13 Facts About Uri Davis

Uriel "Uri" Davis is an academic and civil rights activist.

Uri Davis was born in Jerusalem and grew up in and was educated in Kfar Shmaryahu.

Uri Davis's parents were Jewish immigrants who had come to Mandatory Palestine during the Fifth Aliyah.

Uri Davis was appointed to a position in the University of Bradford's Department of Peace Studies by Professor Adam Curle soon after the Department's founding in 1973.

Uri Davis is an honorary research fellow at the University of Durham's Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and at the University of Exeter's Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies.

In 2009, Uri Davis was appointed to teach a course at the Palestinian Al-Quds university on critical Israeli studies.

Uri Davis wrote a series of books and articles that classify the State of Israel as an apartheid state, alleging that Israel's policies towards Palestinians, including Palestinian citizens of Israel, are comparable to South Africa's apartheid policies: Israel: An Apartheid State, Apartheid Israel: A Critical Reading of the Draft Permanent Agreement, known as the "Geneva Accords", and Apartheid Israel: Possibilities for the Struggle Within.

Uri Davis is a founding member of The Movement Against Israeli Apartheid in Palestine and of Al-Beit The Association for the Defense of Human Rights in Israel, and a former member of the Executive Committee of the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding and of the Editorial Board of RETURN magazine.

Until 2009 Uri Davis was Observer Member of the Palestine National Council.

In 2009, Uri Davis was successful in his bid for a seat on Fatah's Revolutionary Council, a legislative body of the Movement, placing 31st from among more than 600 candidates running for position in the 128-member body.

Uri Davis is the first person of Jewish origin to be elected to such a high-ranking position.

Uri Davis was re-elected in 2016, taking the 29th place.

Uri Davis met Miyassar Abu Ali, a Palestinian, in Ramallah in 2006.