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Uri Davis

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Uriel "Uri" Davis ( , born 1943 in Jerusalem ) is an academic and a civil rights activist in Israel , Occupied Palestinian Territories and the Middle East .1 Davis has served as Vice-Chairman of the Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights and as lecturer in Peace Studies at the University of Bradford . Davis describes himself as "a Palestinian Hebrew national of Jewish origin, anti-Zionist , registered as Muslim and a citizen of an apartheid state - the State of Israel." A member of Fatah since 1984, he was elected to the Revolutionary Council for the Palestinian party in 2009. "Why Israeli Jew Uri Davis joined Fatah to save Palestine: The first Jewish member of the Revolutionary Council of Fatah talks about a unique political journey" .

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academic and activist who works on civil rights in israel

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academic and civil rights activist

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