The UK’s chief rabbi has condemned the BBC’s handling of Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury festival performance, while also calling the group’s actions “vile Jew-hatred”. Ephraim Mirvis said the controversy around the British rap-punk duo’s appearance at the Somerset festival was “a time of national shame”. Pascal Robinson-Foster, who goes by the name Bobby Vylan, led chants of “Death, death to the IDF”, referring to the Israel Defense Forces, and spoke of working for a “fucking Zionist” during their show on the West Holts stage on Saturday. The BBC has come under pressure for failing to pull the live stream of Bob...
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