The Jenin Freedom Theater, an embodiment of the “cultural resistance” genre of committed art, ceased operations after the Israeli army ethnically cleansed Jenin refugee camp’s residents. The theater is now gathering stories of displacement.
110 Palestinians were freed from Israeli captivity in exchange for three Israeli captives in Gaza, after Israel initially tried to suspend releasing the Palestinian prisoners over complaints of “chaos” during the handover of the Israeli captives.
The Tunnel for Freedom, when six Palestinians escaped from Israel’s notorious Gilboa prison, has become an iconic moment in modern Palestinian history. One year later, the six prisoners have been re-arrested but the unity their daring action inspired lives on.
“Those days of freedom,” Aymen Kamamji’s father tells Mondoweiss, “they were some of the happiest days of our lives.”
A prominent Palestinian leader in Jenin and the brother of political prisoner Zakaria Zubeidi, succumbed to wounds on Sunday after he was shot by Israeli forces over the weekend.
Eleven years ago filmmaker Udi Aloni moved to the Jenin refugee camp to work at the Jenin Freedom Theater. During that time he lived in Zakaria Zubeidi’s house. Here, Aloni recalls several stories from him time with Zubeidi on the nature of art and resistance.
The escape of six Palestinian prisoners from Israel’s Gilboa prison opened pathways to new worlds beyond the walls erected by apartheid Israel and its barbaric, inhumane policies.
According to his lawyers, Zakaria Zubeidi sustained “extreme beating” on the left side of his face during his detention, and has been hospitalized for treatment, claims being denied by Israeli media.
The six escapees from Gilboa breached something much more serious than a maximum-security prison — they burrowed into the granular underground of Zionism’s fragile psyche.
The fifth day of the Palestinian prisoners’ escape from an Israeli prison has sparked joy, pride and resistance in Palestinians. Israelis have cracked down on the protests even as they pour troops into the West Bank to try to find the six escapees. A Palestinian doctor was killed near Al-Aqsa mosque today.
Israel has been humiliated by the escape of 6 Palestinian prisoners Monday. Israelis describe the escapees as “terrorists,” and an anchor on i24 News said they are “dangerous people on the run.” Alon Eviatar, a former intelligence officer, told the channel that Israel has two choices, to capture the escaped prisoners or kill them. While Samer Sinijlawi, chair of the Jerusalem Development Fund, warned that if any prisoner is assassinated, it would be a “serious mistake” on Israel’s part and possibly result in an intifada, or uprising.