geneva_convenienceMar 16

Police investigate 'death to the IDF' chants led by Bobby Vylan at Al Quds Day rally

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Police investigate 'death to the IDF' chants led by Bobby Vylan at Al Quds Day rally - Lemmy

Police say they are investigating chants of “death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]” led by Bobby Vylan, of the punk duo Bob Vylan, at an Al Quds Day protest in central London. Videos on social media appeared to show Vylan, whose real name is Pascal Robinson-Foster, making a speech at the demonstration before chanting “death, death to the IDF” as the crowd joined in. Last year, police decided not to bring criminal charges after the group’s Glastonbury 2025 performance when Vylan led crowds in chants of “death, death to the IDF”. In a post on X, the Met said: "We are aware of chanting made by a speaker at the Al Quds protest and will be investigating. "We recognise the concern footage and chanting like this causes, particularly with London’s Jewish communities.

Show threadVeserr6d ago

Quds Day = Iran Day

For centuries, the Iranian elites have been very self-conscious about the fact they are only shia country. Most muslim countries are sunni. Shias are the black sheep of the muslim world. The genius of the Ayatollah regime was to invent Quds Day (Jerusalem Day).

Here is how that works.

On Quds Day, in every city in Iran, government officials organize street protests. They ask military families and civil servants to protest in the streets. Everyone is to wave Iranian flags and scream “Death to Israel”. They also burn Israeli flags and say stuff like “Soon, Jerusalem will be back in muslim hands thanks to Iran”. Most Iranians don’t speak arabic, but the government prints signs in arabic.

Around the islamic world, many people love that shit. It’s basically religious porn. The Pakistani taxi driver or your factory worker in Egypt sees these Quds day vids on facebook. His immediate reaction? “Wow…Iran is so wonderful :3” or “Mashallah, I fucking love Iran”

It’s the one political trick that Iranian elites found to become popular in the sunni world. They desperately want to be admired/respected by sunnis. If Israel didn’t exist, these people would want to invent it.

If they were really honest, they would not call it Quds Day. They would call it Iranian soft-power day.

Show threadgeneva_convenience6d ago
Quds means Jerusalem. Iran got popular around the world by helping Palestinians resist genocide.
Show threadVeserr6d ago
Iran is one of the most repressive regime in the world. They murdered countless civilians both at home and in Syria.
Show threadmrdown6d ago
You are rejecting Palestinians right to resistance. You reminds me of the europeens settler who was talking about first nations eating other first nations people during war to justify their settler colonialism
Show threadVeserr6d ago
Gaza was devastated by 4 bloody wars.
Show threadmrdown6d ago
By the terrorist state that you never posted a single post condemning them here
Show threadVeserr6d ago
I want free elections for Palestinians. You only want free elections for Brits.
Show threadmrdown
You don’t care at all about Palestinians as it showed by your frustration towards anti settler colonialism instead of getting frustrated about the settler colonial power . You are crying about Israeli flags getting burned when israel is trying to exterminate palestinians
Mar 16 at 10:57pmWeb
Show threadVeserr6d ago
Do you understand that Israel is a country run by total pieces of shit and that Iran is a murderous country ?
Show threadmrdown6d ago

I agree that Iran is a murderous regime who oppress it’s people if they don’t follow their strict religion view. It has nothing to do with Palestine thought. Europe care about their people and Ukraine yet supporting the settler colonialism in Palestine . Both things can be true at the same time

Israel is a terrorist state with a supremacist ideology that make them genocide Palestinians and thriving thanks to over 7 decades of western backing . There is not a single excuse to genocide and settler colonialism yet you keep rejecting Palestinians rights to resist and both siding the conflict

Show threadcraftymansamcf6d ago

Do you agree that Israel is a country run by total murderous pieces of shit

First Israel is not a country, but an occupation on Palestine.

Secondly Israel is not just “run” by a total murderous piece of shit, its entire existence is that. If Nentanyahu disappears then every person who replaces him will be the same. The “opposition” to Nentanyahu opposes him because he isn’t committing ethnic cleansing fast enough.