Paranoia and intrigue on the West Bank

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For Freedom Theatre's management, struggling to move forward after his murder, that has raised questions about the limits of performing arts in this conservative and besieged society.

"Everything seemed fairly good and then, bang, Jules was killed," said Jacob Gough, 25, a Briton who has been working as the theatre's acting general manager.

"And after that, a lot of people who were supporting us were far too scared to speak about their support for the Freedom Theatre. And then all of a sudden, we felt alone, like a small island in the camp where you put the lepers."

Regulars stopped attending theatre activities after the killing. Anonymous radicals began distributing missives in the camp threatening those who attended the theatre where males and females, Jews and Muslims, and Palestinians and Israelis, had mixed.

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