Talk:Issa Amro

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Please change this part of the first paragraph:

At present, Amro is being indicted by the Israeli military court with 18 charges against him. The exact date of the trial is as of yet unknown.^[1][2]

To this, which has updated information about the trial:

At present, Amro is being indicted by the Israeli military court with 18 charges against him.^[1][2] In May 2017, Bernie Sanders along with three U.S. Senators and 32 Congressmen wrote to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to urge Israeli authorities to reconsider the charges against Amro.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} HumanRightsUnderstanding (talk) 08:32, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Not done: Addition fails WP:OVERCITE. It's easier if an addition is referenced by one or two sources, but not five. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 15:31, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you jd22292 for pointing out the overcite problem. If there are no other problems, then how about this – same content but boiled down to two sufficient sources:

At present, Amro is being indicted by the Israeli military court with 18 charges against him.^[1][2] In May 2017, Bernie Sanders along with three U.S. Senators and 32 Congressmen wrote to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to urge Israeli authorities to reconsider the charges against Amro.^[3][4] (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:53, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

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Not sure this is the right procedure, but I'm resubmitting the request since the last one didn't get picked up on after I changed the overcite issue. Please change this:

At present, Amro is being indicted by the Israeli military court with 18 charges against him. The exact date of the trial is as of yet unknown.^[1][2]

To this:

At present, Amro is being indicted by the Israeli military court with 18 charges against him.^[1][2] In May 2017, Bernie Sanders along with three U.S. Senators and 32 Congressmen wrote to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to urge Israeli authorities to reconsider the charges against Amro.^[3][4] HumanRightsUnderstanding (talk) 20:36, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Done I even added the statement in the Harassment and arrests section under the Trial subsection. Thanks again for the request. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 21:10, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

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Please change:

On May 2017, a group of four U.S. Senators and 32 Congressmen, led by senator Bernie Sanders, wrote to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, asking him to urge Israeli authorities to drop the charges against Amro.^[1][2]

To this:

Writers Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman wrote about Amro’s trial in an article for The New York Times entitled “Who’s Afraid of Nonviolence”, in which they condemned the charges. ^[3] On May 2017, a group of four U.S. Senators and 32 Congressmen, led by senator Bernie Sanders, wrote to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, asking him to urge Israeli authorities to drop the charges against Amro.^[1][2] HumanRightsUnderstanding (talk) 12:23, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Done SparklingPessimist ^{Scream at me!} 23:57, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

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Not done: Section already changed and extended. SparklingPessimist ^{Scream at me!} 16:32, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

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I read some news about Issa Amro and came to wikipedia to learn more. The wiki page is inline with what I read in other notable and balanced publications. I am surprised why this page is marked for deletion. Hopefully this page gets vetted and cleared instead of censored/removed. 199.106.103.57 (talk) 21:08, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Please do not use the edit request template in this manner. The problem with this article is the creator. The article can easily be created again by someone who has the privileges to do so. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 21:09, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

User:Jd22292 I am going to remove the RfD, I would start this article, if no-one else did. There are lots of RS in the article, Ill add another one in a moment, Huldra (talk) 22:13, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

As the creator of the page, I'll just state that the issue with WP:ARBPIA3 was already discussed upon my creation of the article – and it seemed at the time that a decision was made to keep it. One of the frailties of WP:ARBPIA3 is that new users cannot possibly know about it beforehand. The article was accepted and the solution at the time was to put additional protection on the page. The topic is clearly relevant enough and has gained importance since its creation. If the content is decent, then this author pleads to keep it.

[[User: HumanRightsUnderstanding|HumanRightsUnderstanding] (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 23:09, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

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Change:

He is the coordinator and co-founder of the grassroots group Youth Against Settlements.

To:

He is the co-founder and former coordinator (2007-2018) of the grassroots group Youth Against Settlements.

