4-26-2015 Israeli-Palestinian ‘normalization’ debate reaches NY theater - Misha Shulman +972


http://972mag.com/israeli-palestinian-normalization-debate-reaches-ny-theater/105864/

Palestinian solidarity groups and pro-Israel Jewish groups both stay away from a theater production that addresses the extremists on both sides of the conflict.

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