PalKveld x Palestinepodden with Jeff Halper and Issa Amro

The Palestine Committee in Oslo invites you to a conversation with political activists Jeff Halper and Issa Amro.

Jeff Halper is an Israeli-American anthropologist, author, and political activist born in 1946 in Boston. He has lived in Israel since 1973 and is known for his involvement in Israeli-Palestinian issues. Halper is the head of the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD), an organization he co-founded in 1997 to oppose Israel's policy of demolishing Palestinian homes in the occupied territories. ICAHD has rebuilt 189 Palestinian homes as a form of political resistance.

In 2006, Halper was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize along with Palestinian activist Ghassan Andoni for their work promoting equality and recognition of the humanity of both peoples.
Halper is an outspoken supporter of the BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement and has criticized Israel's policies, which he describes as apartheid and a deliberate campaign to "Judaize" the occupied Palestinian territories.

Issa Amro is a Palestinian human rights activist born on April 13, 1980 in Hebron, West Bank. He is known for his work in nonviolent resistance to Israeli occupation and managed the organization Youth Against Settlements (YAS) from 2007 to 2018.

Amro has been the subject of repeated harassment and arrests by both Israeli and Palestinian authorities for his work. In 2010, he was recognized as “Human Rights Defender of the Year in Palestine” by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. In 2013, the UN Human Rights Council expressed concern for his safety following reports of harassment by Israeli soldiers and settlers.