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UK police assess footage of Glastonbury acts over anti-Israel chants

# British police say they are reviewing comments made on stage by rap punk duo Bob Vylan at this year’s Glastonbury Festival. Rapper Bobby Vylan took to the festival’s third-biggest West Holts Stage on Saturday, shouting “Free, free Palestine,” before leading crowds to chants against the Israeli military. The Israeli Embassy in the UK said it was deeply disturbed by the incident. It said the rapper’s remarks raised serious concerns about the normalisation of extremist language and the glorification of violence. Glastonbury Festival said in a statement that it was appalled by Vylan’s remarks.