Category: Press Releases
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ISM confirms the death of Vittorio Arrigoni
April 15: Updated with news reports below. The International Solidarity Movement is shocked and deeply saddened by the killing of our friend and colleague Vittorio Arrigoni. Vik was an inspiring activist and generous soul. Please keep his family and friends in your thoughts. We will post more information here as it becomes available. Press Stories…
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Palestinians call for release of Italian activist kidnapped in Gaza
International Solidarity Movement & Free Gaza Movement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (April 14, 2011) – Today, our friend and colleague, Vittorio Arrigoni, a journalist and human rights defender working in the Gaza Strip, was kidnapped in Gaza. Vittorio has been active in the Palestine cause for almost 10 years. For the past two and a half…
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Freedom Flotilla: We Will Not Be Intimidated
13 April, 2011 | Freedom Flotilla Athens – The Freedom Flotilla 2 Steering Committee met in Athens 9 and 10 April to continue preparations for the upcoming flotilla. Since the last meeting in Amsterdam, Israel has launched an international campaign of incitement against the Flotilla and its coalition members who are participating from around the…
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Rachel Corrie trial: stopping bulldozer work not an option despite risk to protesters
11 April 2011 | Rachel Corrie Foundation Deputy Battalion Commander says avoiding precedent influenced decision not to stop. Two Israeli military officers who commanded troops near Rafah, Gaza on the day Rachel Corrie was killed, took the stand behind a screen in a Haifa court Wednesday, April 6, as government witnesses in the ongoing civil…
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A new Israeli massacre in Gaza
09 April 2011 | One Democratic State Group, Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel, University Teachers’ Association in Palestine, Association of Al-Quds Bank for Culture and Information Besieged Gaza, Occupied Palestine. The latest round of Israeli massacres committed against the people of Gaza has resulted in the brutal killings since Thursday afternoon…
