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Maureen Lipman joins protest outside theatre staging The Siege

May 20, 2015 10:29
Actress Maureen Lipman and Fiona Sharpe outside the theatre

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Naomi Firsht,

Naomi Firsht

1 min read

Maureen Lipman joined pro-Israel groups in a protest outside the London premiere of a Palestinian play about the second intifada last night.

West Bank’s Freedom Theatre production, The Siege, focuses on the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, where dozens of suspected Palestinian terrorists hid during the Second Intifada in 2002.

Over 40 pro-Israel activists from Sussex Friends of Israel and the Zionist Federation handed out leaflets outside Battersea Arts Centre and held up signs with the names of Israeli victims of terrorist attacks linked to the Palestinian fighters who hid in the church.

The move was part of the Zionist Federation “counterbalance” leafleting campaign being outside theatres across the country where the play is being staged on its UK tour.