles and values.”

Attack connected Mitsotakis

Tsipras escalated his disapproval against the Greek Prime Minister:“As Greeks, we are doubly ashamed by Mr. Mitsotakis’ stance, who speaks astir being on ‘the close broadside of history’ while blocking sanctions against the Israeli authorities and blatantly ignoring the catastrophe endured by the Palestinians – insulting our people, our principles, our past and our struggles.”

Source: pagenews.gr