Police investigate pro-Palestinian group's antisemitic image of Maureen Lipman

Key facts

• Police Scotland is investigating a pro-Palestinian group's social media post depicting Jewish actress Maureen Lipman with devil horns and a pitchfork.
• The image was posted by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign as part of a petition to cancel Lipman's performance in the play 'Allegra' at His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen.
• The group accused Lipman of a 'long record of harmful statements about Muslims, Palestinians and Palestinian rights.'
• The Campaign Against Antisemitism said the depiction was a 'longstanding antisemitic trope.'
• Lipman has criticized other actors who spoke out against Israel's actions in Gaza and called for a ban on pro-Palestine marches.
• Last week, Lipman told LBC that antisemitism in the UK had reached levels akin to Nazi Germany in 1933.
• Aberdeen Performing Arts said it does not endorse the personal or political views of artists performing on its stages.
• Two Jewish men were recently stabbed in Golders Green, an incident declared a terrorist attack.