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Israel/Palestine

Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Mon Jul 1, 2013, 12:38 PM Jul 2013

Israeli Sesame Street Actors Protest Israel's Closure Pf Palestinian Puppet Theatre Festival

JERUSALEM - Puppeteers from the Israeli version of Sesame Street are protesting Israel's closure of a Palestinian puppet festival.

Ariel Doron, who plays Elmo on the Israeli version of the children's television show, created a Facebook group named Puppets4All calling on Israel to permit the festival.

He said Monday his initiative was private and not co-ordinated with Sesame Street.

Other puppeteers from Israeli Sesame Street and fellow Israeli actors have uploaded photos to the Facebook group, holding puppets and signs protesting the closure.

Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Israeli+Sesame+Street+actors+protest+Israels+closure/8601722/story.html#ixzz2XoRxY74X

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