Israeli forces kill three Palestinians after settlers attack West Bank town
Dozens of Israeli settlers have attacked a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, Kafr Malik, sparking a confrontation that ended with Israeli soldiers killing three Palestinians.
Since the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023, Israeli troops and settlers have killed at least 941 Palestinians, including many militants, according to the Palestinian health ministry
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Police look into ‘death to the IDF' chants at Glastonbury
There are many things to consider when preparing for Glastonbury: sort out your travel arrangements, wear in the new walking boots, make sure to pack the tent poles and take plenty of suncream. For some, however, the most important thing not to forget is their flag. They are a practical solution to finding friends when you have lost each other among the 200,000-strong crowd, 100 stages and 23 campsites on the 1,000 acres of Worthy Farm. They can also be used to make a statement about Palestine. • Glastonbury 2025: follow live Vivienne Booth, 48, a nursery teacher, was flying a Palestine flag she had been given in the Green Futures field, an educational hub at the festival, as she prepared to watch the rappers Kneecap. She said: 'We're trying to get the BBC to show as many [of them] as possible. Starmer needs to be a Labour Party politician rather than a Conservative leader and then maybe we'd be getting somewhere.' Last week, the prime minister declared that it would not be appropriate for Kneecap to perform at the festival after its band member, Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, 27, was charged with a terrorist offence after allegedly displaying a flag in support of the proscribed organisation Hezbollah at a London gig. Bob Vylan, the English punk duo on before the Irish outfit, led the crowd in chants of 'death to the IDF'. It prompted Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary, to contact Tim Davie, the BBC's director-general, and demand 'an urgent explanation about what due diligence it carried out ahead of the Bob Vylan performance', a government spokesperson said. 'We strongly condemn the threatening comments made by Bob Vylan at Glastonbury,' they added. During Kneecap's own set, which was not broadcast by the BBC, the trio led the crowd in several chants of 'f*** Keir Starmer' and 'free Palestine'. Police confirmed they were looking into 'comments made by acts on the West Holts stage'. The Avon and Somerset force said: 'Video evidence will be assessed by officers to determine whether any offences may have been committed that would require a criminal investigation.' Sharren Haskel, Israel's deputy foreign minister, told The Mail on Sunday: 'I condemn the BBC for continuing to live-stream anti-Israel hate speech from Glastonbury. 'What do you think the BBC would have done had a performer been shouting anti-Muslim or far-right hate speech? They would have pulled the feed. But because the target is Israel — let's be honest, because it's Jews — it's tolerated, even broadcast.' A BBC spokesperson said: 'Some of the comments made during Bob Vylan's set were deeply offensive. During this live-stream on iPlayer, which reflected what was happening on stage, a warning was issued on screen about the very strong and discriminatory language. 'We have no plans to make the performance available on demand.' Some in the festival's crowd had seized the opportunity to turn conflict into cash, selling Palestinian flags for £10. In 2010, after some complaints about flags obstructing the stage, festival organisers consulted fans over whether there should be a ban on them altogether. 'Our gut feeling here at festival HQ is that they shouldn't be banned as we think they add to the magic,' a festival spokeswoman said at the time. A total of 55 per cent out of 13,178 voters from 71 countries eventually voted to keep the flags. Many prefer the personal to the political. The choice of what to put on her flag was obvious for Joanna Stefanova, 28, a civil servant who lives in London, who was yesterday carrying a six-metre-tall aluminium flag to keep her group of six friends together. 'I got the picture printed of my two beautiful pussy cats, Justin and Jasper, because I miss them while I'm here,' she said. Among the bucket hats and beer cans, there were thousands of flags flapping in the wind, which sport everything from supermarket logos to pictures of the actress Gillian Anderson. The flag poles can be bought from Amazon for £27 and weigh about 700g. Some people attach the poles to their backpacks, but most opt to carry them in their hands so they can extend and lower them with ease. Toby Smith, 23, from Cambridge, resembled an ambassador for a budget supermarket. 'I promise I'm not affiliated with Lidl,' he laughed. 'I started collecting the Lidl merch in 2021 when they first released it … I've been messaging them on Instagram trying to get them to give me a flag. Although they responded initially, they went quiet, but they've released bandanas and so my mum sewed them together to make the flag.' Martha Kent, 27, carried a pink flag featuring 'her favourite lesbian icons', including Anderson, who is regarded as an LGBTQ+ advocate for her comments in support of the community, and the footballer Leah Williamson. Others were more obscure. Bernie Carey, 36, held a flag for her nine friends reading 'Dove, veto, more', which she explained was a rough translation into Italian for: 'Where are you, love?'
Daily Mail
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As the BBC airs punk band's shocking chants, STEVE POLLARD asks: Has baiting Jews become the new national pastime?