Source:

Gessen, Massha (2019-01-24). "A GUIDED TOUR OF HEBRON, FROM TWO SIDES OF THE OCCUPATION". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-06-02. 144.82.8.139 (talk) 17:00, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, no. I have read the whole Newyorker article, and the proposed change is not in that source. You have to find a source which supports the proposed change, before the proposed change goes into the at article Huldra (talk) 21:42, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

It is in the quote "In 2007, he founded Youth Against Settlements, a group that protests and lobbies against the Israeli occupation and leads tours intended to convey the experience of living under the occupation of the West Bank. (Last year, Amro stepped down as the head of the organization to launch a sister foundation called the Hebron Freedom Fund.)"

"Last year" being 2018, since the article is from 2019. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.34.159.167 (talk) 14:45, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Sorry for my mistake: you are right: it was in the article. So:

done, Huldra (talk) 20:35, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

This article is bizarre. This individual is notable for his nonviolent activism? What are the criteria of notability? Has he published anything? Elected to public office? The tone of the article is highly biased. He is active in the West Bank, but his Arabic-language article contains only two paragraphs, whereas the English-language one is 30 paragraphs long.

This guy's article is longer than Mia Khalifa's lol. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.234.74.163 (talk) 07:14, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Seems fine to me. Uirusu (talk) 20:57, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

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“Activism” RFL2026** (talk) 02:55, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Toast1454_TC 15:57, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

Please change: Issa Amro (Arabic: عيسى عمرو; April 13, 1980) is a Palestinian activist based in Hebron, West Bank.

to - Issa Amro (Arabic: عيسى عمرو; born April 13, 1980) is a Palestinian human rights defender based in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Here is a source for Israeli occupied Hebron where Issa lives. https://www.un.org/unispal/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/OCHAHEBRONRPT_240419.pdf

Please change: He is the co-founder and former coordinator (2007–2018) of the grassroots group Youth Against Settlements.

to : He is a co-founder of the Palestinian grassroots organization Youth Against Settlements, a group that advocates nonviolent direct action and documents human rights violations in Hebron. source for Youth Against Settlements here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_Against_Settlements

Thank you! I have more to make but want to make sure I am doing it correctly first. RFL2026** (talk) 16:34, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: Wikipedia avoids potentially contentious phrases in lead unless vital to the understanding (see MOS:LEADNO), besides, Israel occupation is discussed in lead already. Youth Against Settlements is explained in its own section in main body, so no explanation needed in lead. Pr0m37h3u$ 15:22, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

ok. thanks. RFL2026** (talk) 16:22, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

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PLEASE CHANGE: Issa Amro (Arabic: عيسى عمرو; April 13, 1980) is a Palestinian activist based in Hebron, West Bank. TO: Issa Amro (Arabic: عيسى عمرو; born April 13, 1980) is a Palestinian human rights defender based in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Here is a source for human rights defender: https://assets.nationbuilder.com/hebronfreedomfund/pages/16/attachments/original/1727882995/EU-representative-letter-Issa-Amro.pdf?1727882995 Here is the source for Israeli occupied Hebron where Issa lives: https://www.un.org/unispal/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/OCHAHEBRONRPT_240419.pdf

PLEASE CHANGE: He is the co-founder and former coordinator (2007–2018) of the grassroots group Youth Against Settlements. TO: He is a co-founder of the Palestinian grassroots organization Youth Against Settlements, a group that advocates nonviolent direct action and documents human rights violations in Hebron. Source for Youth Against Settlements: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_Against_Settlements

AFTER THE SENTENCE “He is a co-founder of the Palestinian grassroots organization Youth Against Settlements, a group that advocates nonviolent direct action and documents human rights violations in Hebron.” please ADD: Amro is formally recognized as a Human Rights Defender by the European Union. https://assets.nationbuilder.com/hebronfreedomfund/pages/16/attachments/original/1727882995/EU-representative-letter-Issa-Amro.pdf?1727882995

