LONDON: Palestinian activist and community leader Issa Amro has reported months of harassment and threats from Israeli settlers and soldiers following his appearance in a documentary highlighting the harsh realities faced by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Amro, who was recently nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and named among Time magazine’s Time100 Next list for 2025, featured prominently in Louis Theroux’s BBC documentary “The Settlers,” which aired in May to spotlight conditions under occupation.
Since the documentary’s release, Amro — who has lived in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of Hebron for almost 20 years — says he has become a frequent target of settler retaliation, with Israeli soldiers allegedly aiding or turning a blind eye to attacks against him.
“It’s a zoo now,” he said. “They’re acting as wild as possible. I don’t feel safe in my own house.”
He added that his harassment has intensified to a point where he experiences “nightmares that they (settlers) will come into my house and shoot me.
