Funeral of Vittorio Arrigoni | Funerali di Vik – video

جنازة فيتوريو اريغوني في إيطاليا https://www.facebook.com/Vittorio.gaza Source Related For all posts about Vittorio, letters of solidarity and mourning, statements of his beloved mother and friends, pictures, video’s and related news, please go to: Special topic | Vittorio Arrigoni: a Friend, a Brother, a Humanist

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Palestinian Christians denied access to holy places in Jerusalem during Easter

April 16, 2011 | Babylon & Beyond | Los Angeles Times As Christians get ready to celebrate Easter, Palestinian Christians living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are envious of fellow Christians from all over the world who are able to visit Jerusalem’s holy Christian sites and worship freely while they cannot. Since Israel cut off […]

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Israeli Genocide On Pesach

Kawther Salam | April 24, 2011 Zionist colonists celebrating Pesach and drinking wine on Palestinian roof Welcome to the big unknown prison in the occupied city of Hebron, watch this short video which was recorded during the zionist colonists celebration of Pesach, the jewish Passover holiday where they also celebrate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ […]

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Arrigoni, Mer-Khamis to receive Jerusalem honors

April 24, 2011 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas announced Sunday that he would present murdered Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni and slain Freedom Theater Director Juliano Mer-Kamis with the Jerusalem Medal of Honor. Family members of both men would be presented with the medals when Arrigoni’s mother visits Palestine, Abbas said. As mourners gathered in […]

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13 year old Boy among 5 injured by settler stones in north

April 24, 2011 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Five were injured by settler stone throwers on Sunday, medics said, as members of communities of Israeli Jews residing illegally in the West Bank launched rocks from several areas in the north. Among the injured, medics said, was a 13-year-old boy who was taken to the Rafidiya Government Hospital […]

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Palestinian Christians accuse Israeli police of blocking religious freedoms

[ 24/04/2011 – 05:26 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Arab Orthodox Institutions in Jerusalem has accused Israeli police of persecuting Christians and violating their right to perform religious rites on Holy Saturday as well as most of their holidays. The group said in a statement on Sunday that Israeli police blocked Palestinian Christians from […]

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Jihad: Death of settler natural result to occupation’s aggression

[ 24/04/2011 – 05:10 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Daoud Shihab, spokesman for the Islamic Jihad movement, said that the killing of a Jewish settler in Nablus on Sunday was a natural result to the continued provocation on the part of those settlers against the Palestinian people and land in the occupied West Bank. Shihab said that […]

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Families of two sick prisoners appeal for their treatment

[ 24/04/2011 – 05:17 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Relatives of a Palestinian prisoner in Israeli occupation jails appealed to human rights groups to intervene and pressure the Israeli authorities into allowing a liver surgery for their sick son. The family in Jenin refugee camp said that Jawad Taleb, 20, was in urgent need of a […]

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Yasser Arafat | أبو عمار

Life and times of Yassir Arafat (RIP) August 4, 1929 Born in Cairo, Egypt, the fifth child of Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini, a Palestinian merchant. 1933: his mother, Zahwa, dies. Yassir and his infant brother, Fathi, are sent to Jerusalem to live with an uncle…. 1949 Arafat moves back to Cairo, and forms Palestinian Students’ […]

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Hebron Names Park after Arrigoni

Date : 24/4/2011   Time : 16:11 Palestine News & Info Agency – WAFA HEBRON, April24, 2011 (WAFA)- Youth Development Society in Beit Ula, western Hebron Sunday named a park after the murdered Italian activist, Vittorio Arrigoni, in honor of his support for the Palestinian Cause. Minister of Local Government, Khaled Qawasmi, attended the inauguration ceremony and […]

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Prof. Qassem criticizes Israeli-PA probe into Nablus shooting Sunday

[ 24/04/2011 – 11:05 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Dr. Abdul-Sattar Qassem, political sciences professor at Al-Najah University in Nablus, has strongly criticized investigations carried out jointly between Israeli security forces and those of the Palestinian Authority after a Nablus shooting where Palestinians were suspected of killing a Jewish settler and injuring three more. “The Fatah […]

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Settlers smash Palestinians’ cars near Nablus

Apr 24, 2011 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Dozens of settlers smashed Palestinians’ cars around Nablus on Sunday hours after the shooting death of an Israeli in the city. Settlers threw rocks and smashed several cars on Huwarra Road near Beit Furik and at Madama junction, south of Nablus, a Ma’an correspondent reported. Clashes erupted between Palestinians […]

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Residents torch crashed military jeep in Isawiya – in pictures

Sunday, 24 April, 2011 | 13:03 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Youths in Issawiya village of north Jerusalem torched an Israeli military jeep on Friday afternoon when it slid down a mountainous area west of the village. Israeli troops withdrew from the scene. The driver had lost control of the vehicle, […]

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Gaza children draw to honor slain activist

Maan News | Apr 24, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — 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 Younis. Children also wrote letters expressing their condolences to Arrigoni’s mother. The […]

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Islamic-Christian commission warns against Judaization activities in J’lem

[ 24/04/2011 – 09:37 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Islamic-Christian commission for the support of Jerusalem and holy sites warned of the escalating Judaization and settlement activities in occupied Jerusalem. Secretary-general of the commission Hasan Khater appealed to the Arab and Islamic worlds to stand by Jerusalem people and help them to confront the […]

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