The Honorary Consul of Israel in Apulia, Basilicata and Molise, Luigi De Santis, announces that he will take part in the Bari Med Marathon tomorrow with a yellow armband “so that the hostages who have been in the hands of Hamas since October 7th be released as soon as possible.” : Only then will it be possible to talk about peace.” “Bari as a symbol of the race of the peoples of the Mediterranean,” explains the consul in a note, “this is the mission set by the organizers of the Mediterranean -Marathons, sponsored by the Consular Authority of Apulia, Basilicata and Molise.” For this reason, as Honorary Consul of Israel, I decided to take part. I do this with a yellow armband to run symbolically even for those who cannot be in Bari: to fight the Israeli hostages, still in the hands of Hamas since October 7, will be as soon as possible released. Only then will it be truly possible to talk about and practice the path of peace that we all strive for.” “My race – he adds – also wants to be a witness against the creeping anti-Semitism that the war between Israel and which Hamas has brought forth with great and growing concern, from which, unfortunately, Apulia and Bari, contrary to their calling, are not exempt to run together for a Mediterranean of peace and respect.”
