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Play protestors claim abuse by cast member

June 11, 2015 12:54

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Naomi Firsht,

Naomi Firsht

1 min read

Activists who distributed pro-Israel leaflets outside a theatre staging a Palestinian play have said they were the targets of antisemitic abuse from a cast member.

Members of the West Midlands Friends of Israel were handing out flyers at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre ahead of a performance of The Siege, staged by the West Bank-based Freedom Theatre company.

They claim that protesters from the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign confronted them with antisemitic chants, and that Ahmed Tobasi, a member of the play's cast, was involved.

WMFI member Mike Parsons, who was outside the theatre last Friday night, said: "They formed a semi-circle around us chanting 'Jew, Jew, Jew'. One of them said, 'You will die, you will die'."

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