Gave peace a chance

August 20, 2018 10:54 AM

Uri Avnery, one of Israel’s most prominent journalists and a seminal peace activist who was among the first Israelis to advocate for a sovereign Palestinian state, died in Tel Aviv on Monday morning. He was 94 years old.
posted by growabrain (17 comments total)

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posted by brundlefly at 11:03 AM on August 20, 2018

זכרונו לברכה
May his memory be a blessing.
posted by Sophie1 at 11:22 AM on August 20, 2018 [5 favorites]

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I feel like I'm not completely ignorant about issues in Israel-Palestine, but I had never heard of Avnery. This is a shame (for me, for people teaching me). Thank you for helping me to correct this a bit.
posted by jb at 11:26 AM on August 20, 2018 [1 favorite]

Robert Fisk:
Uri Avnery, the Israeli optimist who played chess with Yasser Arafat, has died – he was one of my few Middle East heroes.
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posted by Flashman at 3:26 PM on August 20, 2018

I hadn’t heard of him, but he sounds like a mensch.

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posted by mosst at 6:59 PM on August 20, 2018

⛰ (a very big stone)
posted by GrammarMoses at 6:25 AM on August 21, 2018 [2 favorites]