Not in his name: Jewish Palestinian speaks out against 'apartheid state'.(World)

Catholic New Times | October 24, 2004| | Copyright

Fitted in a dress shirt and suspenders--his front pocket brimming with scribbled cues--Dr. Uri Davis looks very much an academic. He sports a silver goatee and thinning hair, gregariously speaking with sparse, sardonic jibes. The Jewish scholar stands poised before a roused group of undergraduates, behind a podium draped in a Palestinian banner. Organized by the National Council on Canada-Arab Relations and Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, Davis' keynote address at Toronto's York University is no sober oration, though. His is a heartfelt plea.

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