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Uri Avnery
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Uri Avnery was born Helmut Ostermann on 10 September 1923 in Beckum, Germany, and held citizenship of Germany and Israel. He worked as a journalist, politician, writer and peace activist, serving as a member of the Knesset and working in Jerusalem. He belonged to the Meri and Left Camp of Israel parties and spoke Hebrew and German.
He received the Right Livelihood Award, the Bruno Kreisky Award for Services to Human Rights and the Sokolov Award. He was credited with 42 works, including titles such as Nimrod and Israel sans Sionisme. He followed Judaism, and died on 20 August 2018 in Tel Aviv of cerebrovascular disease, from natural causes.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 10 September 1923
- Died
- 20 August 2018
- Works
- 42
Top works
- İsrail'in geleceği ve siyonizm
- Los zorros de Sanson
- Israel sans Sionisme
- Nimrod
- Israel im Nahen Osten
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Film & TV
Beckum, Germany
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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…
Known for
- Defamation — Self2009
via TMDB
Key facts
- 1965 1974
- Meri
- 1977 1981
- Left Camp of Israel
- Born
- ( 1923-09-10 ) 10 September 1923, Beckum, Germany
- Died
- 20 August 2018 (2018-08-20) (aged 94), Tel Aviv , Israel
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Uri
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Israel
- Place of birth
- Beckum
- Place of death
- Tel Aviv
- Occupation
- opinion journalist
- Position held
- Knesset member
- Political party
- Left Camp of Israel
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Judaism
- Field of work
- politics
- Official website
- uriavnery.com
- Image
- UriAvnery.jpg
- Work location
- Jerusalem
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- Commons category
- Uri Avnery
- date of birth
- 1923-09-10
- name in native language
- אורי אבנרי
- birth name
- Helmut Ostermann
- date of death
- 2018-08-20
- cause of death
- cerebrovascular disease
- P8168
- Danny Webb
- P10632
- Uri Avnery
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Uri Avnery (Hebrew: אורי אבנרי; 10 September 1923 – 20 August 2018) was an 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 was a member of the Knesset for two spells from 1965 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1981. He was also the owner and editor of the news magazine HaOlam HaZeh from 1950 until its closure in 1993.
He became known for crossing the lines during the Siege of Beirut to meet Yasser Arafat on 3 July 1982, the first time the Palestinian leader met with an Israeli. Avnery was 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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