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.”
The corporate media are complicit in the Gaza genocide. Never forget what they did. Never forgive them for it.
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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.
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The only 'shame' is that anybody still takes this lying f*wit seriously. Schooled in the comments apart from a few muppets clutching their pearls. Especially liked the bolded one:
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Dr. Simon Goddek @goddeketal Calling out the actions of the IDF has nothing to do with hatred toward Jews. But the way you conflate the two, while remaining silent on the killing of civilians, fuels the very tensions you claim to oppose.
Rod Limey @rodthelimey Vylan's hate for genocide isn't "vile antisemitism." But this is vile philosemitism: nitter.poast.org/zuckfionism/status/193…. Zuck Fionism @zuckfionism Jun 29 Such vile chants at #Glastonbury. Oh wait, it is just Israel minister and IDF chanting "death to Arabs" and "may your village burn".
VN Niv @cirrr98oc2 HAHAHAHAH f.offff ZIO
Matthew Stadlen @MatthewStadlen I thought the singer’s comments about the record label exec were disgraceful and capable of being interpreted as antisemitic. The comments about the IDF were also out of order. However, please do not make the basic mistake of conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism. Some of it is, some of it isn’t.
Torah Jews @TorahJews While we will never condone violent chants, you wouldn't seriously entertain the flimsy idea that the IDF is some sort of representation of Jews? That would be entirely unbecoming for a Rabbi of any stature.
Kosher🎗 @koshercockney Thank you Rabbi. Calling for the death of the only army that stands between 7 million Jews and a second Holocaust. Just cannot believe what we are seeing happen to the world
JAWAD @thewu36 "Death to the IDF" is not “Jew-hatred.” It’s fury—fury at a foreign military machine that’s reduced Gaza to rubble, that’s turned water into a weapon, and children into statistics. The IDF isn’t Judaism. And criticising a uniform soaked in Genocide is not the same as hating a people.
This isn’t about safety. It’s about control. You want silence dressed as civility. You want rage rebranded as bigotry so you can keep washing British complicity in clean, polite language.
But Glastonbury wasn’t confused. The crowd knew exactly what they were chanting.
When the boots are on the necks of the oppressed, who’s truly dangerous: the one shouting back, or the one demanding silence?
Mythical Ploughman @mythPloughman No one is obligated to like a foreign army. The IDF is no exception.
Yousef Ibrahim يوسف إبراهيم @yousefiaa Excuse me. I’m the Chief Rabbi. Apartheid Israel and its ongoing Holocaust of starved civilians (mainly women and children) is the global shame here. Not a musician’s catchy chants. Bousha!!!
Rod Limey @rodthelimey Hating random Jews is "vile," but hating the self-confessed genocidaires of the IDF, AND its defenders, is normal. #DeathToTheIDF
Natasha San @pinkindiana And then they chanted. ‘To the river…sea’. That is pure antisemitism and all reports are leaving this out! I wish all reports would tell the whole story.
Waleed Georges Abu-Nassar @WaleedAbuNassar Where exactly did these performers call for the hatred of Jews? You are a bigot at best Mr Rabbi
Paul Rimmer @PDRNHPUK We should hate Evil. If the Jews are performing or pushing evil acts they should be called out & punished.
Anonymousoneonx @anonymousoneonx Fuck you! You’re a current threat to society and the genocidal IDF
feersum endjinn @EndjinnFeersum No, genocidal zionists are a global menace. We see you. I remember you targeting Corbyn on Radio 4 on the day before the general election. You are a threat to democracy and humanity.Tell your story; Ask a question; Interpret generously http://storybythethroat.wordpress.com/tell-ask-listen/
He's right about the shame but not the way he thinks. I recall a thread here recently asking about him and where he stood; I think that's safely answered now.
His son served in the IOF apparently (not fact checked it).
Good to see all those comments.The corporate media are complicit in the Gaza genocide. Never forget what they did. Never forgive them for it.
on July 1, 2025, 12:07 pm