Gaza discourse has been bubbled – but this transfer strategy no longer works | Archie Brand

IIf you are in the business of the ointment’ monster, you will understand why your eyes light up in a punk show called Bob Vylan. Of course, until last weekend, it might have been a hard sell until the announcement of their incarnation of the British uprising: Although they may be on the British punk stage, they have about 220,000 monthly listeners on Spotify – just a million range from Spotify – Top 10,000. But then, in Glastonbury, they became the most powerful case of widespread attention: Said some controversial things About Israel’s attack on Gaza and opening up opportunities on the BBC.

The next morning, Front page of Sunday mail: “Now the punk band arrested, they led the death in Glastonbury.” The story explains that Pascal Robinson-Foster, aka Bobby Vylan, started a round of “anti-Semitic chanting” and broadcast live on the company’s festival coverage. Keir Starmer calls it “shocking hate speech.” The call for band members to be arrested is Pick it up quicklysoon after, the conservatives suggested BBC should sue The same is true. On Monday, the story splashed in the sun, the Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Express.

In fact, Robinson-Foster did not chant “the death of the Israeli people” but “the death of the Israeli Defense Forces,” a very different proposition and focused on attacking the Israel Defense Forces’ military machines in Gaza, rather than Israeli civilians. Despite this, Sunday’s email with the title Elision was stuck. In many reports, the idea that chanting is essentially an anti-Semitism is not even a problem.

In any front page story, there are few assertions explained. BBC even Emily Eavis of Glastonbury It also follows. If you are looking for a reason, the closest you are Stephen Pollard in Sunday’s email: After comparing the scene with the Nuremberg rally, he added: “What they mean – because the IDF is the army of the only Jewish state in the world – is “death, death to the Jews.” Later, Andrew Neil Go further: “I’m going to say that they sometimes seem to have more in common with the Nuremberg rally,” he muses. “But even the Nazis didn’t say ‘death to Jews’.”

Meanwhile, Yvette Cooper ordered Palestine’s actions to be banned as a terrorist organization because of its opposition to Israeli actions in Gaza, even without the violent agenda – Last minute Legal challenge to the injunction failed Friday, supporting them is now a criminal offense. In that environment, any uncertainty about Bob Vylan’s story would obviously be seen as hate speech or worse defense, so not much.

In fact, many people may not be sure. IDF, as synonymous with any Jewish people, is not a typical telescope in the extremist dictionary, and the situation of the Israeli military’s attack on Gaza is an obvious and urgent locus for the chants scheduled troops. Nevertheless, Avon and Somerset police have now Conduct a criminal investigation.

To be sure, the objections raised. Robinson-Foster Familiar anti-Semitism telescopeespecially in the music industry.

Meanwhile, some Jews have reminded The hostility of racism towards them We may be shocked by the crowd chanting to the Israeli army. The wise will come to a series of conclusions about these views – but there is no room for discussion, because the IDF clearly represents Jews everywhere, and everything else is lost in the shuffle.

The number of deaths in Gaza now More than 57,000According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health; a powerful independent investigation Recently counted Nearly 84,000. Israeli ministers and officials say genocide is serious and advocates starving 2 million Palestinians to death Probably “reasonable and moral” and description Forced “Deportation Program”. The amount of aid entering the territory remains The required part. At least 400 Palestinians killed Recently, while approaching the food distribution center, an incident involving IDF; Reported by Haaretz The soldiers were ordered to fire on them on purpose, and Israel denied that claim as a “vicious lie.”

Meanwhile, in the UK, the only neighboring story worthy of home page attention is the behavior of Ipswich’s obscure punk rap group. June 17, At least 59 Palestinians were killed The IDF waited for the flour truck near Khan Younis after firing at the crowd. The next day, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, the Sun and the Daily Express did not report the story at all. If the BBC broadcast live, maybe they would do it.

It is understandable that the obsession with Bob Vylan and Kneecap and Palestinian operations is primarily essential for their transfer of power. But there is more work here. Not only does it make people angry, because the disaster in Gaza has not received the attention it deserves: it is their encounter with observable reality that has been frankly rejected. The choice these stories constitute is to be an anti-racist, even an anti-terrorist, shocked by the massacre of thousands of brown civilians amid the military siege. For anyone who regularly sees videos of violence against civilians in Israel in social media feed, this is enough to drive you crazy.

Throughout the UK and the US, there is growing evidence that people who oppose the bubbles we call Gaza discourse are looking for their voices. In last year’s general election, labor Lost five seats for pro-Gaza candidatesand About one-third of the votes were confiscated In some Muslim majority areas. In New York, Zohran Mamdani won the loser’s victory in the Democratic mayoral primary despite trying to mock him Advocates of “Jihad”. About 55% of the UK public Oppose Israeli military movement in Gaza45% of people regard Israel’s actions as genocide. Less than half of Americans are more Compassion for Israel, not for Palestiniansalmost 60% of Democrats now support Palestinians more. Among those under 40, these numbers only increase.

The people were told that the protests in Gaza were a hate march. They can see This is not true. They were told that protesters on campus in the United States are Inspired to a large extent by anti-Semitism;They can see This is not true. They were told that the Palestine operation was a terrorist organization because it sprayed painted military aircraft. They can see This is not true. Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly told them that the war against Israel was an anti-Semitism war. They can see This is not true. They were told the British government Find Israel’s actions “unbearable”;They can see This is not true.

Now they are told that opposing IDF is anti-Semitic, the Glastonbury crowd is more vicious than the Nuremberg crowd, and direct action is a form of terrorism. They can also see everything that is incorrect, no matter how far they see it as the previous page, they know they are far from alone.