 On the 4th of November 2012, about 60 friends of Palestine, theatre persons, writers, artists, filmmakers, academics, students and activists gathered outside Delhi's city fort auditorium, the venue for the Israeli state sponsored performance by the Camry Theatre. We are here to protest against a particular play which is being performed here in this auditorium, which is by a group which stands in support of Israeli occupation and AIDS Israeli occupation of Palestine. So we are here as part of a campaign of Indians who believe that we should stand in solidarity with Palestine and the Palestinian people in their struggle against Israeli apartheid and Israeli colonialism and occupation. Their form of protest was an unusual one. All of them wore T-shirts which said no to Israeli apartheid. There were no slogans or placards. Instead, they stood around the entrance distributing leaflets and talking to theatre goers about the boycott. A few theatre goers actually responded and did not go in. I've got an email about the play and I just thought, hey, I mean it sounds interesting and I came but just by looking at the pamphlet and generally I just, I mean the politics behind the entire thing was not something that I thought through and completely convinced by the fact that this is not okay. What are you doing? No, I'm walking away because I completely agree. I don't want to indulge in anything that will fund an apartheid, definitely. Then I got the other pamphlets and I came to know that this is actually, we all Indians should oppose it because the Camry Theatre is performing at the settlements which illegally has been established by the Israeli regime in the Palestine on the lands which belong to Palestinians actually. I do not regret that I'm not watching the play because I'm happy that at least I have stood for something which is good. When I came here I saw all these activists standing here with these T-shirts and I told them I agree with you fully and it's a great thing you're doing. And they said, well, would you also like to wear one? I said, yeah, sure. So I took one from one of them and they said, you know, whatever. So I decided I'll wear it inside and that's what I did and we would, I mean, the main door here, right, this one was blocked. I mean, there seemed to be quite a commotion out there. I thought we were all being left out and finally they let us move in but then the doors to the auditorium were closed. So it seemed like there was going to be a stampede. There was a lot of noise, people shouting, you know, pushing. So I went around to another door and I asked them what's going on. So they said that the hall is not ready yet. That's what first one person said. So I said, well, the time was given at seven o'clock and this is the first time in the history of Shreve Fort that we've not been allowed in. So I said, well, what's the problem? They said, no, no, because the stage is broken. I peeped in the stage and seemed to be broken. All I saw was Israeli seated in the, oh, what, I can't assume they were Israelis. The foreigners seated in the first two rows and all the Indians were kept out. So I showed them the t-shirt. I said, well, isn't this what, you know, exactly what's happening? I saw that this was the kind of theatre that, you know, represents apartheid. I decided to come out and join the rest of the movement. So that's what I've been doing. But unfortunately, we've been shunted back and forth and treated like terrorists. You can see all the guards lined up here as if, I don't know, we want Palestinian territory. This is our own country and surely we should be allowed to make a peaceful protest like this. As always, with Israeli linked events, there was a police presence with a SWAT vehicle parked outside the auditorium. At first, the police did not interfere with the protesters. But in a while, with instructions from above, some of the policemen tried to provoke the protesters. The protesters remained peaceful, but asserted their right to be there. They pointed out that they were not shouting slogans or stopping anyone from going inside the auditorium. A clear message was sent to all present. Theatre goers, organisers, annoyed Israelis, even a few curious policemen. Indians of conscience will not stand by while the State of Israel occupies Palestinian lands and imposes its apartheid policies on the Palestinian people.