Electrical Engineer, Human Rights Defender from Palestine-Hebron. https://www.hebronfriends.org/https://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mlvuvkhgps2gAt 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. 1/315 May 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvuvkhgps2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mlptr5gycs23Israels 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! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 08:04 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlptr5gycs23https://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mlpsxicnk223"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."13 May 2026 07:50 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpsxicnk223https://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mlgyq4d7g22lFriends of Hebron is having a monthly interview with me. Here is the April update on what is happening in Hebron. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcASaCI-f4A09 May 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgyq4d7g22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3ml6g555fc22sThe 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. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/israeli-army-chief-unequal-enforcement-palestinians-west-bank06 May 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6g555fc22shttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mkxynylkos2pFatah 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. 1/203 May 2026 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxynylkos2phttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mkv7xd7quk2wAnti-fascist march against war and violence. Peace, freedom, and justice for all. In Tel-Aviv! #Justice #march #peace #war02 May 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkv7xd7quk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mksuqo2u4k2uIt 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksuqo2u4k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mksufb77ys2uThanks 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! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksufb77ys2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mkstypu6hk2uWhy 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? 1/301 May 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkstypu6hk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mkkxuj6iws2bNo one is illegal on stolen land. Freedom, dignity, and justice for Palestine 🇵🇸 and for all oppressed people around the world.28 Apr 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkxuj6iws2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mki4vouqjs2cAn 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.)27 Apr 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki4vouqjs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mki4b5mjbs2cYesterday we got attacked by settlers. Andrey X, who is a guest at my house made this video of the attack!27 Apr 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki4b5mjbs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mkaykmwkvs2e#Kuwait | Authorities must release journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin immediately, cease criminalising journalism #FreeAhmed #freeahmedeldin24 Apr 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaykmwkvs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mk6msoxl5k2nThe 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. 1/223 Apr 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6msoxl5k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mjwzzduwps25A 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. 1/220 Apr 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwzzduwps25https://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mjwyxflem225"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” [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwyxflem225https://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mjh7uct5rc2vThe 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. 1/214 Apr 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjh7uct5rc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mjeyswq7uk2tPiece about myself in this month's Gallery of Andrew Feinstein #existenceisresistance13 Apr 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjeyswq7uk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mjekur47rs2fYesterday volunteers cleared weeds from around the olive trees in Tel al-Ramida – may God grant these young people good health. 1/413 Apr 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjekur47rs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mj7kd3giqk2vIt 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?! 1/211 Apr 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj7kd3giqk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mj7jx26ybk2vHebron, from Tel Rumeida: a view of the Ibrahimi Mosque and the surrounding area. Winter was wet, spring is here! Everything is green!11 Apr 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj7jx26ybk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3miy6uqlwls2cLaterns 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. 1/208 Apr 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3miy6uqlwls2chttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3miwcsisrb22xHappy Easter07 Apr 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwcsisrb22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mieloro7j22cWe 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.31 Mar 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mieloro7j22chttps://bsky.app/profile/issa-amro.bsky.social/post/3mielmh5jws2c“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: @trtworld31 Mar 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:vddwtvvi35bmerwxw74o7h5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mielmh5jws2c