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The opening as it read in 2005

Uri Avnery ( Hebrew : אורי אבנרי), born September 10 , 1923 in Beckum ( Germany ) as Helmut Ostermann, is an Israeli journalist and controversial peace activist . He was a member of the Knesset from 1965 to 1973 and again from 1979 to 1981 . As a youth, he was a member of the Revisionist Zionist paramilitary group, Irgun . In the 1948 Arab-Israeli War he was a fighter in the Samson Foxes jeep unit (and also wrote its anthem ). After the war he wrote a book about the war, called Beesdot Pleshet 1948 ("In the fields of the Philistines ") בשדות פלשת 1948. During the 1950 's and the 1960 's he was the publisher and chief-editor of Haolam Hazeh weekly magazine – an anti-establishment tabloid known for many sensational scoops , as well as its sleazy style and backpage porn . He later turned to left wing activism and founded the Gush Shalom ( Hebrew : גוש שלום, "the Peace Bloc") movement, which he leads up to this day.¹

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Uri Avnery ( , also transliterated Uri Avneri , 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 to meet Yassir Arafat on 3 July 1982, the first time the Palestinian leader ever met with an Israeli. Avnery is 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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The opening as it stood in 2015

member of the Knesset Uri Avnery ( , also transliterated Uri Avneri , 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 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1981. 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 Siege of Beirut to meet Yassir Arafat on 3 July 1982, the first time the Palestinian leader ever met with an Israeli. Avnery is 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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Uri Avnery ( , also transliterated Uri Avneri ; 10 September 1923 – 20 August 2018) was an Israeli writer, politician, and founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement . A member of the Irgun as a teenager , Avnery sat for two terms in the Knesset from 1965 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1981. He was also the owner 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 Yassir 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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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

Israeli politician, journalist and author (1923–2018) Uri Avnery ( , also transliterated Uri Avneri ; 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 sat for two terms in the Knesset 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 Yassir 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). He was awarded the Right Livelihood Award (better known informally as the Alternative Nobel Prize) in 2001 and the Carl von Ossietzky Medal in 2008.

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The opening as it stood in 2025

Israeli politician, journalist and author (1923–2018) Uri Avnery ( Hebrew : אורי אבנרי , also transliterated Uri Avneri ; 10 September 1923 – 20 August 2018) 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 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). He was awarded the Right Livelihood Award (better known informally as the Alternative Nobel Prize) in 2001 and the Carl von Ossietzky Medal in 2008.

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