Leading Palestinian Peace Activist & Theater Director, Juliano Mer-Khamis, Killed in Jenin

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Palestinians, artists and peace activists worldwide are mourning the loss of a leading figure in Palestinian creative non-violence resistance. Juliano Mer Khamis, the founder of a theater for Palestinian children, was killed Monday by masked assailants in the West Bank town of Jenin. He had received a number of death threats from extremist Palestinians for his work with the Jenin Freedom Theatre. The theatre has helped Palestinian youths deal with the hardships of life under Israeli occupation by expressing themselves through the arts—film, photography, art and theater. Democracy Now! interviews Nabeel Raee, director of the acting school at the Jenin Freedom Theatre, where he worked closely with Mer-Khamis for many years, and by Constancia "Dinky" Romilly, founder and president of the board of the New York City-based Friends of the Jenin Freedom Theatre, who also worked closely with the program in Jenin.

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[Fitplayer66]

@PURELOVECREW Just blame Israel on everything and ignore all the evidence on the contrary.

[jevrej1977]

MASKED PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS KILLED HIM WHILE BLAIMING JEWS FOR THAT..

this is traditional,,blame the joose

[re2dance]

One person works to lessen the divide and all it does is breed more hate. Why not freedom to think and explore? What is so wrong with trying to better your country and people, with trying to bring peace? I just don't understand. What does it take to wake people up in the Palestinian state because at this point both sides are losing and big.

[smileitsfatz]

@smileitsfatz Basically You are a poo :) who thinks my opinion is wrong and if you still cant read that i'm sure there is something wrong with your brain You Dumb Prik

[irishxxkelt]

@smileitsfatz Could you re-write that in English that I could understand please...........

[smileitsfatz]

@irishxxkelt yeeh and your sum silliest shit that been thinking my opinion may be rong

[irishxxkelt]

@VladislavGomulka It is a sad fact but true but Palestinians do not repsect life.

[irishxxkelt]

@smileitsfatz That is one of the silliest comments I ever read on YouTube.

[irishxxkelt]

@TheRighteoussone You obviously have spoken to other anti-Semites. It was not a Jewish characterstic to teach their children that they are superior to anyone else . I lived for 7 1/2 months in a kibbutz in Israel and I never was told I was inferior because I was not Jewish. You are merely parrotting rubbish from hate sites.

[irishxxkelt]

The Palestinians are excellent at killing those who try to bridge the gap. Thanks to Islam Arab Muslims are under a spirit of hatred.