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Bob Vylan Says ‘We Are Being Targeted for Speaking Up’ After Glastonbury Set Backlash
Rap duo Bob Vylan issue statement clarifying their Glastonbury Festival chant criticizing the Israel Defense Forces and calling to Free Palestine.
Their statement referred to England announcing plans to ban Palestine Action, an organization committed to “ending global participation in Israel ’s genocidal and apartheid regime,” according to their website. “We believe we have an obligation to use our platform when we can to raise the issue of Palestine, and it was important for us to speak out at Coachella as the USA is the main funder and supplier of weapons to Israel as they commit genocide in Gaza,” band member Mo Chara told Rolling Stone earlier this year. From the death spiral of corporate greed and climate change to the genocide of palestinian lives, the music and the artists are not the problem, we are the symptom of a sick world,” Grandson continued.
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