A report to the Attorney General regarding the German weapons ship.. A call for investigation and solidarity
Today, a number of Egyptian national lawyers submitted a report to the Attorney General regarding the investigation into the entry of the German ship Catherine loaded with weapons into the port of Alexandria, before unloading its cargo and transporting these weapons to the port of Ashdod in Israel.
This complete disaster and scandal must be held accountable for whoever caused it. Historically, Egypt has not transported weapons to Israel. Israel is our primary and primary enemy. We did not do it in times of peace, so what about during a time of fierce genocide against our people in Gaza and Lebanon.
The report was submitted against the Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, the Chairman of the Alexandria Port Authority, Ahmed Hawash, and the Executive Director of the Egyptian Maritime Consulting Office EMCO.
The ship docked last Monday at the port of Alexandria after a number of countries refused to receive it, including Malta, Namibia and Angola, because it was carrying a military shipment on its way to feed the Israeli war machine in its genocidal war in Gaza.
The BDS movement said in a statement two weeks ago that its pressures, along with other partners, resulted in the Maltese government banning the ship from entering, and that it had not been able to enter several countries, such as Malaysia, Montenegro, and Slovenia, until two weeks ago.
This pressure even led Portugal to ask the ship to remove the Portuguese flag after legal pressure from the movement.
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All these countries refused to allow the ship to dock, and tried to distance themselves from the accusation of helping Israel commit genocide crimes.
While unfortunately in Egypt it seems that someone decided to allow the ship to dock, we know that this person cannot be the owner of the shipping company's agency, because this decision certainly came from above, and from above because the ship is well-known and there have been ongoing campaigns for weeks to prevent it from docking in several ports, as we said.
Who made this decision should be held accountable? Although we have many reasons to believe that no one will be held accountable for this scandal, he will be held accountable before history and before the Egyptian people who witness scenes of genocide every day and do not have much to do.