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Bono criticises Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas at Ivor Novello awards


The U2 frontman called for Hamas to release the hostages and for Israel to ‘be released from the far-right fundamentalists that twist your sacred texts’

Bono has criticised Hamas, Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli “far-right fundamentalists” at this year’s Ivor Novello awards. U2 were present at the songwriting awards ceremony to receive the Fellowship of the Ivors Academy, the institution’s highest honour. Israel, be released from Benjamin Netanyahu and the far-right fundamentalists that twist your sacred texts.”

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