TEL AVIV: An Israeli military court on Wednesday convicted a Palestinian rights activist of offences in the occupied West Bank, in a case that Amnesty International described as politically motivated.
Issa Amro, of the Palestinian city of Hebron, was convicted on three counts of protesting without a permit, two counts of disrupting Israeli soldiers’ activities, and one count of assault, a document from the Ofer military court showed. He was acquitted on 12 other counts against him.
Amro denied the charges. Arguments over sentencing will await a further hearing on Feb. 8.
All of the incidents occurred between 2010 and 2016, the court document showed.
Amro, 40, founded an activist group that regularly protests against Israeli settlement construction in the flashpoint city of Hebron. Under heavy Israeli military protection, around 1,000 settlers live there among 200,000 Palestinians.
“It doesn’t make sense to punish someone for nonviolent resistance,” Amro told Reuters. “The…
