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Uri Avnery (born 10 September 1923) is an Israeli writer and founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement. A member of the Irgun as a teenager, Avnery sat in the Knesset from 1965–74 and 1979-81. He was also the owner of HaOlam HaZeh, an Israeli news magazine, from 1950 until it closed in 1993.
He is famous for crossing the lines during the Battle of Beirut to meet Yassir Arafat on 3 July 1982, the first time the Palestinian leader ever met with an Israeli. Avnery is the author of several books about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including 1948: A Soldier’s Tale, the Bloody Road to Jerusalem (2008); Israel’s Vicious Circle (2008); and My Friend, the Enemy (1986).
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GenderMale
Birthday1923-09-10
Deathday2018-08-20 (94 years old)
Birth NameHelmut Ostermann
Birth PlaceBeckum, Germany
ReligionJudaism
CitizenshipsIsrael, Germany
AwardsBlue Planet Award, Sokolov Award, State Award of Lower Saxony, Carl von Ossietzky Prize, Right Livelihood Award, Bruno Kreisky Award for Services to Human Rights
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