Although Glastonbury and BBC condemned Bob Villan's comments on the stage at the England Music Festival, the Jewish Human Rights Organization is at least one not satisfied with the response.
Jim Burke, CEO of the Simon Westenal Center, summoned both the festival and the network to provide a platform for the “disgraceful” performance, as Villaan led the crowd in the chants of “death to the Israeli Defense Army” and “Free Palestine”.
“It was sick and dangerous and reminds us of a frightening way with a Nazi gathering in the modern era,” said Burke, adding: “This was the general incitement, not performance. Explicit calls for violence against Jews, the direct broadcast by the BBC without interruption, literally gave hatred, microphone, and sealing the brown in one of the British.
Burke continued, “The gentle response to Glastonbury, saying that the chants” crossed “just a line” and made mysterious reminders to artists is not accountability – it's cheese.
In reference to Hamas in October 2023, the Nova Festival in Nova was invaded, where 378 were killed and 251 hostages were taken, Burke called the chants “deeply shocking and deeply shock.”
“This is a moment of calculation. The organizers of the festival, the media, and the artists must choose: Will they be platforms for peace, or hate factors? Because silence is not alive, it is a green light for intolerance.” “The festivals must be ready to stop the performances that require hatred; broadcasters must broadcast festivals on the direct air and use their killing key to capture the hate speech immediately. Once again, it is not a slogan: it is a responsibility. It is betrayed in the largest stages of the world.”
After the performance, the BBC denounced the “deep attack” group, which a spokesman said was “has no plans to make performance on demand.”
The representative of Glasonbury said that officials are “horrific” from the chants, which “crossed a large line and we urgently remind all the participants in the festival's production that there is no place in GlastonBury because of anti -Semitism or hate speech or keeping violence.”
