Monday, August 20, 2018

Uri Avnery - RIP

Veteran left-wing journalist, lawmaker and peace activist Uri Avnery died Monday at age 94 in Tel Aviv. A founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement, Avnery was also one of the first Israelis to actively advocate for the establishment of a Palestinian state, more than 70 years ago.

As a youth he fought with the Irgun pre-state underground militia and later in life moved to the left of the political spectrum. He was also editor-in-chief of the iconic liberal weekly, Haolam Hazeh, for 40 years.

The eternal peace activist never shirked controversy and was involved in fateful events in the country’s history, some of which he documented and others he actively took part in shaping. But while Avnery’s supporters saw his ideas as groundbreaking, detractors denounced him as an enemy of the people.

You can read the rest @
https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2018/08/20/israeli-peace-activist-uri-avnery-dead-at-94/

I enjoyed reading whatever Uri wrote. I am not an Israeli, so I cannot understand why he could be called "an enemy of the people". I always thought he was a man of peace and harmony.

RIP, buddy. Now that you are gone, who will be the foil to Netanyahu?

2 comments:

  1. Here is a discussion of those whom Israelis consider to be their "enemies", a category which includes millions of fellow Jews:

    https://dissidentvoice.org/2018/08/in-detaining-peter-beinart-israel-has-declared-millions-of-jews-enemies-of-the-state/

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  2. If you seek proof that Israelis want peace, start here:

    https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Lebanese-Druze-leader-slammed-after-praising-the-late-Uri-Avnery-565431

    Hint - they don't, unless by "peace" you mean a situation in which all their enemies are dead.

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