Head of the far-left Meretz Party, MK Tamar Zandberg lamented the passing of radical left-wing activist Uri Avnery, saying:" From journalism to the peace camp, the greatness of Uri Uri Avnery was his shaping of Israeli history in a way that few did, precisely because he was led by his conscience and truth. The fact that he was almost always against the current did not push him to the fringe, rather the opposite, he managed to be influential."