Isreal: Utopia Incorporated

Uri Davis is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute for Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies at University of Durham, and at the Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. In addition, he is Chairman of Al-Beit, the Association for the Defence of Human Rights in Israel; Founder Member of the Movement Against Israeli Apartheid in Palestine (MAIAP); and an Observer-Member of the Palestine National Council. He has published extensively in the field of democracy and human rights in Israel and Palestine, and his recent books include: The State of Palestine (Ithaca Press, Reading 1991) Crossing the Border: A Political Autobiography (Books & Books, London, 1995) Citizenship and the State: Comparative Study of Citizenship Legislation in Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon (Ithaca Press, Reading, 1997) Citizenship and the State in the Middle East: Approaches and Applications (co-edited) (Syracuse University Press, 2000).