Rami Aman
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Rami Aman | |
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رامي أمان | |
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| Occupations | Journalist, Peace Activist |
| Years active | 2010-present |
| Known for | organizing small-scale video chats between Israelis and Palestinian peace activists; incarceration by Hamas |
Rami Aman (Arabic: رامي أمان; born 1981/1982)[1] is a Palestinian journalist and peace activist in the Gaza Strip.[2][3] Aman founded the Gaza Youth Committee, through which since 2015 Aman has been organizing small-scale video chats between Israelis and Palestinian peace activists in the Gaza Strip in an initiative called "Skype With Your Enemy." On 9 April 2020, Aman was arrested by Hamas at the Internal Security headquarters in Gaza City. He was charged with "weakening revolutionary spirit" for his role in organizing the April 2020 video call with Israelis. He was released in October 2020.
Activism
In 2010, Aman founded the Gaza Youth Committee, an organization that seeks to connect people in Gaza with the outside world through the internet.[4][5] Since 2015, through the committee, Aman has been organizing small-scale video chats between Israelis and Palestinian peace activists in the Gaza Strip in an initiative called "Skype With Your Enemy."[6]
In 2017, Aman was able to visit the United States for three months as part of a Leaders for Democracy fellowship.[7]
In 2019 he organized cycling events held with Israeli cyclists, with participants separated by the border fence.[1][8] Aman was arrested for helping to organize the cycling event.[8][9]
In October 2023, Aman criticized the Israeli attacks on Gaza as part of the Gaza war, noting that the conditions prevented anti-Hamas protests and that the attacks would likely further radicalize Gazans.[10]