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    Commentary: A play about Gaza won awards in Israel. No theater would dare mount it now

    In 2015, I directed the American premiere of an Israeli play that grapples with Gaza — a play I could never direct today. Gilad Evron’s “Ulysses on Bottles” centers on Izakov, a Jewish Israeli lawyer representing two clients: a Palestinian teacher, nicknamed Ulysses, arrested by Israel for trying to reach Gaza on a raft made of plastic bottles in hopes of bringing Russian literature to the ...
    by Guy Ben-Aharon, Los Angeles Times Jan 27, 2024 4 minutes
    People gather near tents used as temporary shelter, as smoke rises during an Israeli strike on Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 4, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militant.

    In 2015, I directed the American premiere of an Israeli play that grapples with Gaza — a play I could never direct today.

    Gilad Evron’s “Ulysses on Bottles” centers on Izakov, a Jewish Israeli lawyer representing two clients: a Palestinian teacher, nicknamed Ulysses, arrested by Israel for trying to reach Gaza on a raft made of plastic bottles in hopes of bringing Russian literature to the strip, and an Israeli defense official, Seinfeld, seeking advice about whether Israel’s blockade of Gaza could implicate the country in crimes against humanity.

    The world premiere of the play in Israel in 2012 wasn’t easy to produce. A Jewish actor declined the title role, fearing he’d be blacklisted from commercial

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