Uri Avnery
Uri Avnery (born
September 10,
1923) is an
Israeli journalist and
peace activist. He was a member of the
Knesset from
1965 to
1973 and again from
1979 to
1981. Earlier he was a member of the terrorist organization
Stern Gang as well as being famous for his fighting as a part of the Samson Foxes jeep unit during the
1948 Arab-Israeli War. He later turned to pacifism and became leader of the
Gush Shalom movement.
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