The Israeli soldiers have smashed our offices and set up a base in the Freedom Theatre's premises, says Swedish-Israeli Jonatan Stanczak, to Dagens ETC.
He is one of the theatre's founders and has lived in the camp for over ten years, but lives in Sweden today. According to him, the theatre's activities are currently mostly held outdoors or in borrowed university lecture halls within Jenin city.
All roads are destroyed, residential houses are demolished, and the refugee camp is largely empty. The thousands of refugees have been forced to flee again and seek shelter with relatives or at the university's student accommodation, he says.
The Freedom Theatre has since 2006 functioned as a cultural centre in the refugee camp, with activities for children and young people. It has been stormed by Israeli military several times before.
The theatre's friends in Sweden are now organizing a support evening at Teater Tribunalen in Stockholm on Sunday, April 13. Among other things, the Swedish-Palestinian dance theatre group Moria will perform an excerpt from their show "The Suitcase", and lawyers Linus Gardell and Dina Unal will talk about the increasing repression against Palestine activists.
The entrance fee consists of a voluntary sum that goes directly to the Freedom Theatre.
