Mick Hartley

The JC on yesterday at Glastonbury:

Hundreds of festival-goers at Glastonbury chanted “Death to the IDF” during a performance by punk duo Bob Vylan, shortly before Irish rap group Kneecap took to the stage with their own anti-Israel messaging.

The chant, calling for the death of the Israel Defence Force, was broadcast live as part of the BBC’s festival coverage.

A spokeswoman for the Israeli embassy in London, Orly Goldschmidt, described the performances as “a hate fest.”

The chant occurred during Bob Vylan’s set on Saturday afternoon, half an hour before Kneecap’s appearance on the West Holts stage, who went on to lead a “F*** Keir Starmer” chant.

During the Bob Vylan set, one member of the duo – the pair do not use their full names – launched into an anti-Zionist tirade and expressed solidarity with Kneecap.

“I worked for a record label and it’s funny because when I worked there, the boss of the record label, we would talk every so often and he would speak very strongly about his support for Israel,” he said.

“And then this list of names came out recently or people trying to stop our mates Kneecap from performing here tonight. Who do I see on that f***ing list of names but that bald-headed c***t I used to f****ing work for,” Vylan added.

That bald-headed c**t, I think we can safely assume, was one of…you know….them. The ones with the hooked noses.

This appeared to reference a leaked list of 30 music insiders who had urged Glastonbury organisers to drop Kneecap from the lineup.

Referring to working in bars and “for f***ing Zionists,” he told the crowd: “If we can do this, I promise you lot you can do anything that you put your mind to.”

Yes them. The fucking Zionists.

I imagine Kneecap are quietly seething after Bob Vylan stole their thunder. They were supposed to be the outrageous anti-Zionist nasty lads, and here come these Bob Vylan upstarts getting all the headlines.