Kneecap’s Anti-Israel Message At Coachella Condemned As “Cry For Hate” By Simon Wiesenthal Center
Kneecap’s “F*ck Israel, Free Palestine” stance and imagery at Coachella this weekend has earned both condemnation and outreach from one of America’s leading Jewish human rights organizations.
Three days after the confrontational Irish hip-hop trio took to one of the high-profile festival’s stages in front of thousands and lambasted the Benjamin Netanyahu-led state over the war in Gaza, the Simon Wiesenthal Center has joined those denouncing Kneecap’s actions. In part, the Wiesenthal Center wants to change the overall dynamic and show the overtly political group the error of its ways and the insensitivity they displayed.
“At its best, music should bring people together and spread empathy, not hate,” Wiesenthal Center CEO Jim Berk said Monday. “It’s therefore remarkable that Kneecap used a music festival to foment hate, exactly the kind of gathering where, on October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists brutally murdered, raped, burned and kidnapped...
Three days after the confrontational Irish hip-hop trio took to one of the high-profile festival’s stages in front of thousands and lambasted the Benjamin Netanyahu-led state over the war in Gaza, the Simon Wiesenthal Center has joined those denouncing Kneecap’s actions. In part, the Wiesenthal Center wants to change the overall dynamic and show the overtly political group the error of its ways and the insensitivity they displayed.
“At its best, music should bring people together and spread empathy, not hate,” Wiesenthal Center CEO Jim Berk said Monday. “It’s therefore remarkable that Kneecap used a music festival to foment hate, exactly the kind of gathering where, on October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists brutally murdered, raped, burned and kidnapped...
- 4/21/2025
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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