Ghassan Andoni

Ghassan Andoni (Arabic: غسان أنضوني; born 1956) is a Palestinian activist.

Born in Beit Sahour to a Palestinian Christian family, he is a professor of physics at Bir Zeit University at the West Bank. He advocates nonviolent resistance in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.[1]

Andoni is co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), founder of the International Middle East Media Centre and director of the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement between Peoples (PCR).[2][3]

During the First Intifada Andoni was imprisoned for being involved in Beit Sahour’s tax revolt. In 2006, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the American Friends Service Committee along with Jeff Halper of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD).[4]

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References

  1. ^ Kaufman-Lacusta, Maxine; Franklin, Ursula; Ghassan, Andoni; Halper, Jeff; Kuttab, Jonathan; Starhawk (2022-07-01). Refusing to Be Enemies: Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli Occupation. Ithaca Press. ISBN 9780863725296.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. ^ El-Haddad, Laila (2005-07-03). "Israeli activist bridges worlds". The International Solidarity Movement. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  3. ^ American Friends Service Committee (2007-05-10). "Profiles of Peace: Faces of Hope campaign". The International Solidarity Movement. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  4. ^ "Jeff Halper". American Friends Service Committee. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 2011-06-04.


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