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“I have always been conscious of the importance and the strength of nationalism, and this has led me straight to the acknowledgment of the nationalism of the Palestinian people. I believe there is no way around this: We have to have a solution based on two national states, which will hopefully live and grow together and establish a relationship between them in something like a European Union.”

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Uri Avnery is an Israeli peace activist born on September 10, 1923. He is renowned for his contributions to the peace movement and his insightful views on the Middle East conflict. more

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