Ghassan Andoni
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Ghassan Andoni is a native of Beit Sahour
Beit Sahour
Beit Sahour is a Palestinian town east of Bethlehem under the administration of the Palestinian National Authority...

 in the Bethlehem
Bethlehem
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 area. He is a professor of physics at Bir Zeit University, and a Palestinian
Palestinian people
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 Christian
Christian
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 leader who advocates nonviolent resistance
Nonviolent resistance
Nonviolent resistance is the practice of achieving goals through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, and other methods, without using violence. It is largely synonymous with civil resistance...

 in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Andoni is co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement
International Solidarity Movement
The International Solidarity Movement is an organization focused on assisting the Palestinian cause in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict using nonviolent protests. It was founded in 2001 by Ghassan Andoni, a Palestinian activist; Neta Golan, an Israeli activist; Huwaida Arraf, a...

 (ISM), founder of the International Middle East Media Centre and director of the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement between Peoples
Palestinian Center for Rapprochement between Peoples
Palestinian Center for Rapprochement between Peoples is a non-profit, non-affiliate, non-religious organization. The PCR is based in Beit Sahour under the aegis of the International Solidarity Movement. George Rishmawi is director of PCR...

 (PCR).

During the First Intifada
First Intifada
The First Intifada was a Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories. The uprising began in the Jabalia refugee camp and quickly spread throughout Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem....

 Andoni was imprisoned for being involved in Beit Sahour’s tax revolt. In 2006, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize
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 by the American Friends Service Committee
American Friends Service Committee
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 along with Jeff Halper
Jeff Halper
Jeff Halper is an anthropologist, author, lecturer, political activist, and co-founder and Coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions...

 of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions is an Israeli peace and human rights organization dedicated to ending the occupation of the Palestinian territories and achieving a just peace between Israelis and Palestinians...

 (ICAHD).

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