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Article: Not in his name: Jewish Palestinian speaks out against 'apartheid state'.(World)
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- Catholic New Times
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- October 24, 2004
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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.
"The flag of the state of Israel does not represent for me any signifier of pride or contentment. The flag of my ...