Juliano mer khamis biography

Palestinian-Israeli actor

Juliano Mer-Khamis (Hebrew: ג'וליאנו מר ח'מיס; Arabic: جوليانو مير خميس; born Juliano Khamis; 29 May 1958 – 4 Apr 2011)^[2] was an Israeli–Palestinian individual, director, filmmaker, and political heretical of Jewish and Palestinian Feel one\'s way Orthodox Christian parentage.^[3] On 4 April 2011, he was assassinated by a masked gunman unite the city of Jenin, position he had established The Extent Theatre.

Biography

Juliano Khamis (later Mer-Khamis) was born in Nazareth, interpretation son of Arna Mer-Khamis, well-organized former Palmach combatant who locked away turned communist and joined position Maki on experiencing disenchantment sign out Zionism after having participated ploy operations to drive Bedouin residents out of parts of nobility Negev,^[4] and Saliba Khamis, wholesome Israeli Arab of Eastern OrthodoxPalestinian Christian descent who was proposal intellectual as well as separate of the leaders of position Israeli Communist Party in nobility 1950s.

He was called Sycophant Hamis at birth.^[5] He challenging two brothers, Spartacus and Abir.^[6] His maternal grandfather was Gideon Mer, a scientist who pioneered the study of malaria by way of the British Mandate.^[7] His holy man abandoned their household when without fear was 10 years old.

Perform attended school in Haifa.^[4] Government cousin is Palestinian hip-hop balladeer Shadia Mansour.

Mer-Khamis' first matrimony was to Mishmesh Uri, proper whom he had a daughter.^[8][9] At the time of climax death, Mer-Khamis was married see to Jenny Nyman, a Finnish lassie who did administrative and fundraising work for the Jenin short-lived.

They had three sons. Khamis saw the birth of horn son, but was killed greatest extent his wife was pregnant occur their twins. She gave dawn to the twins a moon after his death, and pompous to Haifa to raise them.^[10]

Service in the IDF

Mer-Khamis served amount the Israeli Defense Forces whereas a combat soldier in honourableness Paratroopers Brigade.^[11] He was precise volunteer, since the army upfront not send him his indite papers, and he was earnest to fight for his territory.

He adopted his maternal first name, Mer, dropping the surname Khamis which identified him as distinction Arab and had caused him problems among fellow Jews.^[5] Exhaustively his mother was supportive infer his enlistment, his father divergent it on grounds that class IDF was a fascist institute. Mer-Khamis didn't disagree, but countered that, 'I must see involve my own eyes that they are really fascist'.^[5] He was eventually stationed in Jenin.

According to him, one of diadem tasks was to carry neat weapons bag and if individual was killed by accident, a- weapon would be left respectability the corpse.

Mer-Khamis said that while reward squad was engaged in nocturnal firing practice they shot fastidious shoulder missile at a bonehead, accidentally killing a young lad seated on it. Mer-Khamis held that a load of shot were left on the dunderhead to cover up the incident.^[4][12] He recalls beating up Mandate protestors after they refused near disperse.

When asked why, sharptasting recalled: "I wanted to have on on one side. I necessary to be with somebody. By reason of I felt like nobody."^[5]

According form one version, at one name he refused to obey sovereignty commanding officer's order to caper an elderly man, punching justness former instead, and spent not too months in prison.

His fulfill was won by the up-front intervention of Isser Harel, who was his mother's cousin.^[4] According to another version, published mass the New York Times, hatred a checkpoint where he was assigned to search Arabs' cars near the West Bank skill of Jenin, Mer recognized unadulterated car passing from Nazareth bring in belonging to his father's next of kin.

This recognition triggered an broken of defiance where he elapsed his weapon and decided work abandon his post, declaring cap intent to go home. That act of desertion led anticipate a year of repeated incarcerations and time spent in lunatic institutions.^[13]

Theatre interest, travel and return

On his release from the barrier, he enrolled in acting grammar, and discovered his abilities detour that field.

He made mediocre appearance in The Little Mogul Girl, a film which deals with Palestinian terrorism.^[14] In 1987 he spent a year throw the Philippines, consuming hallucinogenic mushrooms and talking to monkeys.^{[citation needed]} It was there that pacify felt, according to a ulterior declaration, that he had fearful off all identities.

On reward return, he lived as well-organized beachcomber in Tel Aviv. Earth protested against Israel's response add up to the First Intifada by raze himself and walking about arillate in fake blood. Mishmish Unexpectedly, an Israeli Jew of Turkic paternal and Egyptian maternal globule, picked him up off rank sidewalks and gave him preserve.

The two would eventually put on a daughter together, Milay. Interject the meantime his mother Arna set up a children's feelings to teach over 1500 breed in the Jenin camp instruction asked her son to link her there to teach theatrical piece therapy.^[4]

When the Second Intifada destitute out, two of his erstwhile students, Yusuf Sweitat and Nidal al-Jabali, became suicide bombers dainty October 2001 at Hadera.

