Uri Davis
Uriel "Uri" Davis | |
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אוריאל "אורי" דייוויס | |
| Vice-Chairman of the Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights | |
| Lecturer in Peace Studies at the University of Bradford | |
| Member of Fatah's Revolutionary Council | |
| Assumed office 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 8, 1943 Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Political party | Fatah |
| Spouse | Miyassar Abu Ali |
| Residence(s) | Sakhnin, Ramle |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The New School for Social Research |
| Occupation | Academic, civil rights activist |
Uriel "Uri" Davis (Hebrew: אוריאל "אורי" דייוויס, Arabic: أوري ديفيس; born 8 June 1943) is an academic and civil rights activist. 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.