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Silvia Cattori

Swiss journalist. After having extensively written about diplomacy in South-East Asia and the Indian Ocean, she was witness to operation « Protective shield », launched by the Tsahal against the Palestinians. Ever since, she has devoted her work to raising global awareness of the conditions endured by the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation.

184 articles

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Exclusive Interview

Mordechai Vanunu: "Iran poses no threat"

by Silvia Cattori

10 November 2011

Against the current backdrop of Israeli talk of pre-emptive strikes against Iran’s alleged military nuclear facilities, Voltaire Network is republishing this exclusive 2005 interview of Israeli whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu. Twenty-five years ago, this former Israeli nuclear technician exposed (…)

Interview with Gilad Atzmon, Israeli-born musician, author and philosopher

Gilad Atzmon talks about his latest book “The Wandering Who?”

by Silvia Cattori

Geneva (Switzerland) | 30 September 2011

In his book, "The Wandering Who?", Gilad Atzmon goes where no one else dares to tread. He challenges what he considers to be the myths and the tribal mindset underpinning the founding of the Zionist state and its racially-driven policies. Repudiating the concept of ’chosen-ness’ that separates (…)

Freedom Flotilla 2

Too many headwinds to take to sea but the struggle goes on

by Silvia Cattori

5 July 2011

Under pressure from Israel and the United States, the embattled Greek government has prohibited the Freedom Flotilla from sailing to Gaza from its ports. But for its organizers, the fight has just begun and Israel will be kept under pressure by civil society who will continue to denounce the (…)

An Interview with Gilad Atzmon

Israeli occupation: Calling A Spade A Spade

by Silvia Cattori

Geneva (Switzerland) | 27 February 2011

Gilad Atzmon is an outstandingly charming man. He is often described by music critics as one of the finest contemporary jazz saxophonists. But Atzmon is more than just a musician: for those who follow events in the Middle East, he is considered to be one of the most credible voices amongst (…)

Interview with Hazem Jamjoum

Through piracy, Israel has revealed its true nature to the world

by Silvia Cattori

Geneva (Switzerland) | 8 June 2010

The extraordinary brutality of the army that abusively describes itself as “the most ethical army in the world” has ended up in exposing to everyone the true face of Israel. It must be noted that such brutality would never have been possible without the complicity of Western political circles (…)

Khaled Amayreh: A dangerous juncture in Palestinian history

by Silvia Cattori

11 March 2010

While the Israeli Government is projecting an "economic peace" with the Palestinians and the French Government is calling for the recognition of a fictitious Palestinian State - deprived of land and sovereignty - Silvia Cattori has interviewed one of the leading intellectuals of the Palestinian (…)

"What is the lesson to be learned from the Holocaust?": an interview with Hedy Epstein

by Silvia Cattori

Lausanne (Suisse) | 9 January 2010

85-year old Hedy Epstein is back in the limelight. Last week in Cairo, she embarked on a hunger strike to protest the ongoing blockade of Gaza. A Jewish Holocaust survivor whose parents perished in Auschwitz in 1942, she emigrated to the US in 1948 and first visited Palestine in 2003. Revolted (…)

Sami El Haj creates the Guantánamo Justice Center

by Silvia Cattori

Geneva (Switzerland) | 30 July 2009

On 29 July 2009, we had the privilege of meeting with Sami al-Haj, an Al Jazeera journalist and cameraman who was imprisoned in Guantánamo for more than 6 years and who was passing through Geneva. On that occasion he told us about the foundation of the London-based humanitarian organization « (…)

Guantanamo

Sami El Haj, Al Jazeera journalist, tells his story

by Silvia Cattori

Geneva (Switzerland) | 30 July 2008

Standing straight and tall, an impressive and deeply introspective man, Sami El Haj walks with a limp and the help of a walking stick. Neither laughter nor smiles light up the refined face of this man, old before his time. A deep sadness pervades him. He was 32 years old when, in December 2001, (…)

The Incredible story of Youssef Nada

by Silvia Cattori

Geneva (Switzerland) | 25 July 2008

Under the cover of the « war against terror », the United States and the European Union have granted unlimited powers to secret services and police. Emergency measures which were introduced on a provisional basis in 2001, outside any judiciary control, have become permanent. Since September (…)

An Interview with Aharon Shabtaï

Israel, “guest of honour” in Paris and Turin, does not deserve to be invited

by Silvia Cattori

Jaffa/Tel Aviv (Palestine/Israel) | 27 February 2008

When the announcement that Israel would attend the "Fiera del libro" of Turin, (*) came out, an immediate wave of protest arose in Italy; and many personalities supported the boycott call, made by the Palestinian, Jordanian and Egyptian Writers’ Associations.
In France, strangely enough, the (…)

No to the apartheid 2 states solution

Omar Barghouti: « No State Has the Right to Exist as a Racist State »

by Silvia Cattori

Rome (Italy) | 7 December 2007

Omar Barghouti belongs to a new generation of Palestinians who never adhered to the solution of « Two States, Two peoples ». They are advocating, instead, the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) of Israel as well as a «secular, democratic state» solution, where Palestinians and Israelis (…)

Hedy Epstein and Greta Berlin: “We Are Committed to Sailing to Gaza – Ahoy!”

by Silvia Cattori

13 August 2007

Hedy Epstein and Greta Berlin, two among other personalities promoting the project, "Sailing a boat to Gaza" explain, in the interview they gave to Silvia Cattori, why the boat "Free Gaza" will not sail this summer as initially planned, but next spring.

An Interview with Greta Berlin

Sailing to Gaza

by Silvia Cattori

Lausanne (Suisse) | 7 June 2007

Greta Berlin, 66 years old, is a businesswoman from Los Angeles, CA. She is the mother of two Palestinian-American children and has been to the occupied territories twice in the past four years with the International Solidarity Movement. She is also a member of Women in Black Los Angeles.
She (…)

Interview with Count Hans-Christof von Sponeck

United Nations implications in war crimes

by Silvia Cattori , Hans von Sponeck

23 March 2007

For Hans Christof von Sponeck, the former assistant secretary-general of the
UN, the United Nations, far from garding the respect for international law
and the consolidation of peace, have themselves become a factor of
injustice. Thus, the sanctions imposed on Saddam Hussein’s Iraq caused a (…)

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