The government has "strongly condemned" chants at Glastonbury Festival from rap punk duo Bob Vylan calling for "death" to the Israeli military and broadcast live on the BBC.

Rapper Bobby Vylan led chants of "free, free Palestine" and "death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]" during their set, which came just before Belfast rap trio Kneecap.

A BBC spokesperson said some of the comments were "deeply offensive", adding it had issued a warning on screen about "very strong and discriminatory language". The set will not be available to rewatch on BBC iPlayer.

Police said they were reviewing videos of comments made by Bob Vylan and Kneecap to decide whether any offences had been committed.

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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

AFAIK you can also not join the IDF by simply being extremely religious.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yea, Orthodox Jews have total exemption from joining the armed forces. If you really don't want to murder children and steal land, go study the Talmud. No excuse.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    For some of them it's "if you don't want to risk your life in the armed forces, but really, really want other people to go and murder children and steal land so you can benefit, go study the Talmud".

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