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Police investigate 'death to the IDF' chants led by Bobby Vylan at Al Quds Day rally (www.bbc.com)

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Police say they are investigating chants of "death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]" led by Bobby Vylan, of the punk duo Bob Vylan, at an Al Quds Day protest in central London.

Videos on social media appeared to show Vylan, whose real name is Pascal Robinson-Foster, making a speech at the demonstration before chanting "death, death to the IDF" as the crowd joined in.

Last year, police decided not to bring criminal charges after the group's Glastonbury 2025 performance when Vylan led crowds in chants of "death, death to the IDF".

In a post on X, the Met said: "We are aware of chanting made by a speaker at the Al Quds protest and will be investigating. "We recognise the concern footage and chanting like this causes, particularly with London's Jewish communities.

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[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

By the terrorist state that you never posted a single post condemning them here

[+] Veserr@sh.itjust.works -6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I want free elections for Palestinians. You only want free elections for Brits.

Both Hamas and Mahmoud Abbas are not legitimate anymore. They both banned elections. They both use thugs to beat up critics. How is that different than Israeli settlers? There needs to be new elections. Until then, as long as they use violence to repress critics, they are not legitimate.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You don't care at all about Palestinians as it showed by your frustration towards anti settler colonialism instead of getting frustrated about the settler colonial power . You are crying about Israeli flags getting burned when israel is trying to exterminate palestinians

[–] Veserr@sh.itjust.works -4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Do you agree that Israel is a country run by total murderous pieces of shit and that Iran is a murderous country run by total pieces of shit ?

Yes or no ?

[–] craftymansamcf@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Do you agree that Israel is a country run by total murderous pieces of shit

First Israel is not a country, but an occupation on Palestine.

Secondly Israel is not just "run" by a total murderous piece of shit, its entire existence is that. If Nentanyahu disappears then every person who replaces him will be the same. The "opposition" to Nentanyahu opposes him because he isn't committing ethnic cleansing fast enough.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I agree that Iran is a murderous regime who oppress it's people if they don't follow their strict religion view. It has nothing to do with Palestine thought. Europe care about their people and Ukraine yet supporting the settler colonialism in Palestine . Both things can be true at the same time

Israel is a terrorist state with a supremacist ideology that make them genocide Palestinians and thriving thanks to over 7 decades of western backing . There is not a single excuse to genocide and settler colonialism yet you keep rejecting Palestinians rights to resist and both siding the conflict