FOLLOWING THIS SENTENCE: “In 2010, he was declared "human rights defender of the year in Palestine" by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.” PLEASE ADD: Amro is the recipient of the 2024 Right Livelihood Award and the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law. Source for Right Livelihood: https://rightlivelihood.org/the-change-makers/find-a-laureate/issa-amro-youth-against-settlements/ AND source for Franco-German prize: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-12-12/ty-article-magazine/.premium/human-rights-prize-awarded-to-israeli-in-tel-aviv-palestinian-at-idf-checkpoint/00000193-bb5d-da67-abff-fbfd7add0000

PLEASE CHANGE THIS SENTENCE: “At present,[when?] Amro is being indicted by the Israeli military court with 18 charges against him.” TO: In 2016, Amro was indicted in an Israeli military court on 18 charges related to his nonviolent activism in Hebron, but by January 2021 the court had dropped most of the charges. https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/11/israel-un-experts-condemn-attacks-against-human-rights-defender-issa-amro

PLEASE CREATE A SUBSECTION UNDER THE ACTIVISM SECTION CALLED: "House and Community Center"

UNDER "House and Community Center" PLEASE ADD: The building that now serves as Issa Amro’s residence belongs to a Palestinian family whose house was taken over by the Israeli army in around 2001. The house is located directly next to an Israeli settlement and army base in Tel Rumeida, Hebron. Israeli settlers began to arrive at the house in 2007, and Amro rented the house from the original owners in response. After a series of arrests combined with lawsuits, Amro gained the right to live in the house and rehabilitated the house. It now serves as his home and the headquarters of Amro’s organization, Youth Against Settlements. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/magazine/issa-amro-palestinian-nonviolent-activist.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ok0.oCO5.ax7xQR3VZyqL&smid=url-share

UNDER THE SUBSECTION "2015-present", AFTER THE SENTENCE “Instead, he blamed the normalization of anti-Palestinian hatred within the Israeli military, and Benjamin Netanyahu for "pulling verbal triggers of incitement" and denying freedom for Palestinians with his politics.[28]” and before the sentence, “In October 2024, Amro and YAS were distinguished with the Swedish Right Livelihood Award…” PLEASE ADD: After the expulsion of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) observer group from Hebron in 2019, Amro founded an initiative to provide a protective presence in their place. https://www.972mag.com/hebron-palestinians-tiph-settler-violence/ In 2021, Amro won a lawsuit against Israeli settler Anat Cohen for assaulting him while monitoring a Palestinian school. https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2021-04-19/ty-article-opinion/.highlight/a-resounding-slap-in-the-courtroom/0000017f-dbba-db5a-a57f-dbfa67c10000 In 2024, Amro won a defamation lawsuit against Israeli right-wing NGO Ad Kan, which was made to apologize to him for saying he lived in a terrorist’s home. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-02-27/ty-article/.premium/rightist-ngo-to-apologize-to-palestinian-activist-for-saying-he-lived-in-terrorists-home/0000018d-e7be-d05b-addd-e7bfe4190000 PLEASE CHANGE the subsection title “Harassment and arrests” TO: Harassment, Arrests and Legal Proceedings

PLEASE REPLACE the subsection "Trial" WITH: "Trial in Israeli military court"

At the end of the “Trial in Israeli military court” section, PLEASE ADD:

Amro's case was highlighted in Amnesty International's Write for Rights campaign of 2017 alongside lawyer Farid al-Atrash.https://www.amnesty.org.uk/files/2017-10/W4R%20booklet%202017%20FINAL%20LORES.pdf Write for Rights 2017, Amnesty International, 2017.

