TEL AVIV, (Reuters) – Barely audible above the chants of “traitor”, an Israeli actress who lost a leg in a Palestinian attack read out yesterday a declaration by Israeli intellectuals endorsing the creation of a Palestinian state.
The event, attended by dozens of left-wing artists and academics, was held outside the hall where Israelis united to declare independence in 1948. Sixty-three years later, deep divisions over Israel’s future played out at the historic venue.
Right-wing demonstrators were out in force, heckling and sounding horns, as Hanna Maron, the 87-year-old grande dame of Israeli theatre, struggled to