BBC failure to stop Glastonbury antisemitism rant ‘a national shame' blasts Chief Rabbi as fury mounts
Britain's Chief Rabbi, Sir Ephraim Mirvis, also called the failure to stop the live-streaming of death chants by punk rap act Bob Vylan a 'national shame'.
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The Beeb was even slammed by Israeli Mazal Tazazo, survivor of the Hamas massacre at the Nova music festival, who said: 'Don't speak before you understand the cost of your words.'
Sir Ephraim said: 'Airing of Jew-hatred at Glastonbury and the BBC's belated and mishandled response, brings confidence in our national broadcaster's ability to treat antisemitism seriously to a new low.'
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman said 'the Chief Rabbi is right', adding: 'The Director-General needs to go.'
Ex-Attorney General Sir Michael Ellis declared 'heads must roll' and agreed Mr Davie must leave after the BBC took five hours to remove iPlayer footage of the band chanting 'death, death to the IDF'.
Sir Michael told GB News: 'I think it's time now for Tim Davie, as Director-General of the BBC, to go.
'We cannot have the situation that we have now seen at Glastonbury being broadcast on our airwaves.'
Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice added: 'Someone has to be held responsible.'
But last night No 10 said PM Sir Keir Starmer has 'full confidence' in Mr Davie.
In a statement, Bob Vylan said they were being targeted for speaking up, saying: 'We are not for the death of Jews.
'We are for dismantling a violent military machine.'
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