Israeli shuts down Palestinian children’s theater festival in occupied East Jerusalem

The 19th annual Palestinian children’s theater festival in the East Jerusalem theater of Al-Hakwati, was due to open on Saturday, June 22nd, but was  canceled under a special warrant issued by Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch. The festival organizers protested the shutting down of the highly-anticipated eight-day long cultural event, which was  scheduled to feature Palestinian,…