Activists from Different Worlds: Meet Two Prominent Peace Advocates Working to End Israel’s Occupation of Palestine

Discover the fascinating story of two vastly different activists united by a common goal in Lee Camp’s thought-provoking interview on ending Israel’s occupation of Palestine.

Lee Camp
By Lee Camp
Adam Broomberg Issa Amro Lee Camp Feature photo

Lee Camp, the host of "Behind the Headlines," interviews two prominent - and very different - peace activists working to end Israel’s occupation of Palestine. Adam Bloomberg and Issa Amro could not have grown up more differently. Amro in the embattled occupied Palestinian city of Hebron and Bloomberg in a prominent Jewish family during the troubled

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The Israeli Defense Forces: The Most Inept Army in the World

There is a constant argument from Zionists that the Israeli Army is “the most moral army in the world,” but there is another aspect of the IDF that is rarely discussed and that is the fact that it is inept, maybe even the most inept army in the world. 

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
Israeli Defense Forces Feature photo

HEBRON, PALESTINE -- There is a constant argument between Zionists, who claim that the Israeli Army is “the most moral army in the world,” and those who live in the real world, who understand that it is nothing but a ruthless army of occupation and oppression. But there is another aspect of the Israeli Army that is not discussed as often and that

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An Opportunity That Can’t Be Passed: On Blinken’s Historic Meeting With Palestinian Activists

For the first time, an American Secretary of State has given time and attention to the Palestinian voice. It was not a photo-op, it was a serious meeting with various Palestinian voices who are actively resisting on the ground.

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
US Palestine Blinken

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM -- In an unprecedented and welcome move, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with four grassroots Palestinian activists in Ramallah yesterday. The four activists were Hadeel Qazzaz from Gaza, Aref Husseini from Jerusalem, Dalal Irikat, the daughter of the late Saeb Iriqat, and Issa Amro from Hebron. I met Issa in Hebron

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#STANDWITHISSA: Issa Amro Stood Against Israel’s Settler State and is About to Pay a Heavy Price

Anyone familiar with the Israeli occupation and the violence of the settlers would find the following story impossible and unthinkable, however, Issa Amro was able to pull it off.

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
Issa Amro Feature photo

Occupied Hebron -- “Israel wants to steal our history. They want to focus only on one small part of the history and ignore all the rest,” Issa Amro told me in an interview for the “Miko Peled Podcast,” (also available at Mikoeled.com). Issa was talking about why Israeli settlers are so keen to take over Tel Rumeida, a hill overlooking the city of

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