Tag: Vittorio Arrigoni

  • Free Gaza Movement: Free Gaza & Liberty to leave for Cyprus with Palestinians on-board

    For Immediate Release (GAZA CITY, 28 August 2008) – After having shattered the Israeli blockade of Gaza earlier this week, the Free Gaza and Liberty will depart Gaza for Cyprus at 2pm today. Several Palestinians who have previously been denied exit visas by Israel will join international human rights workers on the journey. Among the…

  • Christmas Stories from Occupied Palestine

    Christians, Jews and Muslims Meet on the Road to Bethlehem The Tent of Defiance The Palestinian Outpost Strikes Back! Trailer Evacuated and Removed But Bil’in’s Outpost Remains Christmas lights in Bil’in Detained Peace Activists barred from accessing Bethlehem Does Santa get through the checkpoint? Bil’in In the Israeli Press – four articles ———- 1) Christians,…

  • Christmas in jail for peace campaigners

    An Italian peace activist was hospitalized Thursday after refusing to be deported from Israel. Italian, Vittorio Arrigoni, 34, was injured yesterday evening when Israeli authorities tried to deport him and two other detained UK residents,from South Africa and Ausralia, by force, according to Israeli lawyer Gaby Lasky. Lasky added that the authorities failed to notify…