The Glastonbury music festival bills itself as a celebration of all that is good in the world, with great artists communing with a crowd of 200,000 self-styled progressives, for whom the festival is a chance to wallow in their own goodness and smug sense of superiority. But nothing better illustrates the darkness that has entered the soul of today's progressives than the crowd's response yesterday to punk duo Bob Vylan, whose screams of 'Free, free Palestine ' and 'Death, death to the IDF' were chanted back with such fervour that the scene was like a 2025 version of Hitler's Nuremberg Rallies. The chant was 'Death, death to the IDF', but what they meant – because the IDF is the army of the world's only Jewish state – was 'Death, death to the Jews'. Imagine being a Jew at Glastonbury, knowing that you are hated by almost everyone around you. In Sasha Baron Cohen's satirical film, Borat, the character describes a game, 'Hunt the Jew'. Everyone laughed at that when the film came out in 2006. But yesterday's Glastonbury chanting showed that its satire is all too pointed. Imagine, I ask you, being a Jew in Britain. In the 20 months since 1,200 Jews were massacred by Hamas in Israel, the UK has seen a leap in anti-Semitic incidents. Between January and June last year there was a 41 per cent increase in assaults on Jews. But that is almost the least of it. The biggest impact in Britain of the October 7 attack has been the unleashing of this torrent of Jew-hate – the likes of which we saw yesterday. Every other week there are hate marches in London and elsewhere with chants to ' globalise the intifada' – to kill Jews, in other words. There is open support for Hamas and Hezbollah, not least by Kneecap, another band performing at Glastonbury. There is pure hatred and poison. But for Jews in Britain, the real point about all this is the double standard. Can you imagine if someone had stood on that stage and screamed 'Death to Muslims'? There would certainly – and quite rightly – have been anger from the crowd. But when it is Jews who are the target, they cheer. And where are the police? Whatever your views of Lucy Connolly's imprisonment after her Southport riot tweets, the double standard is shocking. The lead singer of Bob Vylan incited a mob. Will he be arrested, charged and prosecuted? There is, I suggest, not the slightest chance if the past 20 months of open anti-Semitism is anything to go by. For those who make a regular pilgrimage to Glastonbury, it is more than just a music festival – is a carnival of light and peace. Not for Jews. Palestinian flags fly everywhere. Leaders of Palestine Action – shortly and rightly to be proscribed as a terrorist organisation – are given a platform to spread their bile. The now infamous Kneecap rapper J J O Dochartaigh wore a 'We are all Palestine Action' T-shirt on stage and led a Free Palestine chant. Glastonbury, in reality, reflects the state of modern progressivism – a poisonous cocktail of anti-Israeli prejudice, support for Islamist terror and a moral calculus so warped that Nazi-style chanting is seen as upstanding and worthy.
Sky News
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Kneecap rapper tells Glastonbury he's a 'free man' after terror charge court appearance
Kneecap rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh told Glastonbury he is a "free man" as the Irish rap band played to a huge crowd. O hAnnaidh, also known as Liam O'Hanna - or by his stage name Mo Chara - was charged with a terror offence in May and appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court earlier this month. The 27-year-old is accused of displaying a flag in support of the proscribed group Hezbollah at a gig in London last November, after video footage circulated online. He was released on unconditional bail ahead of a second court appearance in August. Before their performance at Glastonbury there had been calls from some politicians for them to be cut from the line-up. But they were greeted by cheers of support, and dozens of Palestinian flags waving in the audience, as well as Irish flags and a few "Free Mo Chara" T-shirts. On stage, they said it was the biggest crowd they had ever played to. Kneecap played the West Holts stage, which has a capacity of about 30,000, and the area was closed by security about 45 minutes before their set. They started with a montage of news readers covering O hAnnaidh's charge. "Has anybody been watching the news?" bandmate Naoise O Caireallain joked. They also thanked Glastonbury organisers Michael Eavis and daughter Emily for not bowing to pressure to remove them from the bill. In reference to his bandmate's upcoming court date, O Caireallain, who performs under the name Moglai Bap, said they would "start a riot outside the courts", before clarifying: "No riots, just love and support, and support for Palestine." Earlier on Saturday, the BBC confirmed they would not be live-streaming the set but said the performance could be made available on-demand later. Before their set, rap-punk duo Bob Vylan also caused controversy, leading the crowd in chants of: "Free, free Palestine" and: "Death, death to the IDF (Israel Defence Forces)." Police said afterwards that they were assessing footage of both performances to decide whether any offences may have been committed. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has spoken to the BBC Director General about Bob Vylan's performance, a government spokesperson said. Kneecap were removed from other festivals earlier this year, and before Glastonbury there were calls from some for them to be taken off the bill - including from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. The rappers have had the support of dozens of musicians including Massive Attack, Pulp, Primal Scream and Paul Weller, who signed an open letter in May saying there had been a "concerted attempt to censor and ultimately de-platform" the group. Kneecap released their first single in 2017 and built a loyal fanbase in the following years. They rose to wider prominence in 2024 following the release of their debut album and eponymous film - a fictionalised retelling of how the band came together and their fight to save the Irish language.
