What it is about:

A Spanish hardcore punk song titled “LGBT (Let’s Go Bomb Tel Aviv)” has sparked intense outrage from Jewish communities and organizations. The song, performed by the band Unite, includes radical and violent antisemetic imagery and is available on Spotify and YouTube. Recent footage of a performance in Madrid has further fueled denunciations.

Why it matters:

The song and its shocking message through disturbing visuals have raised concerns around the world. It underlines a troubling trend of normalizing violent rhetoric against Israel and Jewish people, emphasizing the urgency to media literacy among the public. The situation has been condemned by various Jewish groups, who argue it promotes and legitimizes violence and antisemitism.

The Big Picture:

The World Zionist Organization’s head of the department combating antisemitism, Dr. Raheli Baratz, highlighted the severity of the song’s rhetoric as a call for violence against the Jewish state. “We must not legitimize such incidents and behaviors, which are messages that call for harm to the State of Israel and Jews,” Baratz stressed. Furthermore, the organization ACOM criticized the song, labelling it as apologia for genocide. Action against such clear incitement to violence is continually advocated by Jewish institutions and allies. However, the band publicly mocked the backlash in a distasteful social media post, highlighting a concerning disregard for the implications of their messages. This scenario calls for reinforced efforts to combat hate speech and the normalization of violent antisemitism.

This story was first published on jpost.com.