{"id":341167,"date":"2026-03-15T23:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/341167\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T23:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:16:09","slug":"bob-vylan-rapper-repeats-death-to-the-idf-chant-at-al-quds-day-demonstration-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/341167\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Vylan rapper repeats ‘death to the IDF’ chant at Al Quds Day demonstration | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation into chants of “death, death to the IDF” led by rapper Bobby Vylan at a demonstration in London.<\/p>\n

The artist, real name Pascal Robinson-Foster, was appearing as a speaker at Al Quds Day – an annual event held to show solidarity with Palestinian people – when he repeated his controversial Glastonbury chant.<\/p>\n

The crowd at the static rally in central London on Sunday appeared to join in.<\/p>\n

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\n Vylan (centre) on stage at the Al Quds Day demonstration<\/p>\n

The Metropolitan Police said in a statement: “We are aware of chanting made by a speaker at the Al Quds protest and will be investigating.<\/p>\n

“We recognise the concern footage and chanting like this causes, particularly with London’s Jewish communities.<\/p>\n

“When this language had been used previously we sought advice from the CPS who determined that there would be insufficient evidence to take a case forward.”<\/p>\n

The force confirmed the investigation was in relation to the “death, death to the IDF” chant.<\/p>\n

A crisis last year unfolded at the BBC after a live broadcast of Bob Vylan<\/a>‘s Glastonbury set featured the punk duo’s vocalist leading a “death to the IDF” chant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Avon and Somerset Police said a criminal investigation was underway shortly afterwards but decided in December last year that Vylan would not face further action<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“We have concluded, after reviewing all the evidence, that it does not meet the criminal threshold outlined by the CPS for any person to be prosecuted,” it said.<\/p>\n

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\n The rally took place on one side of the Thames, with a counter-protest on the other. Pic: PA<\/p>\n

The Met Police took no further action after investigating a video from May 2025<\/a> which appeared to show the rapper saying: “Death to every single IDF soldier out there as an agent of terror for Israel.”<\/p>\n

The force said 12 arrests were made on Sunday, as the Al Quds Day demonstration and a counter-protest took place.<\/p>\n

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Scotland Yard had braced for a “difficult public order” environment, with at least 1,000 officers drafted in.<\/p>\n

Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan said: “We saw significantly fewer people attend than we had anticipated. The restrictions and conditions meant many people chose to stay away and not to attend the protest or counter-protest.<\/p>\n

“This shows our decision to apply for the ban was the right one. A static protest meant it was easier for officers to keep the two groups apart and prevent serious public disorder.”<\/p>\n

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\n A person is detained. Pic: PA <\/p>\n

He continued: “We made 12 arrests including for showing support for a proscribed organisation, affray and for threatening or abusive behaviour. We are also investigating chants made by a speaker at the Al Quds protest.<\/p>\n

“As I said from the outset, the decision to ban the protest march does not set a precedent and we will continue to consider each protest on a case-by-case basis.”<\/p>\n

The Al Quds Day march is held in London annually but has drawn criticism over its organisers’ apparent backing for Iran’s late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n

The Met Police obtained a ban against this year’s march<\/a> and organisers instead planned a static demonstration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation into chants of “death, death to the IDF” led by rapper…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-341167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}