theatre on the Israeli National Radio (1968–1971), and edited and presented several TV series on Theatre and Shakespeare. Peace activism Oz is an internationally known peace activist in Israel. He is a founding member of the Committee for Solidarity with Birzeit University and the Committee Against the War in Lebanon. He has organized, spoken, and written extensively on subjects relating to achieving peace in the Middle East and ending the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. In the spring of 2005, in a letter opposing a proposed UK academic boycott of Israeli universities, including his home institution the University of Haifa and Birzeit University, he stated: "Whenever asked, over the last few years I expressed my opinion that even though the repressive policies of my country [Israel] against the Palestinian population, especially in the territories occupied in 1967, is appalling, racist, sometimes horrifying in its cruelty, and often having crossed the boundaries of war crimes, academic boycott was neither morally justified nor effective." In the official biography of the Late Nobel Prize laureate Harold Pinter by Michael Billington, the famous playwright is quoted as having written, in 2005, to Professor Avraham Oz: "Let's keep fighting!". Notes External links "Avraham Oz" – Biography in the Bio-Bibliographical Lexicon of Modern Hebrew Literature (in Hebrew). The Committee Against the War in Lebanon – Official website. Committee for Solidarity with Bir Zeit University – Official website. Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace – UK – Official website; hyperlinks ("Past Events": 1b: "The AUT boycott debate" April – May 2005). "The Israeli Association for Theatre Research (IATR): 2006 annual meeting Thursday, 2 March 2006 Israel," article about the Israeli Association for Theatre Research (IATR), by Avraham Oz, in "News: Conferences & Symposiums," All About Jewish Theatre, Jewish-theatre.com. "Professor Avraham Oz" – Associate Professor, Department of Theatre, University of Haifa, Faculty member webpage (in English); hyperlinked Curriculum vitae. 1944 births Living people People from Tel Aviv Israeli theatre directors Israeli male dramatists and playwrights Academic staff of the University of Haifa Academic staff of Sapir Academic College