A Cry for Peace: The Israeli Singer's Call Amidst War

"We are furious. This government should not stay in power even one more day. They have a huge responsibility in the horrible nightmare we are living, because they have not ensured peace in this country. Since October 7, we Israelis have been living a nightmare. The brutal terrorist acts committed by Hamas are indescribable. And shortly thereafter, violence called for more violence: our army entered Gaza, fighting a war we do not understand. Israel's army is a people's army. Therefore, our children, friends, our mothers, our fathers, our brothers, our sisters are all drafted. And who leads this army? This horrible government, which has brought only disasters to Israel. This government led by corrupt people, who do not contemplate peace, nor a better future for us," thus, in a video message sent for TedxNapoli and received by the audience with thunderous applause, the Israeli singer Noa wanted to make her voice for peace clear and strong in those territories now tormented by war. "In Gaza - Noa continued - a horrible nightmare is happening, with children dying and mothers suffering from hunger. It is simply an inconceivable horror. And what happened at that point? That both factions were kidnapped, like our hostages suffering in the tunnels of Hamas, by the extremist narrative. Here, in Israel, no one sees the suffering of Gaza. It is not shown in the Israeli media: our pain, and our anger, occupy the whole scene. And the same goes for them: they do not see our pain." For this reason, we take to the streets - the Israeli singer emphasized - to protest against this government, me, my friends, and hundreds of thousands of Israelis, increasing every week. To ask for peace: "The enemy of Hamas, just like the enemy of the messianic Jewish extremists, is peace. And we must do everything for a diplomatic agreement that ends this war, uproots Hamas, and eliminates extremism also from Israel. It is the only desirable scenario, and for which to fight: peace between Israel and Palestine, with a two-state solution, Israel alongside Palestine. I ask all nations to come together, and help reach an agreement between Israel and Palestine." During the event, held this afternoon in the halls of the Hotel Royal Continental on the Naples waterfront, Valentina Acca read an unpublished text by Viola Ardone written for Falastin Hurra, a collective of Italian and international cartoonists and illustrators for free Palestine promoted by the Culthurra association and curated by Alino, Guido Piccoli, and Giansandro Morelli. "Imagine not being the master of your land, your home, your time... imagine having to ask for permission to cultivate your field, to cross a street, to display a flag... imagine waiting every day for your child to come back from school and not breathing until you see him enter the door. Imagine not knowing if tomorrow you will be alive," these some excerpts from the touching text. But many were the themes addressed during the kermesse organized by Valeria Scialò, organizer, and by Francesca Nicolais and Giusy Ciaccio, co-organizer, with the moral patronage of the City and Metropolitan City of Naples. From artificial intelligence that helps, but does not replace, man in uncovering his past - as in the Vesuvius Challenge for the Herculaneum papyri - and in health care to scoby skin, from the ghost parents of rainbow families to the problems of young generations, from art to irreverent music up to the taboo of death: the speakers Gianluca Del Mastro, Joe Snape, Leandro Pecchia, Giulia Garofalo Geymonat, Elisa Sirianni, Antonella Inverno, Stefano Caimi, and Marco Abbro developed the theme chosen by the all-female organizing team, "Undressed", trying to discover the invisible, to "unveil" a new way of seeing the world.