The release of Palestinian prisoners as part of the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal is deeply controversial in Israel and invigorating to the Palestinian public after 15 months of fighting.

Even today, the Freedom Theater in Jenin refugee camp puts on everything from Shakespeare to stand-up comedy to plays written by residents. In 2019, after Zubeidi had already served years in prison ...

Even today, the Freedom Theatre in Jenin refugee camp puts on everything from Shakespeare and stand-up comedy to plays written by residents. In 2019, after Zubeidi had already served years in ...

Israel freed 110 Palestinian prisoners in a deal with Hamas, releasing them in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Key figures among the released include former militant leaders and long ...

Israel has released a total of 183 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza as part of the ...

Mr. Zubeidi, who was also once a theater director, stunned Israelis and Palestinians alike when he and others broke out of ...

He and the five other escapees were recaptured later. In 2006, Zubeidi established The Freedom Theatre in the Jenin refugee camp – his home in the north of the occupied West Bank – to promote ...

Even today, the Freedom Theater in Jenin refugee camp puts on everything from Shakespeare to stand-up comedy to plays written by residents. In 2019, after Zubeidi had already served years in ...

In a 2002 raid, the Israeli occupation army destroyed the community playhouse, which was later rebuilt and renamed the Freedom Theatre. After the 2007 amnesty, Zubeidi returned to Jenin and was ...

After the intifada in 2006, Zubeidi co-founded a theater in his hometown of Jenin refugee camp, a hotbed of Palestinian militancy, to promote what he described as cultural resistance to Israel. Even ...