explore: Jenin - No Child is Born a Terrorist

June 05, 2012 from explore.org

Filmmaker Charlie Annenberg and the explore.org team travel to the Jenin refugee camp in the Palestinian territories and discover that perhaps the greatest tool of liberation is not the gun, but the stage. At the center of a labyrinth of graffiti-covered streets lies the Jenin Freedom Theater, founded by Juliano Mer-Khamis in the 1980s to give Palestinian youth a creative outlet. Mer-Khamis, who was tragically gunned down this past year, takes Charlie on an eye-opening journey through Jenin. As he walks the dirt roads with Juliano, Charlie is presented with a rare and risky opportunity: the chance to meet Zakaria Zubeidi, the former Jenin chief of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.

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Zakaria Zubeidi

Zakaria Muhammad 'Abdelrahman Zubeidi is a former Palestinian militant leader, who recently ended his years on Israel's most-wanted list by handing over his guns to the Palestinian National Authority and accepting Israeli amnesty. On 28 December 2011, however, Israel rescinded... Explore this topic

Juliano Mer-Khamis

Juliano Mer-Khamis was an Israeli/Palestinian actor, director, filmmaker, and political activist of Jewish and native Palestinian Greek Orthodox Christian parentage. On 4 April 2011, he was assassinated by a masked gunman in the Palestinian city of Jenin, where he established ... Explore this topic

Palestinian territories

The Palestinian territories or occupied Palestinian territories comprise the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In 1993, following the Oslo Accords, parts of the territories politically came under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority. In 2007, the Hamas-ruled Gaza... Explore this topic

Jenin

Jenin is a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank. It serves as the administrative center of the Jenin Governorate and is a major agricultural center for the surrounding towns. In 2007 the city had a population of 39,004. Jenin is under the administration of the Palestinia... Explore this topic

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is the ongoing struggle between Israelis and Palestinians that began in the early 20th century. The conflict is wide-ranging, and the term is also used in reference to the earlier phases of the same conflict, between the Zionist yishuv and the ... Explore this topic

Palestine

Palestine (Arabic: فلسطين‎ Filasṭīn, Falasṭīn, Filisṭīn; Greek: Παλαιστίνη, Palaistinē; Latin: Palaestina; Hebrew: פלשתינה Palestina) is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various ad... Explore this topic

Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades

The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades is a coalition of Palestinian armed groups in the West Bank. The organization has been designated as a terrorist group by the governments of Israel, the United States, Canada, Japan and the European Union. Explore this topic

Palestinian Refugees

Palestine refugees includes Arabs whose normal places of residence were in Israel and Jews who had their homes in Arab Palestine, such as the those from the Jewish quarter of the Old City. Their right of return was recognized in United Nations Resolution 194 of 1948. In the ho... Explore this topic

Israelis

Israelis, are citizens or nationals of the modern state of Israel. Although Israel is a Jewish state, it has a multiethnic society, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds. The largest ethnic group is that of Israeli Jews, followed by Arab citizens, mostly ... Explore this topic

Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces, commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym Tzahal, are the military forces of the State of Israel. They consist of the ground forces, air force, and navy. It is the sole military wing of the Israeli security forces, and has no civilian jurisdicti... Explore this topic

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