Rock group Primal Scream performs in front of photos of Netanyahu, Gallant with swastikas for eyes at London gig

Scottish rock group Primal Scream has come under fire after they aired images of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant with swastikas where their eyes should be during a show this week.

The band was playing at the historic Roundhouse in London on Monday night, where they performed their 2000 single “Swastika Eyes.”

During the song, the band flashed images on screen of politicians, both Israeli and non-Israeli, in which their eyes had been replaced by flashing swastikas inside a Star of David, which is both a Jewish symbol and an Israeli one.

The band Primal Scream have got some strange taste in background videos, like Netanyahu with swastikas in his eyes… pic.twitter.com/d3fPOk7tkX

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The photos were interspersed with images of Gaza, which has been largely destroyed amid Israel’s two-year war with Hamas, and the song ended with the words “Our government is complicit in genocide” emblazoned on the screen.

The politicians featured by Primal Scream include US President Donald Trump, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Argentine President Javier Milei.

A spokesperson for the Jewish organization Community Security Trust tells the Daily Mail that it will be reporting Primal Scream to the police over the incident and calls for an “urgent investigation” by the Roundhouse into how the images were allowed to be aired.

A spokesperson for the Roundhouse says that the venue did not know in advance about the “highly offensive images,” and says that the act “stands against all our values.”

The Roundhouse “absolutely condemns antisemitism in every form,” the spokesperson says, adding: “We stand in solidarity with the Jewish community and remain committed to ensuring that our spaces are places where everyone feels secure, respected and valued.”