Punk-rock duo Bob Vylan have spent much of the last year in the news cycle over their performance at Glastonbury where the crowd erupted into chants of “Death to the IDF [Israeli Defence Forces]”.
Now they’re fighting back against the negative coverage by taking the BBC to court for defamation arising from “labels [placed] upon us that did not, do not and will never fit”.
In a post on X, the group announced they were taking legal action against the British public broadcaster that has “disappointingly continued to prove how little it represents the interests of the people and our access to unbiased news and information”.
Bob Vylan said the BBC had tried to “silence those that oppose the heinous crimes taking place in Palestine”. The charges levelled against it include labelling critical voices “anti-semitic”, editing and removing content, and “blocking the release of documentaries that challenge the desired narrative of the BBC and its top brass”.
These responses to criticism of Israel, they said, “are unacceptable”.
