Uri Avnery
Former Member of the Israeli Knesset
Uri Avnery was a German-born Israeli writer, journalist, politician, and activist, who founded the Gush Shalom peace movement. A member of the Irgun as a teenager and a veteran of the 1948 Palestine war, Avnery sat for two terms in the Knesset... Wikipedia
Born: September 10, 1923, Beckum, Germany
Died: August 20, 2018 (age 94 years), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Organizations founded: Gush Shalom and Meri
Spouse: Rachel Avnery (m. ?–2011)
Previous offices: Member of the Israeli Knesset (1979–1981) and Member of the Israeli Knesset (1965–1969)
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