https://www.dumptheguardian.com/media/2025/jul/01/uk-chief-rabbi-ephraim-mirvis-bob-vylan-glastonbury-chant

Oddly he was completely silent about the genocide,rape of prisoners, "death to arabs", the countless genocidal comments by apartheid state ministers. Just another lying, zionist fuckstick.

The UK’s chief rabbi has condemned the BBC’s handling of Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury festival performance, while also calling the group’s actions “vile Jew-hatred”.

Ephraim Mirvis said the controversy around the British rap-punk duo’s appearance at the Somerset festival was “a time of national shame”.

Pascal Robinson-Foster, who goes by the name Bobby Vylan, led chants of “Death, death to the IDF”, referring to the Israel Defense Forces, and spoke of working for a “fucking Zionist” during their show on the West Holts stage on Saturday.

The BBC has come under pressure for failing to pull the live stream of Bob Vylan’s show, including from the prime minister, Keir Starmer, Ofcom and the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy. The broadcaster has said the comments were “deeply offensive”.

Writing on X, the chief rabbi said: “This is a time of national shame. The airing of vile Jew-hatred at Glastonbury and the BBC’s belated and mishandled response, brings confidence in our national broadcaster’s ability to treat antisemitism seriously to a new low.

“It should trouble all decent people that now, one need only couch their outright incitement to violence and hatred as edgy political commentary, for ordinary people to not only fail to see it for what it is, but also to cheer it, chant it and celebrate it. Toxic Jew-hatred is a threat to our entire society.”