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A huge controversy over musicians at the Glastonbury Festival has revealed an even larger apparent hypocrisy in the UK’s law enforcement services.
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Israel lobby groups have reacted with pearl-clutching outrage to the performances of Kneecap and Bob Vylan at Glastonbury yesterday in which the musicians shouted ‘Free Palestine and ‘Death to the IDF’. The Metropolitan Police are ‘investigating’ the comments to decide whether to prosecute, while the Starmer government condemned it and the BBC described the bands’ language as ‘very strong and discriminatory’.
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Neither act called for death to Jews, or even Israelis generally. The so-called Israel Defence Force’ (IDF) is the military force of a rogue, genocidal state that has murdered around 400,000 civilians in Gaza, half of them children, and has made unprovoked attacks on its neighbours Lebanon and Syria, and on Iran and Yemen. The PM of Israel is wanted at the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and senior Israeli army officers are the subject of ongoing applications for prosecution against them.
For Israel to speak of ‘glorifying violence’ is grotesque – and well over a hundred British people have gone to Israel either to fight in Israel’s military during the genocide or to steal land from Palestinians as part of the coloniser state’s ethnic cleansing programme.
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The article goes on to point out that no UK citizens have been prosecuted for taking part in the murder of Palestinians, yet the authorities are very publicly considering court action against two musicians who have not (to the best of our knowledge) killed anyone.
We need to remember that atrocities have been committed in Gaza – and there is an urgent and vital need for justice to be visited on those who have committed them. It is justice that must be principled, impartial, and based in law, not selectively enforced.
International law – not vengeance – is the only legitimate path to justice, accountability and, ultimately, peace.
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Artists like Bob Vylan and Kneecap have a right to speak, but in This Writer’s opinion, language that calls for death – even toward military forces – risks undermining justice rather than achieving it.
It is reprehensible because two wrongs do not make a right. Whatever crimes IDF personnel may have committed, they must be investigated and prosecuted through international courts – not by public calls for their death.
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That being said, investigating musicians for political speech, while ignoring far more serious allegations of war crimes, exposes a deeply troubling double standard. Justice cannot be credible if it is applied selectively.
We need to demand better from our law enforcers – and our government.
Source: Met ‘investigating’ Vylan, Kneecap for “death to IDF” – but not Britons who actually participated in genocide – SKWAWKBOX
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Why is the UK investigating protest songs — but not war crimes?
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A huge controversy over musicians at the Glastonbury Festival has revealed an even larger apparent hypocrisy in the UK’s law enforcement services.
Here’s Skwawkbox:
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The article goes on to point out that no UK citizens have been prosecuted for taking part in the murder of Palestinians, yet the authorities are very publicly considering court action against two musicians who have not (to the best of our knowledge) killed anyone.
We need to remember that atrocities have been committed in Gaza – and there is an urgent and vital need for justice to be visited on those who have committed them. It is justice that must be principled, impartial, and based in law, not selectively enforced.
International law – not vengeance – is the only legitimate path to justice, accountability and, ultimately, peace.
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Artists like Bob Vylan and Kneecap have a right to speak, but in This Writer’s opinion, language that calls for death – even toward military forces – risks undermining justice rather than achieving it.
It is reprehensible because two wrongs do not make a right. Whatever crimes IDF personnel may have committed, they must be investigated and prosecuted through international courts – not by public calls for their death.
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That being said, investigating musicians for political speech, while ignoring far more serious allegations of war crimes, exposes a deeply troubling double standard. Justice cannot be credible if it is applied selectively.
We need to demand better from our law enforcers – and our government.
Source: Met ‘investigating’ Vylan, Kneecap for “death to IDF” – but not Britons who actually participated in genocide – SKWAWKBOX
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