Uri Davis

Uriel "Uri" Davis
Vice-Chairman of the Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights
Lecturer in Peace Studies at the University of Bradford
Member of Fatah's Revolutionary Council
Assumed office
2009
Personal details
BornJerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
NationalityPalestinian
Political partyFatah
SpouseMiyassar Abu Ali
Residence(s)Sakhnin, Ramle
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem, The New School for Social Research
OccupationAcademic, civil rights activist
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Interview with Uri Davis

Uriel "Uri" Davis (Hebrew: אוריאל "אורי" דייוויס Arabic: أوري ديفيس, born 8 June 1943 in Jerusalem) is an academic and civil rights activist. Davis has served as Vice-Chairman of the Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights and as lecturer in Peace Studies at the University of Bradford. Davis describes himself as "a Palestinian Hebrew national of Jewish origin, anti-Zionist, registered as Muslim and a citizen of an apartheid state - the State of Israel."[1] A member of Fatah since 1984, he was elected to the Revolutionary Council for the Palestinian party in 2009.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ a b BBC News (16 August 2009). "Israeli wins Fatah top body seat". BBC. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
  2. ^ Beaumont, Peter (2009-08-23). "Why Israeli Jew Uri Davis joined Fatah to save Palestine: The first Jewish member of the Revolutionary Council of Fatah talks about a unique political journey". London: Guardian (UK).
  3. ^ "Fatah elects first Israeli Jew to governing body". Associated Press. August 15, 2009. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved 2009-08-16.

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