Theatre - A play created a sensation in Gaza by saying aloud what many Palestinians believe whispered: Palestinian leaders are crooks, sold in the U.S. or Iran, which ignore the suffering of their people.
narrating the events of ordinary Palestinians, it takes place in a refugee camp as those inhabited much of the 1.5 million Gazans.
One of the characters, Umm Zakariya, a refugee, tells how his daughter managed to return to Gaza enjoying a rare opening of the Rafah terminal on the border Egyptian to marry her fiance about to leave.
Daily life in Gaza is even harder than the enclave is under siege, under a strict blockade on the part of Israel but also Egypt, only other Arab countries, which is more a common border with the Palestinian territory.
If all groups are taking to their rank, it is remarkable that the piece is played in Gaza under the control of Hamas who was expelled Fatah by force in 2007.
Because satire is fierce. When an actor playing a Hamas representative dare say that the movement has freed Gaza (in fact Israel withdrew in 2005), it arouses the anger of a crowd of extras: "Gaza is under siege and every day tanks (Israel) are making inroads, "he launches a character," resistance to the blockade is due to our martyred children!
"But we bring you money in exchange for your child martyrs," argues the framework of Fateh. "Fuck the money!" replies Umm Zakariya who lost her son in an Israeli incursion.
"Take my life and give me one of my son. It's a dog's life, no electricity, no flour, no job," she said.
Another character complains about the rivalry between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, which governs the West Bank, and their inability to obtain the lifting of the blockade. "We have two health departments (one in Gaza and one in the West Bank) but no electricity, no flour and no cement.
During the plot, there are four executives wearing a suit and attaché cases with a cord to the color of their political affiliation, hence the title of the play: green for Hamas, yellow for Fatah , black for Islamic Jihad and red for the left.
"Create a faction is easy as opening a store," quipped the buffoon of the piece, named al-Lafi Ahbal ("idiot" in Arabic). "If you want to create a faction, just shouting slogans about Jerusalem, the settlements (Jewish), the Wall of Separation (West Bank). You'll make a fortune, "pokes fun there.
The Palestinian Authority remains thanks to the hundreds of millions of dollars in aid it receives from the EU and U.S. USA. Hamas is largely funded by Iran.
The tone of the piece caused a stir in Gaza.
"I was afraid it would was banned, "says its director Hazem Abu Hamid, who was careful not to reveal The most mordant passages before the premiere. It was played three nights this week to 1,500 spectators each time.
"It's a valve that translates what people say among themselves, their exasperation with the division of the Palestinians and their anger at the fact that foreign aid interferes with the decision" political , says he.
Iyad Abu Shariya, author and producer of the part funded by the Swiss aid is more direct: "This is a cry for attention of leaders as people are tired and fed up with the way they do. We wanted to force them to hear what we have to say. "
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