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Ariel Doron, who plays Elmo on the Israeli version of Sesame Street, started a Facebook campaign to protest the Israeli government's cancellation of a Palestinian children's puppet festival. (Facebook)

‘Sesame Street’ puppeteers launch campaign for E. Jerusalem theater

Well-known children’s show actors launch puppet-themed protests against Israel’s cancelation of a Palestinian children’s festival at the Hakawati Theater in East Jerusalem. The creative protests over a cancelled Palestinian children’s festival continued online this week, as puppeteers from the Israeli version of “Sesame Street” opened a new Facebook page in protest. Ariel Doron, the voice…

By Matt Surrusco July 2, 2013

A puppet fills one seat in the empty El-Hakawati Theater on June 27, 2013 in East Jerusalem. The theater would have been filled with children and families, but the Israeli Public Security Ministry canceled the annual festival. (photo: Matt Surrusco, +972 Magazine)

El-Hakawati Theater – the complementary nature of stones and puppets

Israel shut down a Palestinian puppet theater festival last month, but ‘cultural and artistic organizations are those parts of the iceberg of Palestinian resistance that remain underwater. If discovered by the State, they vanish and appear elsewhere, in different form, like a phoenix, striving for a freedom that is prefiguratively victorious by its nature.’ By…

By +972 Magazine July 1, 2013

One puppeteer produces a video protesting the Israeli government's decision to cancel the annual Palestinian children's theater festival. (screenshot: YouTube)

WATCH: Israeli puppeteer creates video calling for end to ‘Israel’s war on puppets’

After the Israeli government cancelled an annual theater festival for Palestinian children, Ariel Doron pulled out his puppet collection in protest. Sometimes protest comes in the form of puppets. An Israeli puppeteer from Jaffa published a short video online, featuring four puppets and an inflatable hammer from his collection, calling for viewers to sign a…

By Matt Surrusco June 27, 2013

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Carrying giant puppets, residents of Al-Walaja, together with Palestinian, international, and Israeli supporters, march through the West Bank village of Al-Walaja to protest the Israeli separation wall, September 28, 2012. If completed as planned, the wall will surround Al-Walaja and cut off its access to surrounding Palestinian communities. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

A week in photos: September 27-October 3

Protest theater, media strikes, Palestinian demonstrations, and more: Activestills images tell the stories of the week.

By Activestills October 4, 2012

Carrying giant puppets, Palestinians of Al-Walaja, together with Palestinian, international, and Israeli supporters organized by the Freedom Bus campaign march through the West Bank village of Al-Walaja to protest the Israeli separation wall, September 28, 2012. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

Photo essay: Freedom Bus tour teaches cultural forms of resistance

Text by Decca Muldowney The Freedom Bus, an initiative of Jenin’s Freedom Theatre, uses interactive theatre and cultural activism to bear witness, raise awareness and build alliances throughout occupied Palestine and beyond. From September 23-October 1 2012, Palestinians and allies from around the world took part in a 9-day solidarity ride through 11 communities in the West…

By Activestills October 2, 2012