Gilad Shalit

Sarsak: “I announce my readiness to meet Barcelona or any other Spanish club outside of the context of a joint invitation with Gilad Shalit”

“FC Barcelona must reject any form of complicity with Israeli crimes by rescinding its official invitation to Gilad Shalit.”

“I know that the invitation was issued after heavy pressure on FC Barcelona so that it could get out of its dilemma,” Sarsak said.

Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Sarsak rejects invitation to FC Barcelona game with Gilad Shalit

Shalit “represents” the Israeli army and shouldn’t be at Barcelona stadium, say activists.

Samer Abu Seir’s mother passed away this morning. Samer was to get engaged this evening to make his mother happy before she died but destiny stood against his intentions.

Catherine Ashton, the Union’s foreign policy chief, hasn’t said one word about the plight of Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan.

Loai Odeh is a former prisoner who is forced to accept their fate to be deported far away from their land and families. It’s true that those former prisoners, including Loai, are now out of Israeli prisons, but still their freedom is conditional and incomplete.

Jerzy Buzek, the European Parliament’s president, waits several days before asking Israel to release a fellow MEP.