Palestinians held memorials Thursday for a Arab-Israeli actor and activist who ran a theater company for children until his murder earlier this week. Juliano Mer-Khamis was seen as leader in the Palestinian creative nonviolent resistance movement. He was shot to death on Monday just outside the Jenin Freedom Theatre, which he founded to help Palestinian children express themselves through the arts. Freedom Theatre director Nabeel Raee spoke at a service in Jenin.

Nabeel Raee: “We lost everything. We lost logic, understanding, freedom. If we are not free amongst ourselves, how can we free ourselves from the occupation that we are fighting against?”