Palestinian activist turns to the US to fight the IDF and Palestinian Authority

ELHANAN MILLER: Disenchanted with corrupt Palestinian self-governance and Israeli apathy, Issa Amro looks to American Jews for change

WHEN ISSA AMRO was invited to an intimate meeting with Antony Blinken in Ramallah in May, he decided to aim straight for the heart. “As a Jew, is this your dream?” Amro rhetorically asked him. “Did you dream of seeing an apartheid state?”

A native of Hebron, Amro warned the American secretary of state of the “Hebronisation” of East Jerusalem and the entire West Bank. By “Hebronisation” he means the extension of a dual legal system for Israelis and Palestinians, the closing of main roads to Palestinian pedestrians and shop owners, and social segregation.

“Israel is too strong to make peace,” Amro told Blinken. “That’s the problem: It doesn’t need peace. Without making occupation costly for the occupiers, there will never be peace.”

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Photo: Issa Amro walks through the market of Hebron's Old City on June 27 (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/ Getty)