While Churchill's play, "Seven Jewish Children," thought to be very controversial because of it's pro-Gaza stance, will be performed in New York, another American citizen is injured by Israeli soldiers. A group was protesting in the West Bank - against the wall being built by Israel that has encroached further into Palestinian territory.
When I was getting ready to go to Israel this past January, the U.S. State Department memos said to avoid Gaza and the West Bank protests, or avoid certain areas if there would be protests. Was this because the soldiers have a tendency to harm the protestors?
see dreamacttexas post "BBC says no to play discussing Gaza," March 15, 2009
see "Readings and Talks for Pro-Gaza Playlet," New York Times, March 15, 2009
---Israelis 'firing live rounds' at West Bank protesters
* Peter Beaumont
* The London Observer, Sunday 15 March 2009 00.01 GMT
* Article history
Israeli armed forces and border police used the cover of the war against Hamas in Gaza to reintroduce the firing of .22 rifle bullets - as well as the extensive use of a new model of tear-gas canister - against unarmed demonstrators in the Occupied West Bank protesting at the building of Israel's "separation wall".
The tactics were highlighted on Friday, when a US protester, Tristan Anderson, 38, was hit in the head by one of the new extended-range gas canisters in the village of Ni'ilin, suffering an open wound in his skull and substantial brain damage. Anderson's friend, Gabrielle Silverman, claims he was struck by a canister fired from a high-velocity rifle. The Israeli military says stone-throwing "poses a threat to troops", and several officers have been injured by rocks...more
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