Juliano Mer-Khamis, the director of the Freedom Theater in Jenin, was murdered as he was driving home on April 4. He was the son of Arna Mer, a Jew, & Saliba Khamis, a Christian Palestinian. Both of his parents belonged to the Israeli Communist Party. He was an actor who starred in The Little Drummer Girl & dozens of Israeli movies. He produced & directed the documentary Arna's Children. He stated in an interview "I am 100 percent Palestinian and 100 percent Jewish."