FRANCESCA

"The fact that the two most important figures of the EU continue to maintain business as usual relations with Israel is utterly deplorable. I am not one to say 'History will judge them': they will have to be judged before then. And they will have to understand that immunity cannot be synonymous with impunity.

All those who are implicated and involved in the illegal Occupation, providing it with support, are favoring and facilitating violations of International Law and human rights, and some of these constitute crimes. There can be individual responsibility for those who have favored or allowed such Crimes.

My safety has become less certain since I presented my report 'Anatomy of a genocide'". I have received calls in the middle of the night with threats to me, my family members, my children. Of course, I cannot say I am 100% safe. Of course, I am taking precautions. Of course, where I live, I am protected – you never know! – but at the same time, I will not let myself be paralyzed by these mafia techniques.

I come from a place that taught me that the mafia kills with silence. It kills when people don't react. That's why I am so motivated in what I do. I will continue to speak until I have no more air in my lungs".

(Francesca Albanese, May 2025)