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Theroux-ly intolerable! 30 October 2025 • 8 Cheshvan 5786 • Issue No.1443 •
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British Airways pulls support for star’s podcast after Bob Vylan episode British Airways this week pulled support for the Louis Theroux podcast after an appearance by the front man of controversial punk act Bob Vylan – as calls grew for the BBC to review its long association with the filmmaker. Pascal Robinson-Foster used the interview published on Tuesday to say he would readily repeat his “death to the IDF chant” that brought him to prominence this summer at Glastonbury. Police launched an investigation into the band’s festival appearance, which also included a diatribe about working for “f***ing Zionists”, after it was broadcast live on the BBC. The national broadcaster’s complaints unit later said the content “taken in the round, can fairly be characterised as antisemitic”. During the podcast interview with Theroux, Robinson-Foster said: “If I was
Robinson-Foster at Glastonbury
to go on Glastonbury again tomorrow, yes I would do it again. I’m not regretful of it. I’d do it again tomorrow, twice on Sundays.” In what was described as a “softball” interview by the BBC’s former director of television Danny Cohen, Theroux noted that the Community Security Trust had stated that “29 June [the day after Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury set] saw the highest
daily total of antisemitic incidents in the first half of 2025”. Vylan responded by questioning what CST were counting as antisemitic incidents, before saying “I don’t think I have created an unsafe atmosphere for the Jewish community. If there were large numbers of people going out and going like ‘Bob Vylan made me do this’. I might go, oof, I’ve had a negative impact here.” Speaking on the podcast, Theroux said: “Jewish identity in the Jewish community, as expressed in Israel has become almost like an acceptable quote, unquote, way of understanding ethnonationalism. “So it’s like they’re prototyping an aggressive form of ethno-nationalism, which is often rolled out, whether it’s by people like Viktor Orban in Hungary or Trump in the US. It’s become sort of this certain sense of post-Holocaust Continued on page 3
NO. 10 URGES POLICE TO ACT ON HATE Downing Street has again voiced concern over the Metropolitan Police’s response to antisemitic chants in London, after groups of masked men were filmed in Tower Hamlets shouting: “Zionist scum, off our streets”. Footage circulating online showed crowds chanting the slogan while waving Bangla-
deshi, Pakistani and Palestinian flags outside the town hall in the East London borough, during a protest on Saturday organised in response to a planned far-right march. Groups of men, dressed in black and wearing balaclavas, were also filmed chanting: “We will honour all our martyrs! From the river to the
sea! Allahu akbar!” Asked about the chants, a spokesperson for Keir Starmer said: “The Prime Minister has been very clear on the need to tackle antisemitism. As he has said before, the police already have extensive public order powers to address the incidents you mentioned.”
Pressed on why such chants persist despite calls for action, the spokesperson emphasised the need to respect police operational independence but said officers have the authority to “manage protests and, where there is evidence of antisemitism, tackle it as a matter of urgency”.
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by Justin Cohen
WALKING FREE Former hostage Eli Sharabi took to the runway at the opening of Tel Aviv Fashion Week, alongside the relatives of other captives