Amnesty deemed the charges "baseless" and "politically motivated" and reiterated their call for Israeli authorities to drop the charges in 2021 prior to the verdict. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/11/israel-opt-drop-baseless-charges-against-palestinian-human-rights-defender/

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2021/01/israelopt-drop-politically-motivated-charges-against-palestinian-human-rights-activist-issa-amro/

In February 2021, the European Union Representative issued a statement in agreement with EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and the West Bank: "The EU and EU Member States call on the Israeli and Palestinian authorities to drop the politically motivated charges against Issa Amro." https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/palestine-occupied-palestinian-territory-west-bank-and-gaza-strip/local-eu-statement-charges-against-palestinian-human-rights-defender-issa-amro_en

In January 2021, Amro was convicted on six charges, including three counts related to participating in a demonstration without a permit. In response to the conviction, UN Special Rapporteurs issued a statement calling the conviction contrary to international human rights law and “part of a pattern where Israeli military law is used to restrict and penalise Palestinians for exercising their inviolable political and civil rights.” https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2021/01/israels-conviction-human-rights-defender-shows-disdain-international?LangID=E&NewsID=26688

In response to the conviction, the EU issued a statement calling on Israel to drop the “politically motivated” charges against Amro. https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/palestine-occupied-palestinian-territory-west-bank-and-gaza-strip/local-eu-statement-charges-against-palestinian-human-rights-defender-issa-amro_en

Upon appeal, in June 2023 Amro’s conviction was reduced to four charges and his sentence reduced. https://mailchi.mp/93b351850e9d/issa-amro-appeal-verdict?e=d878ced346

Amro dramatized his trial in the interactive documentary play “How To Make A Revolution,” co-written with playwright Einat Weizman. A reading of the play took place in New York, and the play was set to stage in Jaffa Theater in Tel Aviv. https://www.jaffatheatre.org.il/en/shows/how-to-make-a-revolution/#:~:text=Einat%20Weitzman's%20new%20documentary%20play,side%20of%20the%20occupying%20state.

https://www.theinvisibledog.org/all/2023/1/25/how-to-make-a-revolution-einat-weizman-and-issa-amro

12) UNDER THE “Arrest by the Palestinian Authority” SECTION, immediately following this sentence: “On September 9, 2017, he was released on bail,[54] following an outpouring of protests to the PA by human rights NGOs and others.”

PLEASE ADD:

After being released, Amro met Bernie Sanders and members of Congress in Washington DC.[13] In March, 2019, Amnesty International demanded that the Palestinian authorities drop all charges against him, adding "It is disgraceful that Issa Amro is facing a prison term simply for expressing his views promoting human rights online."[12] The EU called on Palestinian authorities to drop the “politically motivated” charges against Amro. https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/palestine-occupied-palestinian-territory-west-bank-and-gaza-strip/local-eu-statement-charges-against-palestinian-human-rights-defender-issa-amro_en

13) BEFORE THE SENTENCE “While being interviewed by Lawrence Wright in Hebron on February 13, 2023, Amro was grabbed by the neck and thrown to the ground by an IDF soldier.[56] The soldier was jailed by Israeli authorities for ten days for the assault.[56]

PLEASE ADD THE SUBSECTION:

=== Later Incidents (2023-present) ===

14) AFTER THE SENTENCE “While being interviewed by Lawrence Wright in Hebron on February 13, 2023, Amro was grabbed by the neck and thrown to the ground by an IDF soldier.[56] The soldier was jailed by Israeli authorities for ten days for the assault.[56]”

PLEASE ADD:

In March, 2023, Amro testified to the UN about the humanitarian and political situation in Hebron and the West Bank, as well as his own experiences from Israeli authorities, settlers, and Palestinian authorities. https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1b/k1bdjafpxn On October 7th, 2023, Amro reported being abducted and tortured by a group of Israeli soldiers and settlers. He reported being blindfolded, gagged, and beaten for 10 hours. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/magazine/issa-amro-palestinian-nonviolent-activist.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ok0.oCO5.ax7xQR3VZyqL&smid=url-share On October 26th, Israeli security forces expelled Amro from his house after hosting an Australian journalist. https://2021-2025.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/israel-west-bank-and-gaza/west-bank-and-gaza/ Issa Amro appeared in Louis Theroux's 2025 documentary The Settlers, where he guided Theroux around the Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Amro stated that Israeli soldiers and settlers had raided his home in the aftermath, as part of what he believes was retaliation for his participation in the documentary.[31] 15) IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS SENTENCE: “Issa Amro appeared in Louis Theroux's 2025 documentary The Settlers, where he guided Theroux around the Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Amro stated that Israeli soldiers and settlers had raided his home in the aftermath, as part of what he believes was retaliation for his participation in the documentary.[31]”

