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DESCRIPTION:Issa Amro is a human rights activist committed to non-violent resistance, 
 living in Hebron in the occupied West Bank. He is the co-founder of Youth 
 Against Settlements and is the Executive Director of Working for Peace and 
 Justice: Friends of Hebron. Mr. Amro was nominated for this year's Nobel 
 Peace Prize and is the recipient of many awards, including last year's 
 Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "alternative Nobel Prize", for 
 his peaceful resistance to the Israeli occupation. He also received the 
 Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law in 2024, the 
 Global Advocacy Award from Harvard Law School Advocates for Human Rights 
 and the Harvard Human Rights Journal (2023). In 2008, Mr. Amro won the One 
 World Media Award for his role in coordinating B'Tselem's video camera 
 distribution project in Hebron to document human rights violations by 
 Israeli soldiers and settlers. He is included in this years’ Time 
 Magazine "100 next" upcoming leaders.\n\nAs a consequence of his activism, 
 Mr. Amro has been repeatedly and arbitrarily detained and tortured by 
 Israeli forces. In 2017, Mr. Amro was prosecuted in an Israeli military 
 court on charges deemed by Amnesty International to be "baseless" and 
 "politically motivated". Mr. Amro has also been jailed and beaten for 
 criticizing the Palestinian Authority. He has been featured in CNN, BBC, 
 France 24, Al Jazeera, NPR, The New York Times, The Nation, The New Yorker, 
 The Guardian, Haaretz, and Last Week Tonight. On October 7th, 2023, He was 
 captured and tortured by Israeli soldiers and settlers. Mr. Amro's work 
 focuses on peaceful community resilience, direct action, and international 
 advocacy for Palestinian rights.\n\nSuggested donation of $5-50. Proceeds 
 benefit the nonprofit organization Working for Peace and Justice: Friends 
 of Hebron.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/11/07/18881298.php
SUMMARY:Webinar: Life Under Occupation in the West Bank
LOCATION:Zoom\nhttps://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/life-under-occupation-in-the-west-bank
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/11/07/18881298.php
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