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British government condemns anti-israel remarks:
The British government asked the BBC for explanations on Sunday for broadcasting the concerts of two rap groups. For example, including Kneecap, at the Glastonbury Festival, criticized for some of their anti-Israeli remarks and for insults against Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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Local police said on X that they were examining the images of the concert of the Rap Punk Bob Vylan “to determine if offenses could be committed requiring the opening of a criminal investigation”.
On Saturday. Nevertheless, on the stage of the famous festival, the rappers called the crowd to chant “dead, dead at the IDF”, british government condemns anti-israel remarks the Israeli defense forces.
Their concert was broadcast live by the BBC on its platform dedicated to the festival.
Shortly after. the Kneecap group, one of the three members of which, Liam O’hanna, was charged with “terrorist offense” for having sported a hezbollah flag in concert, notably called the crowd to chant insults targeting Keir Starmer.
“It was awful. to be honest, and I think the BBC and Glastonbury must explain how we were able to attend such a show on our screens,” Wes Street’s Minister of Health said on Sky News on Sunday.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Culture said that Minister Lisa Nandy spoke to the Director General of the. BBC about the Bob Vylan concert.
For its part. the public audiovisual group recognized that certain remarks made by the duo were “deeply offensive” and that their concert would not be accessible on demand on its platforms.
british government condemns anti-israel remarks
The day before. the BBC had decided not to broadcast the Kneecap concert live, but indicated that it would probably be available on request afterwards.
The performances of the two groups aroused strong criticism.
The Embassy of Israel notably denounced on X “the rhetoric of hatred and incendiary” expressed during the festival.
“There is reason to seriously worry about the normalization of an extremist language and the glorification of violence,” she added.
Asked about this reaction. Minister Wes Streeting called on the embassy to “sweep outside his door” and to “take more seriously the violence of his own citizens against the Palestinians”.
Before the performance of Kneecap. Labor Prime Minister Keir Starmer had considered that it was not “appropriate” that the group occurred at the festival, but the organizers had maintained their presence.
British government condemns anti-israel remarks
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