Happy Eid Adha! A blessed Eid al-Adha to everyone! عيد أضحى مبارك للجميع

Congratulations to one of the most prominent figures in the Hebron Governorate, Dr Hazem Abdul Hafeez Al-Ashhab, on his appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Birzeit University. I had hoped to see him as President of the University Students’ Union.

Peter Bienart digs deeper with Issa Amro, renowned non-violent human rights activist in West Bank, & Sari Bashi, exec. director of Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, into atrocities of sexual torture of Palestinian prisoners, & what must be done. peterbeinart.substack.com/p/what-we-to...

A new iron gate has been erected in the Old Town square in Hebron. Israel is expanding the Ghosttown-Area of Hebron.

At the 8th Congress of Fatah, the Palestinian national liberation movement—a member of the Socialist International and considered progressive and secular—only six women out of 60 candidates are standing for election to the Central Committee, which has 18 seats. 1/3

Israels soldiers and settlers especially and systematicly target women. The victims nearly never dare to report the atrocities. This woman here in Hebron testified to the Israeli newspaper "Haaretz". It required outstanding bravery to do this!

"Rabbis for human rights" will not be silent about the rape of Palestinians. They call out the "brutal sexual abuse of male and female Palestinians by Israels prison guards, soldiers, settlers and interrogators." They say: "These heinous acts fly in the face of our laws and our values."

Friends of Hebron is having a monthly interview with me. Here is the April update on what is happening in Hebron. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcAS...

The Israeli army chief in the West Bank has said his troops were “killing like we haven’t killed since 1967”, including fatally shooting Palestinian stone-throwers, according to an Israeli report of his comments. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Fatah boasts about the resistance, saying ‘We lead the field, we and we’ — that’s the extent of Fatah’s role in the popular resistance, according to their Eighth Congress. Twenty-one activists, twelve of whom have no connection to grassroots work, were simply added to the list. 1/2

Anti-fascist march against war and violence. Peace, freedom, and justice for all. In Tel-Aviv! #Justice #march #peace #war

It was not a single incident. It happened to me many times. And it happens to a lot of other Palestinians too! To my neighbors! The Settlers do not only act with impunity, but with the active support of the military and the government. Now that the world is looking to Iran, they feel emboldended.

Thanks to Cecilia Salla for this very good very dense summary! And even more to come here, parting bread with us and sharing our situation. And thanks to @marcotombesi.bsky.social for publishing it here. We need both of you: Activists on the ground and activists in the internet! Both kinds! Shukran!

Why has the Palestinian Presidency not issued a statement condemning the brutal attack on one of our sisters, the nuns in Jerusalem, and why has it not released the video of the extremist settler who assaulted a French nun and her researcher in Jerusalem? 1/3

No one is illegal on stolen land. Freedom, dignity, and justice for Palestine 🇵🇸 and for all oppressed people around the world.

An saturday (shabbes!) Andrey X, myself, other guests in my house were attacked by settlers. Here a small documentation, we made about this attack. (The video in the other post is "just" the film Andrey X took.)

Yesterday we got attacked by settlers. Andrey X, who is a guest at my house made this video of the attack!

A Palestinian activist said an IDF officer stole his security cameras. What followed was a familiar choreography of denial, deflection and institutional indifference cc @issa-amro.bsky.social www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026...

#Kuwait | Authorities must release journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin immediately, cease criminalising journalism #FreeAhmed #freeahmedeldin

#OccupiedWestBank, 23 Abr 2026 #Israeli occupation releases #Hebron Mayor Taysir Abu Sneineh after his detention. He appeared severely emaciated, with reports citing systematic torture & starvation in Israeli detention camps. #NetanyahuWarCriminal #Boycottisrael #TrumpWarCriminal #BoycottUSA

The occupation has released the Mayor of Hebron, Brother Tayseer Abu Sneineh. This follows eight months of administrative detention without trial. We wish him well. We hope that all detainees will be released and reunited with their families soon. 1/2

A West Bank photo essay by Denise Laura Baker capturing the realities of occupation, following individual lives while revealing the wider systems of restriction, land loss, and the enduring resistance of Palestinian communities. 1/2

Also HIS NAME IS ISSA AMRO. Look up what regularly happens to him when he engages in nonviolent actions in Hebron.

