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For this Hebron activist, every protest could end in a trial
Israel's conviction of Palestinian activist Issa Amro shows that there can never be justice when the judge and prosecutor wear the same army uniform.
By
Oren Ziv
February 11, 2021
The Palestinian activists protecting Hebron from settler violence
After Israel boots the only internationally mandated human rights observer group in Hebron, Palestinian volunteers step up to monitor settler attacks amid a sense of heightened hostility. By Steven Davidson About a dozen Palestinian volunteers in blue vests identifying themselves as “human rights observers” made their way toward the Israeli army’s Checkpoint 56 on Shuhada…
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February 18, 2019
Seven hospitalized in settler attack on Hebron activists
Israeli soldiers reportedly stand by during attack on the ‘Youth Against Settlements’ community center in the occupied city. Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinians who were attempting to rebuild part of a local youth center in the occupied city of Hebron over the weekend, sending seven of them to the hospital with minor injuries. On…
By
Edo Konrad
December 28, 2018
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Under cover of Shabbat, settlers invade Palestinian property in Hebron
Neither the army nor the police bat an eyelid when settlers set up shop in the front yard of a privately-owned Palestinian home for an entire weekend. By Michael Salisbury-Corech Dozens of settlers in Hebron took over the front yard of the home of well-known local Palestinian nonviolent activist Issa Amro over the weekend. Israeli soldiers remained…
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November 29, 2015
PHOTO: Soldier punches Palestinian activist in the face
Israeli soldiers have been harassing Palestinian activist Issa Amro since he released a video of a soldier cocking his weapon at two youths. ‘They know I am a moving camera,’ he says. Palestinian non-violent activist Issa Amro is seen in the following photo, taken on May 28, being punched by an IDF soldier (the soldier’s identity…
By
Mairav Zonszein
June 8, 2014
PHOTOS: IDF brigade commander vs Hebron’s kindergarten
In the middle of Hebron, volunteers and activists built a kindergarten. Even a kindergarten, an attempt to bring a small piece of normalcy to the area, has turned into a target for the army, police and settlers. Text and photos by Dana Direktor / ‘The Hottest Place in Hell’ Read this article in Hebrew The…
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+972 Magazine
February 25, 2014
PHOTO: ‘Snow makes everyone equal for a day on Hebron’s Shuhada St.’
Since the Middle East is normally a hot and dry place without much more than heat waves for meteorologists to report, it can be quite a big story when the weather turns stormy as it did this past weekend. The magnitude of snow, which spread across the region from Jerusalem to Cairo, Homs, Lebanon’s Bekaa…
By
Mairav Zonszein
December 15, 2013
‘Death to Arabs’ sprayed on Palestinian kindergarten in Hebron
The only Palestinian kindergarten in the Israeli-controlled part of Hebron is vandalized with threatening hate speech. Similar slogans found elsewhere in the H-2 part of the city. Israeli settlers vandalized a Palestinian kindergarten in Hebron, spray-painting “Death to Arabs” on its wall, it was discovered this week. This is the only kindergarten in the Israeli-controlled section…
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Mairav Zonszein
November 8, 2013
Palestinian nonviolent protest leader arrested en route abroad
By The Popular Struggle Coordination Committee UPDATE: Issa Amro was released on Sunday evening from Israeli prison after being held since Thursday. He had to pay NIS 1,500 upon being freed, and his terms of release include a guarantee of NIS 5,000. He is prohibited from engaging in demonstrations for the next 3 months. Issa Amro,…
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+972 Magazine
June 16, 2012
A rare instance of justice at the Ofer military court
Nonviolent organizer Issa Amro was released from military prison this morning in a rare case of swift justice for Palestinians in the Israeli legal system. Amro, the director of the Hebron based NGO Youth Against Settlements, was one of the organizers of Friday’s international day of action to open Shuhada street. On Monday, Israeli authorities summoned Amro…
By
Joseph Dana
March 3, 2011
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