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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.
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).
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).
See also
List of peace activists
References
External links
The International Middle East Media Centre
Interview with Ghassan Andoni on YouTube
Ghassan Andoni Interview 1989 on Youtube
Ghassan Andoni Interview 1996 on Youtube
Ghassan Andoni of the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement provides a history of Zionism and his organizations efforts to use nonviolent direct action to end the Israel's occupation.
On the situation in Palestine After Arafat - 2004-11-18
Sharon under Pressure: Analysis by Ghassan Andoni - 2004-11-25
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