Turkish Activists Storm Ship Carrying Weapons for Israel

Date: 04 November 2024 - 21:54

News ID: ۱۳۳۱۹۳

ANKARA (Dispatches) –
Turkish activists have stormed a German-flagged ship at a port in the city of Istanbul following the vessel’s arrival there from the Egyptian coastline, where it had offloaded weapons intended for the Israeli military.
The activists staged a sit-in on the vessel, dubbed MV Kathrin, at Istanbul’s Haydarpasa port after forcing their way onboard, various reports pointed out on Monday.
They chanted slogans while on board the vessel that had reached Haydarpasa after leaving its military cargo that featured eight shipping containers holding 150,000 kilograms of RDX (Research Department Explosive) devices at the Egyptian port of Alexandria.
Earlier this week, thousands of protesters stormed Istanbul’s Ambarli Port after an Israeli-linked ship docked there, preventing the vessel from carrying its cargo towards the port of Haifa in the occupied territories, and chanting, “No Zionism in our ports.”
MV Kathrin’s cargo was intended for Israeli Military Industries, the munitions production arm of the Israeli regime’s largest military company Elbit Systems, which uses the explosives to make such weapons as aerial bombs, mortars, and rockets.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday selling arms to Israel means participating in its genocide.
This came in a press conference he held after the third ministerial review conference of the Turkish-African partnership held in Djibouti.
Fidan explained that the cabinet of Zionist prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become a source of threat, not only to the countries of West Asia, but also at the global level.
He added that Netanyahu’s intention is to completely eliminate a solution, and that he is making efforts to spread the war to other places, especially Lebanon.
“As you know, the Republic of South Africa has filed a case against Israel in the International Court of Justice. It is very important for African countries to have a voice, and Turkey supports this initiative.”