25 April 2011 | Ma’an News Agency Hebron’s Youth Development Association re-named a small garden west of the city after murdered Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni in a Sunday ceremony. Beit Ula Mayor Rateb Al-Omla presided over the event, thanking the ...
Read More »International convoy to Gaza
English – Italian Let’s go to Gaza! On the 21st April, a meeting regarding the discussions and reflections on the murder of Vittorio Arrigoni was held in Rome amongst different activists. From the gathering, the need to organize a convoy ...
Read More »Gaza children draw to honor slain activist
24 April 2011 | Ma’an News Agency Children in southern Gaza spent Saturday drawing pictures to honor slain Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni. Over a hundred children and their mothers participated in the memorial event, organized by a charity in Khan ...
Read More »Vik’s not gone
22 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Vik, habibo, you’re not gone, not for me at least. In life you brought the warmth every time I met you, and to everyone else. You did not see it as a ...
Read More »Thousands of Gazans participate in slain Italian activist’s funeral
19 April 2011 | Palestine News Network On Monday, politicians, NGO workers, and activists took part in the funeral of Vittorio Arrigoni who was killed last Friday by a Salafist group in Gaza. Palestinian police officers carried Arrigoni’s coffin and ...
Read More »Vittorio, never more alive than now
Egidia Beretta Arrigoni, Mother of Vittorio Arigoni | Il Manifesto Translated by Sebastiao Nascimento. Italiana segue. One has to die to become a hero, to hit the headlines and to have TV crews around the house, but does one have ...
Read More »International Solidarity Movement Committed to Staying in Gaza
18 April 2011 | ISM GAZA Arabic follows English — البيان مترجم للغة العربية Following the murder of our comrade and friend Viktor, we, activists of the International Solidarity Movement, would like to reiterate our commitment to remaining in Gaza. ...
Read More »Launch of international boat to monitor human rights in Palestinian waters
17 April 2010 | Civil Peace Service Gaza On Wednesday April 20th, the “Oliva”, a human rights monitoring boat with an international crew, will launch from the port of Gaza City. The crew of the Civil Peace Service, which currently ...
Read More »Solidarity Statements in honor of Vittorio Arrigoni
Organizations throughout Palestine and around the world are honoring Vittorio Arrigoni’s life and his work for the liberation of the Palestinian people. Collected here are some of those statements. If your organization is planning to issue a statement, please send ...
Read More »Remembering Vik
Jeff Halper | Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions Less than two weeks after losing another friend and comrade, Juliano Mer-Khamis, I now have to mourn and remember my fellow Free Gaza shipmate Vittorio (Vik) Arrigoni, who was brutally murdered last ...
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