Bethlehem's 2002 siege recalled in new Freedom Theatre play
The Jenin-based Freedom Theatre is scheduled to lift the curtain on its new theatrical production, The Siege, this Saturday.
The play opens as part of a day of cultural events at the theater in the occupied West Bank planned to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the assassination of its co-founder, Juliano Mer Khamis. His murder remains unsolved.
The date is also the thirteenth anniversary of the massive invasion of Jenin refugee camp by the Israeli army. Known as Operation Defensive Shield, that invasion saw large areas of the camp demolished and dozens of people killed.
Another of the Israeli military’s actions during Defensive Shield was the invasion of central Bethlehem and the subsequent 39-day siege at the Church of the Nativity.
It is this event which forms the central story to the Freedom Theatre’s new play.
Source: electronicintifada.net