Davis was appointed to a position in the
University of Bradford's
Department of Peace Studies by Professor
Adam Curle soon after the Department's founding in 1973. He is an honorary research fellow at the
University of Durham's Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (IMEIS) and at the
University of Exeter's
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS). He currently divides his residence between the predominantly Arab city of
Sakhnin in northern Israel and the mixed city of
Ramle in central Israel. In 2009, Uri Davis was appointed to teach a course at the Palestinian Al-Quds university on critical Israeli studies.
Apartheid comparisons Davis wrote a series of books and articles that classify the State of Israel as an apartheid state, alleging that Israel's policies towards Palestinians, including Palestinian citizens of Israel, are comparable to South Africa's
apartheid policies:
Israel: An Apartheid State (1987),
Apartheid Israel: A Critical Reading of the Draft Permanent Agreement, known as the "Geneva Accords" (2003), and
Apartheid Israel: Possibilities for the Struggle Within (2003). In an interview to
The Irish Times in 2002 Davis said: "I am an anti-militarist and recognise the right to use force in certain instances, in armed resistance, which is legal in international law. It allows armed resistance, the targeting of the opposite party in uniform."
Activism He is a founding member of
The Movement Against Israeli Apartheid in Palestine (
MAIAP) and of
Al-Beit The Association for the Defense of Human Rights in Israel, He is also a member of
Academia for Equality, an organization working to promote democratization, equality and access to higher education for all communities living in Israel.
Revolutionary Council election Until 2009 Davis was Observer Member of the
Palestine National Council. He was re-elected in 2016, taking the 29th place. ==2008 marriage and conversion to Islam==