Antimilitaristični poziv proti sprejemu ladje Borkum v Luki Koper

V sredo naj bi se v Luki Koper zasidrala tovorna ladja Borkum, ki na krovu prevaža orožje. Po podatkih španskih organizacij Campaign to End Arms Trade with Israel in RESCOP (Solidarity Network Against the Occupation of Palestine) je ladja namenjena v pristanišče Ashdod v Izraelu, njen tovor pa naj bi vseboval raketne motorje, eksplozivne naboje ter topovsko gorivo. Ladja je 16. maja spremenila svoj prvotni načrt, da pristane v Cartageni, saj je španska vlada napovedala inšpekcijski nadzor tovora zaradi suma prevažanja orožja, namenjenega v Izrael. Španija je drugi ladji s končno destinacijo v Haifi zaradi istega suma zavrnila privez.

Po uradnih informacijah naj bi bil vojaški tovor ladje namenjen na Češko, kar pa v kontekstu trajajočega genocida v Palestini in pozivov k vojaškemu embargu na dobavo orožja Izraelu nikakor ne izključuje možnosti, da je končna destinacija orožja v resnici Izrael. Češka je ena izmed največjih evropskih podpornic izraelske agresije nad Palestino, kar je nedavno potrdila tudi z zavrnitvijo sprejema Palestine kot članice Generalne skupščine Združenih Narodov. Ker je dobava orožja Izraelu v zadnjem obdobju zaradi protestov in drugih pritiskov otežena, se vojni dobičkarji poslužujejo prikritih načinov trgovanja, kar mnogokrat pomeni posredno dobavo orožja preko tretjih držav. Iz dostopnih podatkov o tovoru na ladji Borkum je razvidno, da pri tranzitu sodeluje podjetje IMI Systems, katerega lastnik je največje izraelsko orožarsko podjetje Elbit Systems.

Ne glede na končno destinacijo vojaškega tovora orožje omogoča vojno in ubijanje tako v Palestini, Ukrajini, ali pa zgolj v “mirni” Češki. Luka Koper je z logistično podporo orožarski industriji neposredno vpletena v vojno, ki se v Palestini ta trenutek odvija v svoji najskrajnejši obliki: genocidu.

Raztovarjanje in prevoz orožja in drugih materialov, namenjenih pobijanju, moramo brezpogojno zavrniti! Ne sprejemamo birokratskega odziva institucij, med drugim Luke Koper, ki da kot izvajalec pristaniških storitev “zgolj opravlja svoje delo” in je “le eden od členov v logistični verigi”. Ali pa Ministrstva za infrastrukturo, ki je v odzivu zapisalo, “da omenjena ladja izpolnjuje vse pogoje za vplutje in da ji slovenska pomorska uprava tega ne more prepovedati”.

Če institucije ladji pristanka v Luki Koper ne bodo zavrnile, bomo javnost pozvali k blokadi pristanišča in drugim protestnim aktivnostim. Na tem mestu k zavrnitvi podpore ladji pozivamo tudi delavce v Luki Koper, ki so na koncu dejansko tisti, ki ladjo sprejmejo in raztovorijo.

Danes na odgovorne in širšo javnost naslavljamo naslednje zahteve in vprašanja:

1. Pridružujemo se solidarnostnim in protivojnim gibanjem, ki so že pozvale k zavrnitvi logistične podpore ladji Borkum v Luki Koper. Prav tako pozivamo k temeljitemu inšpekcijskemu nadzoru ladje, ki naj nedvoumno ugotovi, kakšen tovor ta prevaža in kam je dejansko namenjen, ter o tem obvesti javnost.
2. Od institucij (tako Luke Koper kot pristojnih ministrstev) zahtevamo, da javnost v najkrajšem možnem času obvestijo o vsej logistični podpori, ki jo za transport orožja nudi Slovenija. Kateri logistični centri in druga javna infrastruktura nudijo svoje storitve orožarskim poslom?
3. O teh vprašanjih je nujno odpreti najširšo možno javno razpravo, saj so od odgovorov odvisna življenja ljudi in prihodnost človeštva. Ne smemo pristati na normalizacijo vojne, oboroževanja in nemotenega trgovanja z orožjem. Njegove posledice se že danes štejejo v desettisočih mrtvih.

Ustavimo mašinerijo smrti!
Nobene logistične podpore za vojno dobičkarstvo!
Nikoli več pomeni zdaj!

Solidarnostni odbor za svobodno Palestino

V Ljubljani, 20. maja 2024

Anti-militarist appeal against the reception of the Borkum ship at Luka Koper

On Wednesday, the cargo ship Borkum, carrying weapons, is expected to dock in Luka Koper. According to the Spanish organisations Campaign to End Arms Trade with Israel and RESCOP (Solidarity Network Against the Occupation of Palestine), the ship is destined for the port of Ashdod in Israel and its cargo is believed to include rocket engines, explosive charges and cannon fuel. On May 16th, the ship changed its original plan to dock in Cartagena, as the Spanish Government announced an inspection of the cargo on suspicion of carrying weapons destined for Israel. Spain refused a second ship with a final destination in Haifa on the same suspicion.

According to official information, the ship’s military cargo is destined for the Czech Republic, which, in the context of the ongoing genocide in Palestine and calls for a military embargo on arms supplies to Israel, does not exclude the possibility that the final destination of the weapons is in fact Israel. The Czech Republic is one of the European supporters of Israeli aggression against Palestine, as it recently confirmed by refusing to admit Palestine as a member of the United Nations General Assembly. As the supply of arms to Israel has become more difficult in recent times due to protests and other pressures, war profiteers have resorted to disguised means of trade, often involving the indirect supply of arms through third countries. The available information on the cargo on board the Borkum shows that IMI Systems, owned by Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms company, is involved in the transit.

Whatever the final destination of the military cargo, weapons make war and killing possible, whether in Palestine, Ukraine or just “peaceful” Czech Republic. Luka Koper, through its logistical support to the arms industry, is directly involved in the war that is currently being waged in Palestine in its most extreme form: genocide.

The unloading and transport of weapons and other materials intended for killing must be unconditionally rejected! We do not accept the bureaucratic response of the institutions, including Luka Koper, that as a port service provider it is “merely doing its job” and is “just one link in the logistics chain”. Or the Ministry of Infrastructure, which responded by stating that “the ship in question meets all the conditions for entry and cannot be banned by the Slovenian Maritime Administration”.

If the institutions do not refuse the ship’s docking at the Port of Koper, we will call on the public to blockade the port and take other protest actions. At this point, we also call on the workers at the Luka Koper, who are the ones who ultimately receive and unload the ship, to refuse to support the ship.

Today, we address the following demands and questions to those responsible and the wider public:

1. We are joining the solidarity and anti-war movements that have already called for the refusal of logistical support for the Borkum at Luka Koper. We also call for a thorough inspection of the ship to establish unequivocally what cargo it’s carrying, where it is actually destined for, and to inform the public about it.
2. We demand that the institutions (both Luka Koper and the responsible ministries) inform the public as soon as possible about all the logistical support provided by Slovenia for the transport of weapons; which logistics centres and other public infrastructure provide their services to the arms business?
3. It is essential to open the widest possible public debate on these issues, because people’s lives and the future of humanity depend on the answers. We must not accept the normalisation of war, arming and unbothered arms trade. Its consequences are already counted in the tens of thousands of dead.

Stop the machinery of death!
No logistical support for war profiteering!
Never again means now!

Solidarity Committee for Free Palestine

Ljubljana, 20 May 2024