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‘Death to IDF’ rapper targets London police Bob Vylan calls for ‘armed resistance’ against Met
“Death to the IDF” rapper Pascal Robinson-Foster has launched another incendiary on-stage rant, this time calling for “armed resistance” against “the f***ing London Met”, writes Lee Harpin. In comments that are certain to pile pressure on police to finally act against the group, the lead singer of Bob Vylan took aim once again at the IDF, but also targeted his hate at London’s Metropolitan Police and the New York Police Department. To cheers from fans during a performance in Spain, he said his band was in favour of “armed resistance” against “these arms of the government”, before adding: “We want to make that explicitly f***ing clear.” Online footage of Robinson-Foster’s remarks was put on Instagram by a user named celebrities4palestine, where the call for “armed resistance” was openly welcomed by those who commented online. “So damned proud of all these brave
people standing up and saying ‘No, we will not be silenced, we will not condone genocide’, wrote one person. Another said: “Free Palestine by all means”. Dressed in his now trademark shorts, white socks and white trainers, a topless Robinson-Foster is filmed at the gig declaring: “We are pro-Palestine and we support the right to armed violence, because we ain’t no f***ing pacifists... “We understand that in dealing with tyrannical governments, you need to be violent sometimes…. That is why, we see it from Palestine to f***ing England to America…. We see these arms of the government, whether it be the IDF, whether it be the f***ing London Met, whether it be the NYPD.” He goes on: “We see them world over with their guns into our backs, their knees on our neck… So we we are for armed resistance. We want to make that explicitly f***ing clear.” To loud cheers, he then added: “So down
Bob Vylan urges the crowd to take up arms against the Metropolitan Police
with Israel and the IDF, and free, free Palestine!” Robinson-Foster added: “Government’s all over the world tell their populations not to be violent, not to encourage violence so
that they can assert violence over you, so that they can act violently towards us.” Jewish News has approached the Metropolitan Police for comment over these latest violent and hate-filled comments. The performer infamously chanted, “Death to the IDF” during the band’s appearance on the West Holts stage at the Glastonbury Festival in June. The band has proceeded to launch further attacks on Israel at other gigs, but had their visas revoked for a planned tour of the United States. Avon and Somerset Police said earlier this month: “Inquiries continue to be carried out in relation to comments made during a performance on stage at Glastonbury Festival on Saturday 28 June.” The BBC has apologised for failing to cut its live stream of Bob Vylan’s set at Galstonbury, calling the sentiments expressed “utterly unacceptable”.