Banning of Play on Palestinian Prisoners Throws Israeli Acre Theater Festival into Turmoil
The artistic director of the popular Acre Fringe Theater Festival quit on Sunday, June 4, after the event’s public steering committee disqualified Prisoners of Occupation, a play about Palestinian prisoners in Israel. Avi Gibson Bar-El informed the Acre municipality that he was resigning because the committee blocked the play by Einat Weitzman. Gibson issued a…