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American activist Rachel Corrie (photo: Rachel Corrie Foundation)

WATCH: Play depicting Rachel Corrie causes controversy in Jerusalem

My Name is Rachel Corrie, a play based on the diaries and emails of Rachel Corrie, is now showing in Jerusalem. The play tells the story of Corrie, a young American woman who traveled to the Gaza Strip during the Second Intifada, who was crushed to death by a bulldozer as she was trying to prevent…

By Social TV July 31, 2013

American activist Rachel Corrie (photo: Rachel Corrie Foundation)

Jerusalem deputy mayor: Defund theater showing Rachel Corrie play

Hatred for Rachel Corrie knows no limits, as a Jerusalem municipal official demonstrates by trying to ban a play about the ‘Israel-hater tourist.’ The director to +972 Magazine: ‘He should see it before judging.’ Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem David Hadari, of Nafatli Bennet’s Jewish Home party, demanded that the city stop funding the Khan…

By Ami Kaufman July 1, 2013