"As today's world is rushing forward with an understanding of world affairs through mere soundbites, I've found the Israeli Palestinian Comedy team a potent factor in getting people to laugh to a greater understanding of real issues on the ground."
-- Sam Bahour, Palestinian Activist al-Bireh, 2007 |
"HILARIOUS"
-- MASA/Jewish Agency, Uni. of Wisconsin, Madison, 2008
"The show was entertaining and thought provoking ... based on the feedback we received, our audience was captivated."
-- Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, 2008 |
"The Israeli-Palestinian comedy tour is hysterically funny, playing to packed audiences for the last week in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv."
-- GoJerusalem.com, 2007
"The show last night was unbelievable. It was outrageous,"
-- RAM FM Radio, 2007 |
"The Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour proves the power of humor: the performers helped members of the audience shed inhibitions and poke fun at themselves. People came out thinking and talking about the legitimacy of other people's points of view, whether as Orthodox Jews, Palestinians, Olim, Converts. Did you change people's minds? Maybe. But you certainly opened their eyes."
-- Hillel, Uni. of Iowa, 2008 |
"The comedy tour ... packs a potentially explosive comic punch."
-- Jerusalem Post 2007
"a side splitting lineup"
-- The Media Line, 2007
"The performance ... had the audience laughing nonstop for nearly two hours"
-- Haaretz, 2007 |
"The audience, mostly English-speaking Israelis, laughed hard at the jokes, which sometimes tested political and religious limits."
-- Chicago Tribune, 2007
"Greeted by applause and then uproarious laughter, the first ever Israeli-Palestinian comedy show took the city by bellyaching storm."
-- Middle East Times
Cairo, 2007 |
