shafique
It will be interesting to see how the Israeli fanboys spin the fact that Fatah has elected an Israeli Jew to it's top body. They usually take the Israeli propaganda line that the Palestinian issue is one of Arab Muslim vs Israeli Jews.
However, to be fair, Dr Davis describes himself as a
"a Palestinian Hebrew national of Jewish origin, anti-Zionist, registered as Muslim and a citizen of an apartheid state - the State of Israel"
Quote:
Israeli wins Fatah top body seat
Uri Davis, 66, an academic who is married to a Palestinian, is an outspoken critic of what he calls Israel's "apartheid policies".
As the only Israeli member of the Revolutionary Council he says he wants to represent non-Arab people who support the Palestinian cause.
He called for an international campaign to boycott Israel to be toughened up.
Dr Davis said his Israeli citizenship made no difference to his election.
"Within the conference itself the welcome was most heartfelt and enthusiastic - the Fatah movement is an open, international movement - membership is not conditional on ethnic origin, it's conditional on agreement with the main part of the Fatah political programme," he told the BBC News website.
Dr Davis said he did not define himself as Jewish but as "a Palestinian Hebrew national of Jewish origin, anti-Zionist, registered as Muslim and a citizen of an apartheid state - the State of Israel".
He was one of around 700 Fatah members competing for 89 open seats in the body, which oversees the group's day-to-day decision making.
Others elected to Fatah's revolutionary council included Fadwa Barghouti, the wife of the senior Fatah figure, Marwan Barghouti, who was jailed by Israel five years ago for the murder of five people.
The old guard of Fatah retained only four of the 18 elected seats. The rest went to younger men.
freefromrats
So, basically Dr. Uri Davis, a Muslim Palestinian (who renounced his Israeli citizenship and in Jerusalem in 1943) is elected and this is earth shattering news?
shafique
- freefromrats wrote:
So, basically Dr. Uri Davis, a Muslim Palestinian (who renounced his Israeli citizenship and in Jerusalem in 1943) is elected and this is earth shattering news?
Some have argued that the Palestinian opposition to Israel's apartheid policies is motivated by religion.
I found it interesting that Fatah elected Dr Davis. Given he was born in Jerusalem in 1943, you are right to point out that he is technically a Palestinian even though he has Israeli citizenship - that is something that many don't realise (that Jerusalem isn't recognised as part of Israel under international law - and also that Israel wasn't in existence in 1943)
Cheers,
Shafique