Anna Baltzer

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Anna Baltzer (born 1979) is an American public speaker, author and activist for Palestinian human rights.

[3] Since the summer of 2005, she has been touring around the United States and abroad with a presentation and has written a book (Witness in Palestine) describing her experiences, observations, and photographs from eight months of documenting human rights violations in the West Bank.

[6] Baltzer's activism centers around nonviolent protests, as well as providing documented information to those interested in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict for the purpose of education and encouraging dialogue towards taking action on the issues.

"[8] Baltzer has over 29 published articles online, and additionally has both letters and articles published in: The Wall Street Journal, The Exponent, If Americans Knew, United Civilians for Peace (Melbourne, Australia), Information Clearing House, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Des Moines Register, Leaf Chronicle, Washington Times,[9] In April 2007, Baltzer wrote a piece called Whose Responsibility?.

[1] In 2011, she received the Inspiration for Hope Award from the American Friends Service Committee, along with author and Pulitzer Prize Winner Alice Walker and Palestinian-American student activist Sami Kishawi.

Noam Chomsky 's review of Baltzer's book statement