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Uri Avnery (Yossi Gurvitz)
The Israeli peace activist who crossed enemy lines and shaped generations
Adam Keller, who spent 50 years working alongside Uri Avnery, remembers the man who hoped for a warm embrace between an Israeli and a Palestinian president. By Adam Keller How to sum up in a few words 50 years of political partnership, which was also an intimate friendship, with the person who, I believe, had the most…
By +972 Magazine August 22, 2018
Protesters hold signs calling for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) during a Washington, D.C., protest against Israel's offensive on Gaza, August 2, 2014. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
Why settlement boycotters shouldn’t join the BDS movement
Although the Israeli government’s crackdown on the BDS movement will doubtless boost sympathy for its cause, progressive settlement boycotters should think twice before getting onboard. By Abe Silberstein When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared settlement evacuation to ethnic cleansing last September, it became clear that the Israeli government was redoubling its efforts to improve the reputation…
By +972 Magazine April 4, 2017
Panel of the Israeli Supreme Court (file photo, Activestills.org)
Boycott goes on trial in Israel’s High Court
Civil rights organizations argue the ‘anti-boycott law’ has created a chilling effect, stifling debate on one of the most divisive issues facing Israeli society. If that’s the case, the state counters, then how has BDS grown so much in recent years? In a hearing that felt at times like the political boycott itself was on…
By Dahlia Scheindlin February 16, 2014
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Peace activist Rachel Avnery passes away
Rachel Avnery, journalist, educator, photographer, peace activist, wife of Uri Avnery, passed away this weekend. Haaretz carried this short obituary notice by Uri: 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…
By Dimi Reider May 21, 2011
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