UK Police Probe Anti-Israel Chants at Glastonbury Festival

UK Police Probe Anti-Israel Chants at Glastonbury Festival
Above: Bobby Vylan performs at Glastonbury festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, on June 28, 2025. Image credit: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

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Glastonbury’s stage became a megaphone for hatred when Bob Vylan bellowed “Death to the IDF.” This targeted the world’s only Jewish army and, therefore, Jewish safety itself. Free speech ends where incitement begins; the law must answer. Robinson‑Foster should stand in court and learn that the U.K. will not excuse genocidal rhetoric.

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Bob Vylan’s “Death to the IDF” cry is a raw, rhetorical cry against an army that he believes slaughters children and razes hospitals in Gaza. His call condemns state violence, not a people, and demands that Britain stop arming oppression, teaching the next generation to raise its voice until foreign policy is cleansed of complicity.


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