![Amos Oz, 1939-2018](https://israeled.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Historical-Oz_Amos-by-Shannon-CC-BY-SA-3.0-via-Wikimedia-Commons-2004-scaled.jpg)
Oz was a journalist, a novelist and one of the first Israeli intellectuals to endorse a two-state solution through his 1967 article “Land of Our Forefathers.” He was a frequent critic of Israel’s military policies and politics and co-founded Peace Now in 1978. He wrote over 30 books, from short story collections to the autobiographical novel “A Tale of Love and Darkness.” He taught literature at Ben-Gurion University.
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