Former militant Zakaria Zubeidi co-founded Jenin's Freedom theatre with Juliano Mer Khamis, who was murdered in April
Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 1 January 2012
"A former Palestinian militant who renounced violence in favour of "cultural resistance" is in custody after Israel apparently revoked an amnesty deal, in a move seen by his associates as part of a campaign of harassment against a radical West Bank theatre.
Zakaria Zubeidi, a former of leader of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, is being held by Palestinian security forces after being told he would be arrested by Israeli authorities if he did not hand himself in.
"I am in a Palestinian Authority jail in Jenin," he told the Guardian by phone. His account could not be confirmed by either Israeli or Palestinian sources.....
Zubeidi co-founded the Freedom theatre with Juliano Mer Khamis, who was shot dead in Jenin in April. In the past few months there have been repeated raids on the theatre by the Israeli military, and staff have been questioned. No one has been arrested for the murder of Mer Khamis, who had a Jewish mother and an Arab father.
"Over half a year, there has been an enormous amount of harassment of people associated with the theatre," said Jonatan Stanczak, a third co-founder and managing director. "I don't know why they are doing these things. All these events have come in a sequence.""
Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 1 January 2012
"A former Palestinian militant who renounced violence in favour of "cultural resistance" is in custody after Israel apparently revoked an amnesty deal, in a move seen by his associates as part of a campaign of harassment against a radical West Bank theatre.
Zakaria Zubeidi, a former of leader of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, is being held by Palestinian security forces after being told he would be arrested by Israeli authorities if he did not hand himself in.
"I am in a Palestinian Authority jail in Jenin," he told the Guardian by phone. His account could not be confirmed by either Israeli or Palestinian sources.....
Zubeidi co-founded the Freedom theatre with Juliano Mer Khamis, who was shot dead in Jenin in April. In the past few months there have been repeated raids on the theatre by the Israeli military, and staff have been questioned. No one has been arrested for the murder of Mer Khamis, who had a Jewish mother and an Arab father.
"Over half a year, there has been an enormous amount of harassment of people associated with the theatre," said Jonatan Stanczak, a third co-founder and managing director. "I don't know why they are doing these things. All these events have come in a sequence.""
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