Wes Streeting says chants about IDF at Glastonbury festival ‘appalling’ | Glastonbury 2025

Death cheers to the Israeli army in Glastonbury have “terrible” and the BBC and the festival have questions to be answered, and Wes Streeting added that Israel should “regulate its own house”.

The health secretary emphasized that the Israelis were kidnapped, killed and raped at a similar music festival, and that the hymn should not be published to the audience at home.

“I thought it was terrible to be honest, and I think BBC and Glastonbury have questions to answer our screens,” he said on Sunday morning with Trevor Phillips. “But at the same time I think there is a very shameless promotional stunt that I don’t want to tolerate too much.”

He also had strong words for Israel who condemned the hymn. The streeting said that people should talk about in the context of Israel and Gaza, and that humanitarian disaster and Israeli settlers in the region attacked a Christian village in the West Bank this week.

“The whole life is sacred. And in this conflict, I am quite rebelling that we have a state that you need to cheer up like a football team,” he said.

He was asked about the response of the Israeli Embassy to the cheers in Glastonbury: öyle Well, I can say two things in response to the words from the Israeli Embassy. First, if I take the equivalent of the war in Ukraine, I would like to see the end of the war, if I do not want to see the end of the war.

“I will also take your own home in terms of the behavior of your own citizens and settlers in the West Bank. So, you know, there is a serious point by the Israeli Embassy. I wish they would take the violence of their own citizens more seriously.”

As the police enter the third day of the festival, Bob Vylan and Kneecap in Glastonbury examines the videos of the comments made by Kneecap.

On Saturday, Rap Punk duo Bobby Vylan from Bob Vylan, Rapper Bobby Vylan, on the West Holts scene of the festival, to the crowd “Free, Free Palestine” and “Death, Death, IDF [Israel Defense Forces]”A member of the Irish Rap triple knees before the fans on the same stage on the same stage after the group friend’s upcoming court appearance before proposing“ Start a Rebellion ”.

Liam óg ó Hannaidh, a member of the dizyap, known as MO chara, was accused of a terrorist crime for holding the Hezbollah flag at a London concert last November.

Hannaidh told the crowd on Saturday: “Glastonbury I’m a free man! If someone falls, you should take them. We must keep each other safe.” The organizers of the festival thanked the EAVİS family for their “strong” and allowing their performance to continue.

Avon and Somerset police said: “We are aware of the comments made by ACTS on the West Holts scene at the Glastonbury Festival in the afternoon. Video evidence will be evaluated by civil servants to determine whether any crime will be committed.”

In contrast, the Israeli Embassy said that he was deeply uncomfortable with inflamed and hateful discourse expressed on the stage at the Glastonbury Festival ”.

A statement about X said: “Freedom of expression is the cornerstone of democracy. However, when the speech transfers to the encouragement, hatred and advocacy of ethnic cleansing, it should be called especially when it is strengthened by public figures on leading platforms.

“Death to IDF ‘and’ from the river to the sea ‘cheers, the disassembly of the Israeli state and the Jewish are the slogans that advocate the elimination of self -determination. These messages are given before the elimination of tens of thousands of festival dominance and the normalization of excessive language emerges.

“We call on Glastonbury Festival organizers, artists and public leaders in the UK to condemn this discourse and to reject all kinds of hatred.”

Conservative Party Leader Kemi Badenoch described the scenes as “grotesque ve and said:“ It is not angry to glorify violence against Jews. If we allow such behaviors to control the Western fire. ”

Emily Eavis asked about the debates before Kneecap’s performance on Wednesday, “This year there is a lot of heated issues, but we are a platform for many artists from all over the world, and you know that everyone is welcomed here.”