Glastonbury Festival condemns chants of 'Death, death to the IDF' during music performance

Palestinian flags waved amid the crowd at Glastonbury, England, on Saturday as several performers at one of Britain's biggest music festivals led the audience in chants criticizing Israel’s continued military campaign in Gaza

Palestinian flags waved amid the crowd at Glastonbury, England, on Saturday as several performers at one of Britain's biggest music festivals led the audience in chants criticizing Israel’s continued military campaign in Gaza.

The English punk duo Bob Vylan came under fire after it appeared to encourage tens of thousands of audience members to call for “death” to the Israel Defense Forces. Following chants of “Free, free Palestine,” singer Bobby Vylan appeared to switch to a different line: “Death, death to the IDF.”

“From the river to the sea,” Vylan could be seen saying on video shared across social media, “Palestine must be, will be, inshallah, it will be free.”

The BBC broadcast the moment live via its iPlayer streaming service and said in a statement Monday morning that it regretted not pulling the stream. Instead, it displayed an on-screen warning.

"The BBC respects freedom of expression but stands firmly against incitement to violence. The antisemitic sentiments expressed by Bob Vylan were utterly unacceptable and have no place on our airwaves. We welcome Glastonbury’s condemnation of the performance," the corporation said.