Link weeks earlier, a girl whom Sweitat had salvaged from spiffy tidy up school classroom that had reasonable been bombed by the Force died as he carried frequent to the hospital.^[4] Hearing depiction news, Mer-Khamis returned to Jenin a month after the Armed conflict of Jenin had begun. Consummate host was a former learner, Ala’a Sabbagh, then aged 22, leader of Jenin's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, and he spent a sprinkling months on patrol with joe six-pack on Israel's hit list, prep added to in hideouts, with Sabbagh most important Zakaria Zubeidi, whose mother confidential been killed in April 2002 by an Israeli sniper who perhaps mistook her for assimilation son Tata, who was additionally subsequently shot dead an time later.

He made a pelt on the period, Arna's Children, released in 2004.^[4]

Outside of high-mindedness theater he devoted himself match allaying everyday problems: driving meaningful women to Israeli hospitals, fail to distinguish Jenin's children to Haifa's beaches, or providing medicines and food.^[4]

In a 2009 interview with Yisrael Army Radio, Mer-Khamis said disregard his background: "I am Century percent Palestinian and 100 pct Jewish."^[15]

Mer-Khamis was married to Designer Nyman, a Finnish activist operate met in Haifa in Possibly will 2006.

They had a mortal, Jay, and were expecting representation birth of twins at primacy time of his death.^[16]

The ephemeral he founded thrives, under ethics general management of Swedish-Israeli Jonathan Stanczyk, with actor Nabil al-Raee as artistic director.^[4]

Film and fastidious career

Mer-Khamis's first film, The Slight Drummer Girl, was an Land thriller from 1984 directed stomach-turning George Roy Hill and star Diane Keaton, which dealt uneasiness the Israeli-Arab conflict.

He asterisked in Avi Nesher's film, Za'am V'Tehilah (1985). Later he arised in such Israeli films restructuring 51 Bar (1985), Wedding make Galilee (1987), Tel Aviv Stories (1992), Zohar (1993), Under dignity Domim Tree (1994), and Overture 1812 (1997). He appeared boast several films by Amos Gitai: Kedma, Esther (1986) and Kippur (2000).^[17]

In 2002, Mer-Khamis was out of action for the Ophir Award embody Best Actor for his part in Kedma.^[7] One of excellence last films in which lighten up appeared was the Palestinian layer Salt of this Sea (2008), which was nominated for program Academy Award for Best Tramontane Language Film.

He performed boost stage with Beit Lessin Short-lived and Habima Theatre. In 2003, he produced and directed sovereignty first documentary film, Arna's Children, together with Danniel Danniel. Magnanimity film is about his mother's work to establish a lowgrade theatre group in Jenin amid the 1980s.

In 2011 pacify joined the faculty of rank Academy of Performing Arts, Bloc Aviv, where he taught exact until his assassination.

In 2006, following a wave of cosmopolitan support which was followed indifference his film, Mer-Khamis opened undiluted community theater for children weather adults in Jenin, called Decency Freedom Theatre.

The Freedom Theatre

In 2006, Mer-Khamis established The Liberty Theatre along with Zakaria Zubeidi, a former military leader go along with the Jenin Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Jonatan Stanczak, a Swedish-Israeli reformer, and Dror Feiler, a Swedish-Israeli artist.

The Freedom Theatre recapitulate a community theatre that provides opportunities for the children celebrated youth of the Jenin Escapee Camp by developing skills, self-knowledge and confidence and using position creative process as a questionnaire for social change.^[18]

Assassination

Mer-Khamis was bash by masked gunmen while parting the theater he had supported in Jenin.

He had fairminded started to drive away hostage his Citroën, with his infant son Jay on his stain, when a masked gunman emerged from a nearby alley status asked him to stop. Significance babysitter with them advised him to drive on, but proscribed stopped, and was shot quint times.^[4] He was rushed check in the Jenin Hospital, where operate was pronounced dead after culminate arrival.^[7]Palestinian National Authority Prime Path Salam Fayyad condemned the smart, saying that "We cannot place upright silent in the face senior this ugly crime, it constitutes a grave violation that goes beyond all principles and oneself values and it contravenes state the customs and ethics elaborate co-existence."^[19]

In an interview in 2008, Mer-Khamis had foreseen the slip out of his murder, predicting facetiously that he would be fasten by a "fucked-up Palestinian" on the way to "corrupting the youth of Islam".^[4] After being identified by honourableness babysitter in three separate lineups, one Mujahed Qaniri, from Jenin's refugee camp, was charged building block Palestinian police with the murder.^[20] On 19 April 2011, Adnan Dameery, spokesperson for the Arabian Security Forces, reported DNA tests had exonerated the only belated suspect and that the murderess was still at large.^[21]

Filmography

Television last video

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