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Christopher Ryman, actor
And finally, from the play Talking to Terrorists, I would like to mention actor Christopher Ryman, playing the role of Palestinian Jihad Jaara (I believe), one of the Palestinian caught after the Nativity Church siege and afterwards deported to Ireland. Great acting, what a convincing performance, congratulations!
Jihad Youssef Khalil Jaara
Jaara, born in Al-Aroub in 1971 and resides in Bethlehem. He is an operative both in the Hamas and Fatah Tanzim. Jaara carried out a number of attacks, and was responsible for a number of terrorist killings. · Jaara was involved in a shooting attacks in the Jericho area during the recent Palestinian campaign of violence. These attacks included the shooting near Nahal Elisha on 1 November 2000, in which IDF officer Amir Zohar was killed. In addition, he carried out a shooting attack on 8 December 2000 against a bus on the Jericho bypass road, resulting in the death of IDF soldier Tal Gordon and the crippling of an Israeli woman. · On 15 January 2002, Jaara was also involved in the terrorist killing of Avi Boaz, in Beit Jalla. · On 26 March 2002, Jaara dispatched a suicide bomber to carry out an attack, but his car exploded, next to the Malha shopping mall. · On 30 March 2002, Jaara was interviewed on the BBC, following the suicide bombing attempt. During the interview, he spoke about his support for suicide bombings, the means with which operatives obtain weapons, and he led the reporter to the bomb-maker behind the production of explosives. During the interview, Jaara was photographed while carrying out shooting attacks on the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo.
Some details on all the Palestinians involved at the incident.