Tag: Gaza

  • Vik: a friend, a brother, a humanist

    Vik: a friend, a brother, a humanist

    Eva Bartlett | In Gaza I first heard of Vik before arriving in Gaza. Vik had just been injured by IOF water cannoning which shattered the windows of the fishing boat he was accompanying. Vik had some injuries from the shattered glass. When I met Vik he was nothing but humble and humour. A compassionate…

  • ISM confirms the death of Vittorio Arrigoni

    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…

  • Palestinians call for release of Italian activist kidnapped in Gaza

    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…

  • 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…

  • Updated – Woman and daughter killed in ‘Abasan with propelling projectile missile

    11 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza On April 8th, around noon, the southern villages around Khan Younis were shaken up when four artillery shells were fired from a tank. One of them hit a house located in ‘Abasan village. Najah Harb Qdeih (41) was making bread outside and her daughter Nedal Ibrahim Qdeih…