Palestinian activist wins prize for peaceful resistance

Palestinian activist wins prize for peaceful resistance

Palestinian activist Issa Amro, founder of Youth Against Settlements, was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for his organization’s non-violent resistance to Israel’s illegal occupation in the West Bank. Amro, who has been detained multiple times, campaigns against Israeli settlements in Hebron where 1,000 Jewish settlers live among 200,000 Palestinians. The award, also known as the…

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