The family of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has forced Watertown's New Repertory Theatre to cancel a planned run next spring of a one-act play about a 1976 hostage rescue mission because it was to have been paired with the story of a pro-Palestinian American activist.
"To Pay the Price" centers on Jonathan "Yoni" Netanyahu , the older brother of the former prime minister, and a hero in Israel. Yoni Netanyahu was the lone Israeli military person killed in the daring mission in which a planeful of hijacked Air France hostages on their way from Tel Aviv were rescued at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. The play draws on Netanyahu's letters and interviews with family and friends.
"My Name Is Rachel Corrie " is a one-woman play about the American activist who became a member of the International Solidarity Movement, an organization that advocates for Israeli troops to leave the West Bank. In 2003 , Corrie died during a protest when she was hit by a bulldozer. She was 23.
If Yoni's name sounds familiar, it's because not only was he the older brother of Benjamin Netanyahu (and leading candidate to replace Olmert), but he was the sole Israeli soldier killed in the raid on Entebbe that rescued hostages held by Palestinian terrorists on July 4, 1976. He was a hero who died way too young.
Corrie, on the other hand, was a terrorist sympathizer who died trying to protect a smuggling tunnel from being bulldozed by the Israeli military. She's sainted by the extreme left and Palestinian sympathizers because she purposefully put herself in harm's way to defend terrorists as part of the pro-terrorist group ISM. She died at the age of 23.
So, what does the theater company do? They go out and find an Israeli who wrote a play castigating Israel. Figures.
UPDATE:
The theater company's website is here.
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