Allowing the musician into Germany could “radicalise certain segments of the [German] population,” authorities warned.

cross-posted from: https://toast.ooo/post/15368324

The frontman of British punk rap band Bob Vylan was denied entry to Germany, detained at the Berlin airport, and ultimately deported to the United Kingdom last month due to his pro-Palestine statements.

German federal police justified deporting the band’s vocalist on June 15, referencing a performance at the Glastonbury Festival in England in 2025 where Bob Vylan led a chant of “Death, death to the IDF,” or the Israel Defense Forces.

A police file on Robinson-Foster obtained by The Intercept alleges that he disseminated antisemitic narratives and Hamas propaganda that could “radicalise certain segments of the [German] population” and serve as “ideological justification” for terrorist groups or individuals. It also says that Robinson-Foster poses a threat to Germany’s public security and public order. Allowing him into the country would cause “considerable reputational damage” by creating the impression that Germany was making “no effort to prevent the spread of the propagated antisemitism and the associated calls to violence.”

  • brachiosaurus@mander.xyz
    31·
    5 天前

    we can’t just go with “Jews bad, free Palestine” so we just shut the fuck up to be safe. It’s a reflex.

    Shutting the fuck up when there’s a genocide ongoing is how you go back to your nazi days. It’s all excuses, the german government is fine with the gaza genocide the same way all other governments and leaders are.