Every honest Jew who knows the history of his people cannot but feel a deep sense of gratitude to Islam, which has protected the Jews for 50 generati… - Uri Avnery
" "Every honest Jew who knows the history of his people cannot but feel a deep sense of gratitude to Islam, which has protected the Jews for 50 generations, while the Christian world persecuted the Jews and tried many times "by the sword" to get them to abandon their faith.
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About Uri Avnery
Uri Avnery (also spelled Avneri, (אורי אבנרי); born Helmut Ostermann (September 10, 1923 – August 20, 2018 was an Israeli journalist, left wing peace activist, Knesset member, who was originally a member of the right wing Revisionist Zionist movement.
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