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SUBSECTION HEADER:

AND ADD THIS TEXT UNDER THIS SUBSECTION: Amro became part of B'Tselem and won the One World Media award in 2009 for the "Shooting Back" camera project, which he coordinated in Hebron. The project distributed cameras to Palestinians for the purpose of documenting human rights violations by Israeli soldiers and settlers.[4][17][18] In 2008, B'Tselem reported an occasion where Amro himself was prevented from documenting Israeli settler disturbances, after which he was then beaten and arrested by Israeli military.[19] In 2010, Amro was declared “human rights defender of the year in Palestine" by the UN Office of the High Commissioner. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/opinion/whos-afraid-of-nonviolence.html In 2013, Amro was formally recognized as a Human Rights Defender by the European Union, a status reaffirmed in 2016 during his trial in an Israeli military court. https://assets.nationbuilder.com/hebronfreedomfund/pages/16/attachments/original/1727882995/EU-representative-letter-Issa-Amro.pdf?1727882995 In 2021, Amro met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, urging him to end arms sales to Israel. https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2021-05-25/ty-article/.premium/prominent-palestinian-activist-meets-with-blinken-urges-him-to-halt-israeli-arms-sale/0000017f-e25a-d804-ad7f-f3faced40000 https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/05/27/palestinian-activist-antony-bliken-issa-amro-robertson-pkg-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn In 2024, Amro expressed disappointment with the U.S. decision to refrain from sanctioning Israeli battalions accused of “gross human rights violations” and stated that the U.S. was not doing the “minimum” of achieving peace between Palestinians and Israelis. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-sanction-israeli-military-units-accused-human-rights/story?id=109651562 In October 2024, Amro and YAS were distinguished with the Swedish Right Livelihood Award, "for their steadfast nonviolent resistance to Israel’s illegal occupation, promoting Palestinian civic action through peaceful means."[29] In December 2024, the French and German governments jointly awarded him the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law. Because Israeli soldiers denied the French and German representatives entry into Hebron, he accepted the award on a road outside an Israeli Defense Forces checkpoint.[30] In 2025, Amro was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. https://icahd.org/2025/02/28/jeff-halper-issa-amro-nominated-for-the-nobel-peace-prize/

16) ADD THE SUBSECTION:

AND ADD THIS TEXT UNDER THIS SUBSECTION:

• 2009 One World Media Award.

http://www.btselem.org/press_releases/20090623 B'Tselem’s video camera distribution project wins British One World Media award] B'Tselem. June 23, 2009.

• 2010 “Human rights defender of the year in Palestine” from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
• 2013 Formal recognition as Human Rights Defender by the European Union, reaffirmed in 2016.https://assets.nationbuilder.com/hebronfreedomfund/pages/16/attachments/original/1727882995/EU-representative-letter-Issa-Amro.pdf?1727882995 December 5, 2016

• 2023 Global Advocacy Award from the Harvard Law School Advocates for Human Rights and Harvard Human Rights Journal.https://clinics.law.harvard.edu/advocates/2023/04/23/global-advocacy-award-announcement/%7Ctitle=Global Advocacy Award Announcement|website=Harvard Law School Advocates for Human Rights|access-date=13 September 2024
• 2024 TRT World Award.^{[citation needed]}
• 2025 Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize https://icahd.org/2025/02/28/jeff-halper-issa-amro-nominated-for-the-nobel-peace-prize/
• TIME Magazine 100 Next https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318824/issa-amro/

17) ADD TO EXTERNAL LINKS SECTION:

• https://forward.com/authors/issa-Amro/ The Forward columns (2017-2021)

• NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/magazine/issa-amro-palestinian-nonviolent-activist.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ok0.oCO5.ax7xQR3VZyqL&smid=url-share

• Testimony to the UN https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1b/k1bdjafpxn

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