Uri Avnery

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Uri Avnery

Uri Avnery (1923-2018) was an Israeli writer, journalist, and peace activist. He was a prominent figure in Israeli politics and one of the earliest and most vocal advocates for the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Avnery sat for two terms in the Knesset from 1965 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1981.

For outside pressure to be effective, they must be able to connect with the fight inside, publicize it and gain support for it. They can give new hope to those who are despairing. Nothing is more vital

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THREE WEEKS ago was Naqba Day – the day on which Palestinians inside and outside Israel commemorate their “catastrophe” – the exodus of more than half of the Palestinian people from the territories occupied by Israel in the 1948 war

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Religious conflicts are irrational. Each side believes in an absolute truth, and automatically considers everybody else as infidels, enemies of the only true God

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