Israel is urged to act

THE UK Government Cabinet minister Wes Streeting yesterday said that Israel needs to “get your own house in order” and take violence against Palestinians “more seriously”.

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The Health Secretary said that chants calling for “death” to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) at the Glastonbury music festival were “appalling”, but Mr Streeting also urged Israel to look at the conduct of its own citizens and settlers in the West Bank.

On Saturday, rapper Bobby Vylan, of rap punk duo Bob Vylan, led crowds on the Glastonbury Festival’s West Holts Stage in chants of “Free, free Palestine” and “Death, death to the IDF”.

The Israeli embassy in the UK said on social media that the performances in Somerset raise concerns about the “normalisation of extremist language and the glorification of violence”.