"How does Israel’s policy of ethnic cleansing and occupation in the West Bank work? We discussed this question with Issa Amro, who lives in the West Bank, and Andrey X, an activist involved in the ‘protective presence’ initiative in Palestinian villages." “Palestinians... Endure a Pogrom Every Day”

The sight of workers trying to smuggle goods in a rubbish bin is truly heartbreaking, but what drove them to such desperation is the real issue. A failed labour leadership and a leadership incapable of finding alternatives; we are like orphans at the tables of the wicked. 1/2

Piece about myself in this month's Gallery of Andrew Feinstein #existenceisresistance

Yesterday volunteers cleared weeds from around the olive trees in Tel al-Ramida – may God grant these young people good health. 1/4

It is not easy to remain silent… nor must the memory of that pain be erased. Honourable people of Dura, you who struggle for justice, how can you accept that a fugitive agent—responsible for the torture and murder of so many of the finest among our people in the Dura area—should be buried here?! 1/2

Hebron, from Tel Rumeida: a view of the Ibrahimi Mosque and the surrounding area. Winter was wet, spring is here! Everything is green!

Note the date. 9 months before October 7. “an Israeli soldier … stopped my interview did this with a Palestinian peace activist Issa Amro in #Hebron. I can't stop thinking how dehumanizing the occupation is on the young soldiers charged with enforcing it” […] [Original post on kolektiva.social]

Laterns of Liberation: Stories worth telling. Conversations that don’t shy away from the truth. Lanterns of Liberation 🎙️ is a new podcast built around honest dialogue, deeper analysis, and conversations that actually matter. From history, how we are governed to future scenarios. 1/2

Happy Easter

We Demand that UK and the European Union impose sanctions on Israeli Knesset members who supported the death penalty, as sanctions were imposed on lawmakers in Russia.

“No, I wasn’t throwing stones; I was just sitting here” Palestinian boy Mohammed Hannani recounts the brutal assault and physical torture he was subjected to by Israeli soldiers in Beit Furik near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, while he was sitting with his friends. Credit: @trtworld

Perspektif is a Cologne-based magazine in Germany that closely follows issues concerning minorities, migrants, and Muslims, primarily in Europe and around the world. I'm glad that they are having Andrej X and me.

While the genocide in Gaza continues, global attention has shifted toward an unlawful war against Iran, diverting focus from ongoing atrocities in the region. Amid this broader climate of conflict, violence in the West Bank is steadily escalating. 1/3

The Palestinian court has decided to release the activist Omar Assaf, Hamdallah Al-Salamah, on bail. What have we gained from his arrest, Security Agency???

While covering an attack on a West Bank village in which settlers beat a 75-year-old man inside his home, a CNN crew was detained by Israeli soldiers who echoed settler ideology and spoke of revenge. Footage: CNN

Free Omar Assaf; the governor who arrested him violated the Palestinian Basic Law. Omar Assaf is a good man who loves his homeland and his country, and he is a man of principle. I am committed to remaining silent regarding Iran and the Gulf states. 1/3

Residents are defending themselves on their own in the frontline areas; political organisations, foremost among them Fatah, are conspicuously absent from grassroots defence activities, preoccupied as they are with municipal and local elections,... 1/5 (Picture: Settlers partying in Hebron)

In a speech delivered in the Knesset, Israeli Member of Knesset (MK) Meirav Cohen of the Yesh Atid party addressed the rise of settler violence in the West Bank, explicitly labeling it “Jewish terror”. 1/2

An Israeli journalist in Haaretz posted on Twitter, speaking frankly that Israelis, at least most of them, do not see Palestinians (Arabs) as human. He said this mindset drives a soldier to call those he kills “dogs” after executing a family in the West Bank,... 1/2

Desertsaffron wrote: "Incredible evening with the inspiring @issaamro reminding us not just about the importance of 'sumud', how our collective actions matter, but how diversity is a strength not a weakness. Followed by a delicious buffet @habibi_haus_jersey" #UniteForHumanity #ExistenceIsResistance

While global attention shifts to the war with Iran and rising oil prices, conditions in the occupied West Bank are worsening. 2024 Right Livelihood Laureate @issa-amro.bsky.social describes what is happening in Hebron.

In @issa-amro.bsky.social's own words 👇

I am in London for one week , I am happy to meet my friends.

Israel polices access to Hebron Mosque during Ramadan www.thecanary.co/global/world...

⚡ Ein Bericht der Journalistin Sophia Maier. Sie hat im Westjordanland – in Hebron – heimlich an einem israelischen Checkpoint gefilmt und dokumentiert, was für viele Palästinenser zum Alltag gehört. 1/2

Armed Israeli settlers killed three Palestinian civilians in the village of Abu Falah in the occupied West Bank on Sunday during an attack on the community, under the protection of the Israeli army, according to Palestinian activist Issa Amro.

Scenes of the farewell for the 3 Palestinians who were killed last night by Israeli settlers during their attack on the village of Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah. #Israel