Outrageous. Extracts:

“An English punk band has sparked outrage from Israel after they led chants of “death to the IDF” during their Glastonbury set broadcast on the BBC.

Lisa Nandy, the Culture Secretary, has ordered Tim Davie, the Corperation’s director-general, to explain why the performance by Bob Vylan was streamed on iPlayer…

Performing on the West Holts Stage just half an hour before Kneecap, Bob Vylan used their platform to make a series of political statements — including vocal support for Palestine amid Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza…

The moment that drew the strongest reaction came when frontman Bobby Vylan led the crowd in chanting ‘death, death to the IDF’ — referring to the Israel Defense Forces — alongside the slogan ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.’

The chant was taken up by thousands of Worthy Farm festival-goers, many of whom were waving Palestinian flags.”

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