After rap duo Bob Vylan led crowds in anti-Israel chants at the Glastonbury music festival on Saturday, the representative body for the Jewish community in Manchester is calling for his performances in the English city next weekend to be canceled.
Singe Bobby Vylan led crowds in chants of “Death, death to the IDF,” the acronym for the Israeli army, during his set on Saturday. He also ranted about Israel and “Zionists” in the music industry in an expletive-filled tirade.
“The fallout from his appalling, hate-filled concert at Glastonbury has shocked the Jewish community,” the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester & Region (JRC) says in a statement. “Whilst appreciating the importance of artistic freedom, this individual now has a history of openly inciting violence against Jewish and Israeli people.”
The JRC calls on the city’s Victoria Warehouse to cancel Bob Vylan’s performances, scheduled for July 5 and 6.
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