Palestinians and Israelis still shocked after the death of Juliano Mer-Khamis, theater director and activist shot dead on Tuesday in the Jenin refugee camp. Many of them have passed today by the Al Midan Theatre in the Israeli city of Haifa, where the coffin was installed by the artist. "Martyr of Freedom" read a huge poster with his face set beside the coffin of Mer-Khamis.
Condolences have come from one side or the other of the invisible border that divides Israel from the Palestinian territories, which is further evidence of the personality of this son of a Jewish mother and Palestinian father spent searching for understanding between the enemies. The funeral cortege made Yalame stop at the checkpoint on the outskirts of Jenin that prevents Palestinians from entering Israel and vice versa.
There, he could bid farewell residents of the West Bank city where he lived in recent years. The body of the charismatic director and founder of the Jenin Freedom Theatre rest in Kibbutz Ramot Menashe, in the Galilee, where also lies his mother, a renowned advocate for Palestinian rights.
Mer-Khamis was shot dead in Jenin when he was traveling in his car. The Palestinian police announced the arrest of a suspect linked to the crime. It is a resident of the Jenin refugee camp, a former member of the Brigades of the Martyrs of Al Aqsa, an armed group of the ruling party Fatah.
Sources of Palestinian security forces told the Agence France Presse today that the detainee is linked to the Islamist movement Hamas. Mer-Khamis in the past had received threats from radical Palestinian groups were not welcome an Israeli organized plays and workshops for young refugees in Jenin. 
Condolences have come from one side or the other of the invisible border that divides Israel from the Palestinian territories, which is further evidence of the personality of this son of a Jewish mother and Palestinian father spent searching for understanding between the enemies. The funeral cortege made Yalame stop at the checkpoint on the outskirts of Jenin that prevents Palestinians from entering Israel and vice versa.
There, he could bid farewell residents of the West Bank city where he lived in recent years. The body of the charismatic director and founder of the Jenin Freedom Theatre rest in Kibbutz Ramot Menashe, in the Galilee, where also lies his mother, a renowned advocate for Palestinian rights.
Mer-Khamis was shot dead in Jenin when he was traveling in his car. The Palestinian police announced the arrest of a suspect linked to the crime. It is a resident of the Jenin refugee camp, a former member of the Brigades of the Martyrs of Al Aqsa, an armed group of the ruling party Fatah.
Sources of Palestinian security forces told the Agence France Presse today that the detainee is linked to the Islamist movement Hamas. Mer-Khamis in the past had received threats from radical Palestinian groups were not welcome an Israeli organized plays and workshops for young refugees in Jenin.
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