Arts Council England is funding a UK tour of their play, called 'The Siege'
Tells of 2002 stand-off when Israeli troops cornered gunmen in Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
Play is based on accounts of Hamas and Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade militants
Jewish leaders fear taxpayers might be funding play promoting ‘terrorism as legitimate’
British taxpayers are to fund a play sympathising with Palestinian terrorist groups who have murdered civilians and carried out suicide bombings on crowded commuter buses.
Arts Council England is handing over £15,000 to producers of a unashamedly one-sided drama based on accounts from the gunmen and bombers of Hamas and the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade.
The money will fund a UK tour of their play The Siege, telling of a 2002 stand-off when Israeli troops cornered militants in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, worshipped as Christ’s birthplace.
The Seige by The Freedom Theatre will be touring Britain
The production has already received cash from the British Council and the EU for performances in the Palestinian territories, and the new handout will fund a ten-city UK tour starting in Manchester on May 13.
Jewish leaders last night raised ‘extreme concern’ that the British taxpayer might be funding a play promoting ‘terrorism as legitimate’.
In publicity for the play, Hamas and Al Aqsa Brigade terrorists are merely referred to as ‘fighters’ with no acknowledgement of their cold-blooded murder of civilians.
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3065771/UK-taxpayers-fund-pro-terrorist-play-15-000-public-money-given-based-words-Hamas-killers.htmlWell - freedom of speech is freedom of speech. The Arts Council is an odd entity, but does
tend to be neutral in the grants it gives.
