I have no problem with musicians spouting off their political beliefs and i had no problem with the Rap act, Bob Vylian, performing in front of a screen supporting Palestine but when they began chanting 'Death to the IDF', that went too far and they are now quite rightly being investigated by Police for any criminal offence committed .
Unfortunately, when they began chanting many from the 30,000 crowd joined in which saddens me because regardless of our beliefs, we shouldn't be calling for the death of anyone because this is exactly why we find ourselves in the situation we do now.
Yes the IDF has been committing genocide against the Palestinians for decades and that is abhorrent and the Israeli Government should be tried for War crimes but what Hamas did in October 2023 was also a War Crime and just as abhorrent.
It is killing, or trying to kill, the other side which keeps the pot bubbling and fosters the hatred so we need new leaders in Palestine and Israel, leaders who want to live in peace with each other and not annihilate one another.
I am not a friend of the Israeli or Palestinian Governments, the leaders can get into a big field and lob bombs at each other all they want for all i care but my concern is always the poor, innocent buggers stuck in the Middle, the Palestinians and Israeli's who suffer and die under their awful Governments.
Calling for more death won't solve anything, it just keeps the embers burning.