Historian writes of 'pleasure' at murder of pro-Palestinian activist Vittorio Arrigoni

Harriet Sherwood
Guardian 18 May -- Author of op-ed article in Jewish Chronicle tells me he 'rejoiced' at death of Vittorio Arrigoni -- I was sent a link this week to a piece published in the Jewish Chronicle by historian Geoffrey Alderman, the opening sentence of which I found pretty shocking. Under the headline This Was No Peace Activist, Alderman wrote: Few events - not even the execution of Osama bin Laden - have caused me greater pleasure in recent weeks than news of the death of the Italian so-called 'peace activist' Vittorio Arrigoni."
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