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First Jewish man elected to Fatah Council

August 17, 2009 08:44
Dr Uri Davis is the first man of Jewish descent elected to Fatah

ByJessica Elgot, Jessica Elgot

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An academic who renounced his Israeli citizenship is the first man of Jewish descent to be elected to Fatah’s Revolutionary Council.

Dr Uri Davis, 66, a lecturer at Al-Quds University, received Palestinian citizenship when he renounced his Israeli passport in the 1980s in protest of what he calls Israel’s “apartheid politics”. He was one of 700 Fatah members who were competing for 89 seats in the Council.

Dr Davis, who is married to a Palestinian woman and lives in Ramallah, was elected on a ticket to represent “non-Arabs who support the Palestinian cause”.

He has said that he does not consider himself Jewish and has been a member of Fatah for 25 years.