Vittorio Arrigoni

The 6th annual Bil'in conference on popular resistance kicked off today. Photo: Joseph Dana/popularstruggle.org

Hundreds at 6th Bil’in conference celebrate popular struggle

Dozens of European diplomats and senior figures from across the Palestinian political spectrum joined hundreds of activists in the opening of the 6th International Bil’in Conference on Popular Resistance. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, called for the international community to promote Palestinian self determination. The 6th annual Bil’in conference on popular resistance opened today in…

By Joseph Dana April 20, 2011

Lift the blockade on Gaza, talk to Hamas

It’s easy to forget Gaza. The strip is sealed from all directions, and only few can enter or leave it. Since the raid on the flotilla, more food is allowed in—at least that’s what Israel claims—but for all other purposes, the closure persists. There are no reports in the mainstream media on life in Gaza.…

By Noam Sheizaf April 17, 2011

ISM volunteer Vittorio Arrigoni killed in Gaza

by Jared Malsin Vittorio Arrigoni, an Italian Palestine solidarity activist and journalist, was killed this evening after being kidnapped hours earlier by a little-known fringe Salafi group in Gaza. It was the first kidnapping of an international in Gaza in the nearly four years since Hamas took control. I met Vittorio several times when I…

By +972 Magazine April 14, 2011

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