17/04/2011
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Egyptian authorities have offered to make arrangements for the family of murdered Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni to enter Gaza, Egyptian Ambassador to the Palestinian Authority Yaser Othman said.
"Egypt will work on allowing the activist's family to enter Gaza via Rafah as well as facilitating moving his body through the same crossing back to Italy," Othman said.
The ambassador said the arrangements would be made Sunday, and added that Egyptian authorities were ready to help the family in any way they could.
Arrigoni, 36, who was working with the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement, was found dead by Hamas security forces in a house in northern Gaza early on Friday.
He had been hanged, security officials said.
Arrigoni was kidnapped a day earlier by a Salafist group which had demanded that Hamas release Salafist prisoners within a 30-hour deadline that was to have expired on Friday afternoon. It was not clear why they killed him.
Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Friday called Arrigoni's mother to express his and his government's condolences for the death of her son. He explained the efforts the government is making to prosecute those responsible, Hamas officials said.
Haniyeh said the government would consider Vittorio a Palestinian martyr and name a street after him.
The government has sent its condolences to the Italian government and people. It ordered the foreign ministry and government media office to intensify efforts to coordinate with concerned parties and took a decision to form a delegation to Italy to pay its respects to the victim's loved ones.
Source: Ma'an News Agency.
Link: http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=379323.
An Open Letter to Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan
9 years ago
Israel and Palestinian is a very long conflict both sides sit together and have a peace talks then they can find a good solution for this problem but this situation has to be changed. If this fighting continuous among them it will not only effect in that region but also this can effect on allover the world.
ReplyDeleteWorld should focus on Israel & Palestinian side there should be held discussions between them both sides aim should be one that is peace then only this entire region will be safe and world will be safe. Palestinians should be give up terrorism these kidnaps and murders are raises the tensions between them Palestinians should not believe in terrorism they should not gain anything with this terrorism only peace talks will be held and peace will be happened
ReplyDelete@ prasad: Your first comment on this news article that I originally got from Ma'an News Agency I didn't mind.
ReplyDeleteYour second comment caught my attention. The first part of it was fine. In my own opinion about the Italian that was killed... I have my doubts about the official news about it... I also have doubts about the official news about how the Italian activist was killed and I'm suspicious toward another party.
If you want to talk about Palestinian "terrorism", you shouldn't exclude the Zionists of occupied Palestine from it. I'm sure you're well aware of the term I'm using.
I would call it Palestinian Resistance as it should and is called in some media. Palestinians don't believe in terrorism; they believe in freedom in all aspects of life, something the Zionists deny them.