An al-Qaida linked group in Gaza kidnapped and murdered Vittorio Arrigoni, an Italian member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) who was there to help Palestinians.
The ISM has attempted to glorify their late member Rachel Corrie, who died in an accident while playing chicken with an Israeli military bulldozer. I wonder if Arrigoni, a poor, misguided person who was killed intentionally by Islamists will merit any long-term remembrance from ISM.
I doubt it. It would interfere with their propaganda messaging.
This disturbing video was put on YouTube by his captors, showing him blindfolded and beaten.
Hamas actually made a half-hearted effort to find him, but retrieved his body. He was strangled to death by his captors.
This video of Arrigoni shows him to be a typical ISM activist, painfully ignorant of the history and culture of the place he's decided to involve himself with. His statements show he has basic facts wrong. But a seemingly well-intentioned person nonetheless who met a fate he did not deserve.
More on this story is at The Jerusalem Post
h/t Blazing Cat Fur
EYE ON A CRAZY PLANET
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