Britain’s BBC said on Monday it regretted not stopping the livestream of Bob Vylan’s set at Glastonbury music festival after a member of the punk-rap duo led what the broadcaster called antisemitic chants against Israel’s military.
Saturday’s set included on-stage chants of “death, death to the IDF”, a reference to the Israel Defense Forces fighting a war in Gaza, and “From the river to the sea, Palestine must be, will be, inshallah, it will be free”.
The national broadcaster’s decision to keep the set streaming live was condemned by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and drew scrutiny from media regulator Ofcom.
“From the river to the sea” is a hotly disputed phrase in Israel, often taken as a call for Israel’s destruction and a denial of its right to exist, although many Palestinians dispute that.
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