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Occupation magazine - Activism Home page  back Print  Send To friend Screening “Between Fences” in Jerusalem Screening of “Between Fences” in the presence of the directors. After the film we will have a discussion with the director Avi Mugrabi and asylum seekers living in Jerusalem. Tuesday 20.3, 7:30pm Imbala Yanai St. 3, Jerusalem “Between Fences” documents a theatre group of asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan at Holot facility. The group was initiated by the directors Chen Alon and Avi Mugrabi. Using the technics of the “Theatre of the Oppressed”, they explore together the position of asylum seekers in Israel. What leads men and women to leave their lives behind and set off into the unknown? Why does Israel, a state established by and for refugees, refuse to fulfill its legal duty to look into the status of people who escaped war, genocide and persecution? And can Israelis who work with asylum seekers identify with them and understand their situation? Links to the latest articles in this section Refusing the war! Demonstration today, Thur. Apris 24, at 7.30 pm, Habima Square, Tel Aviv Refusing the war! Demonstration today, Thur. Apris 24, at 7.30 pm, Habima Square, Tel Aviv Saturday night protests: No to Netanyahu`s war!