Peace activist Rachel Avnery passes away

Dimi Reider By Dimi Reider May 21, 2011 | Edit

Rachel Avnery, journalist, educator, photographer, peace activist, wife of Uri Avnery, passed away this weekend. Haaretz carried this short obituary notice by Uri:

Peace activist Rachel Avnery passes away

RACHEL AVNERY

The one and only, partner in life and struggle

laureate of the alternative Nobel peace prize

IS GONE

She passed away peacefully, painlessly, after a prolonged illness.

In accordance to her wishes, the body was cremated. The ashes were scattered by the seaside.

Please refrain from any and all condolences visits, phone calls or messages.

We will hold a memorial evening for her in due time.

Uri Avnery

Dimi Reider

Dimi Reider is an Israeli journalist. He's a co-founder of +972 and has written for The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, Haaretz, Jerusalem Post, and many others. He currently works for Newsweek, and no longer blogs for this site. You can catch up with him on twitter @reider.

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