Issa Amro

Issa Amro is a Palestinian human rights defender, engineer, and nonviolent activist from Hebron in the occupied West Bank. He is the founder of Youth Against Settlements and the Executive Director of Working for Peace and Justice in the Middle East. He has written articles and opinion pieces for many international media outlets, including The Guardian, Al Jazeera, openDemocracy, The Nation, The Huffington Post, The Forward, Mondoweiss, and Amnesty International UK.

Recent Articles
Israeli forces demolish homes in the Farsh Al-Hawa area of Hebron, following a deadly attack on a checkpoint nearby, West Bank, October 23, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)
In Hebron, Netanyahu is turning displacement into an election spectacle
Israel has expelled 4,000 Palestinians in four days, destroying many of their homes and engineering a new reality that we fear will become permanent.
By Issa Amro October 27, 2026
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