At the Glastobury festival in Britain, the performer of the English punk band Bob Whelan, from the stage, called for the killing of the Israeli military. Such words live at one of the world’s greatest musical events have been criticised by its organisers, audience and politicians. And BBC, which hosted the broadcast, accused the broadcaster of violating standards.
During the duo’s performance on Saturday, one of the festival’s main stages appeared with a sign reading “Free Palestine!” freely “(From the river to the sea, Palestine must be, will be – it will be free!) Their statements were less radical.
Prime Minister Cyrus Starmer condemned the British duo for calling for the death of the Israeli military, calling it” horrible hate speech.”
. 7) The organisers of the event said they were “shocked” by the words of rapper Bobby Wilne (both performers go by the virtually identical names Bobby and Bobby Whelan). That the BBC did not ensure that the content was properly controlled. A government spokesman said Culture Minister Lisa Neddy insisted that BBC leader Tim Dave urgently explained how the broadcaster’s content testing process works “.
“Our national broadcaster must not broadcast hate content that is designed to incite violence and conflict”, the official said.
Another British minister said the paradox of the situation was that Israelis had been killed, raped and captured during the music festival, some of them still in captivity. Live.
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Festival organisers claim frontman Bob Whelan’s lyrics “crossed the line”. Our stages will be populated by artists and performers whose views we don’t share. “
Bob Whelan-London English duo Pank-Rep, which was formed in Ipswich in 2017. The band consists of vocalist and guitarist Bobby (Bobby) Whelan and Bobby Drum. Both members use stage aliases to maintain their privacy and refer to themselves together.”