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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARIUS SCHATTNER Uri Avnery, Israeli writer and founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement, speaks during a interview with AFP at his home in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on July 26, 2011. For Avnery, seen by some as the backbone of Israel's dwindling peace movement, hope for peace with the Palestinians springs eternal, despite stalled talks and the rising power of the Israeli right wing. AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARIUS SCHATTNER
Uri Avnery, Israeli writer and founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement, speaks during a interview with AFP at his home in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on July 26, 2011. For Avnery, seen by some as the backbone of Israel's dwindling peace movement, hope for peace with the Palestinians springs eternal, despite stalled talks and the rising power of the Israeli right wing. AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARIUS SCHATTNER Uri Avnery, Israeli writer and founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement, speaks next to his picture with late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat during an interview with AFP at his home in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on July 26, 2011. For Avnery, seen by some as the backbone of Israel's dwindling peace movement, hope for peace with the Palestinians springs eternal, despite stalled talks and the rising power of the Israeli right wing. AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARIUS SCHATTNER
Uri Avnery, Israeli writer and founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement, speaks next to his picture with late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat during an interview with AFP at his home in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on July 26, 2011. For Avnery, seen by some as the backbone of Israel's dwindling peace movement, hope for peace with the Palestinians springs eternal, despite stalled talks and the rising power of the Israeli right wing. AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARIUS SCHATTNER Uri Avnery, Israeli writer and founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement, speaks during a interview with AFP at his home in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on July 26, 2011. For Avnery, seen by some as the backbone of Israel's dwindling peace movement, hope for peace with the Palestinians springs eternal, despite stalled talks and the rising power of the Israeli right wing. AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARIUS SCHATTNER
Uri Avnery, Israeli writer and founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement, speaks during a interview with AFP at his home in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on July 26, 2011. For Avnery, seen by some as the backbone of Israel's dwindling peace movement, hope for peace with the Palestinians springs eternal, despite stalled talks and the rising power of the Israeli right wing. AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)