Goodbye Palestine. For the last chapter of our trip we go back a few days. April 25. In Italy's Liberation Day. Travel companions for Peace Luisa Morgantini have worthily celebrated the anniversary of the Jordan Valley. Along with Fathey Kidrath, coordinator of the popular committees in the valley, its former MEP Morgantini, has laid the foundation stone of a school that is dedicated to Vittorio Arrigoni.
Showing posts with label Vittorio Arrigoni. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vittorio Arrigoni. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Stay human, Vik
Human remains and Vittorio Arrigoni the phrase with which he signed his articles for the Manifesto and the web. And "human remains" is the only thing I can say today, in front of his barbaric murder. A death that leaves me, among many, one regret: not having met him in person, I learned about reading, in time, his writings and seeing his videos.
Vittorio was a non-violent, a full-time volunteer, one of those who did not think about his future because too busy to devote this "other". He devoted himself to the Palestinian cause. But can you imagine an Italian like that? In the Italy of those days would have been profane: "We shoot on migrants," "Mitragliamoli", and he there, side by side with the "barbarians", ready to act as his shield.
Vittorio was a non-violent, a full-time volunteer, one of those who did not think about his future because too busy to devote this "other". He devoted himself to the Palestinian cause. But can you imagine an Italian like that? In the Italy of those days would have been profane: "We shoot on migrants," "Mitragliamoli", and he there, side by side with the "barbarians", ready to act as his shield.
Arrigoni, a hero of our time
Vittorio Arrigoni was killed because he does not tolerate those who kill witnesses. But also because the spiral of madness in this world which is sliding require blood on the altar of the powerful. And 'the death of a hero of our time, which, increasingly, will need heroes. The best way to honor his memory will be to prepare to face a wave of violence that is proportional to the severity of the crisis in which the power struggle that led the planet in the storm have already begun.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Who was Arrigoni, the "Vik" and "Utopia" in Gaza
Vittorio Arrigoni on the cover of Courrier International, the French equivalent of our 'International' (photo taken from Facebook) In three years he had become a "national" of Gaza, respected by the people who attended a human shield by the farmers on the border with Israel or fishermen who ventured beyond three miles from the coast, where he takes the Israeli blockade.
And it is in Gaza that he met his death Vittorio Arrigoni, "Vik" to his friends, the 36-year old activist Lombard International Solidarity Movement. His group had already had one dead, the American peace activist Rachel Corrie, crushed by an Israeli bulldozer in March 2003 while trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian houses in Rafah.
And it is in Gaza that he met his death Vittorio Arrigoni, "Vik" to his friends, the 36-year old activist Lombard International Solidarity Movement. His group had already had one dead, the American peace activist Rachel Corrie, crushed by an Israeli bulldozer in March 2003 while trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian houses in Rafah.
Human remains, Victor
Vittorio Arrigoni was dead because we are not quite human remained. Or perhaps, the stories and the clouds over Palestine, we are not ever been. I heard the voice of Victor for the last time a few days ago, for an evening that we had organized in Milan on the next departure dellaFreedom Flottille. An evening of silent and dark.
Speaking in Milan of Palestine is like uncovering an island that no one wants to put on the map. His phone call that night was a bridge built in a moment that has led us to a heart so equal in so many different territories. His voice was firm, surgical and sharp man who can not avoid being aware of it.
Speaking in Milan of Palestine is like uncovering an island that no one wants to put on the map. His phone call that night was a bridge built in a moment that has led us to a heart so equal in so many different territories. His voice was firm, surgical and sharp man who can not avoid being aware of it.
Vittorio Arrigoni, the first kidnapping in the Gaza Strip since 2007
Vittorio Arrigoni where she lived in Gaza since August 2008 seizure of Vittorio Arrigoni, which ended with his death (see news), is the first against a foreign national in the Gaza Strip since March 12, 2007. The last was kidnapped British journalist Alan Johnston, BBC correspondent Palestinian Enclave, taken hostage by another group Salafi, the Army of Allah, close to Al Qaeda.
Johnston was released July 4, after 114 days of captivity and tortured negotiations directly tied to Hamas. Data since the conflict between the Islamic Resistance Movement, which controls the small territory since mid-June 2006, and the ultra-fundamentalist formations active in Gaza, promoting relentless application of Sharia law in its interpretation more rigid, and then accuse Hamas over secularism and moderation.
Johnston was released July 4, after 114 days of captivity and tortured negotiations directly tied to Hamas. Data since the conflict between the Islamic Resistance Movement, which controls the small territory since mid-June 2006, and the ultra-fundamentalist formations active in Gaza, promoting relentless application of Sharia law in its interpretation more rigid, and then accuse Hamas over secularism and moderation.
Gaza, kidnapped voluntary italianoI Salafi blackmail the government of Hamas
Vittorio Arrigoni is on his knees, his arms tied behind his back and a thick strip of black electrical tape over his eyes. He has a wound to his head and spots of blood on his face. Someone holds the hair. The video appeared today on canale'ThisisGazaVoice 'is what we know so far of the kidnapping of the Italian volunteer in Gaza City by three armed militants of the Islamic Salafist group.
The kidnappers threaten to kill if Arrigoni within 30 hours - from 11 am this morning (the 10 in Italy) - The Hamas government will not release prisoners held in prisons Salafi Strip. The Foreign Ministry has received through the Italian Consulate in Jerusalem, the news of the kidnapping of Arrigoni and "has already made the appropriate steps for each action to protect the fellow," he wrote in a note.
The kidnappers threaten to kill if Arrigoni within 30 hours - from 11 am this morning (the 10 in Italy) - The Hamas government will not release prisoners held in prisons Salafi Strip. The Foreign Ministry has received through the Italian Consulate in Jerusalem, the news of the kidnapping of Arrigoni and "has already made the appropriate steps for each action to protect the fellow," he wrote in a note.
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