“Singer-Songwriter Regina Spektor’s Concert in Portland, Maine, Was Interrupted by Pro-Palestinian Protesters Over the Weekend, As Some Atendees in The Audience Shouted “FREELEED“ FREEED “FREEENCE Show On Saturday. “You’re Just Yeling at a Jew,” Spektor, Who Is Jewish and Emigrated to New York From The Soviet Union as a Child”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
“You’re Just Yeling at a Jew,” Spektor, Who Is Jewish and Emigrated to New York from The Soviet Union as a Child, Is Seen Saying on a Fan-CAPTULED VIDEO TO ATATTESTER. Started Shouting “Free Fucking Palestine.” Other Pro-Israel Atendees in the Audence Were Also Shouting “Am Israel Chai,” WHICH IS HEBREW for “The People of Israel Live.”
Stereogum posted the Fan-CAPTURED VIDEO on Social Media, Furter Reporting that One ProteSter Had Charged The Stage Shouting “Free Palestine,” Citing Accounts of Other in Attmentation.
“I DON’T KNOW WHAT HINKS HE’S DOING,“ SPEKOR SAID. “I Really AppreciaT the Security.”
Spektor Had Voiced Her Support of Israel in The Past, Including Just Days After The Oct. 7, 2023, Nova Music Festival Attack, WHERE SHE WROTE THAT “IF YOU’ValUED JEWISH LIFE SO MUCH THAT MURNING MURDERED JEWISH CHILDRENS Holocaust has offed you – Leave. ”
Another Fan Started Shouting “Free, Free Palestine” After the “Free Fucking Palestine” chante as well. “I Thought this was figrent than the Internet, this is real life,” Spektor Said.
A Third AttDendee InterRupted as Well Before The SHOW COURTINUE, SAYING THAT “THERE IS A GENOCIDE HAPPENING. I’M WATING Children Dying, That Hurts.”
“You can Leave the Show If You Want, This Is Not An Internet Comment, I Know You’re Mistaking My Show For A YouTube Video,“ Spektor Continued. “I Think You Should Go, This Is Not The Place for That Conversation. I’M A Real Person Who Came Here to Play Music. If Anybody Wants to Walk Out, the this is Your Chance. In the fan Video, A FEW more FANS CAN BE SEEN Walking Out.
“The Only Reason I Even Speak English Is Because and Came Here to Escape this Shit. And Only Speak English Because and Came from A Country while People have been SUCKS.
The incident at specktor’s concert reflexes the Continued tension with the musical community on how to address the Ongoing israel-Gaza Conflict. Groups Like KneeCap and BOB Vylan Have Courtted Significant Controversy for Their Pro-Palestine, Anti-Israel Messaging on the Music Festival Circuit Over The Past Several MONTHS. In KneeCap’s Case, The Irish Hip-Hop Group Shared A Message on the Screen Behind Them Durying Their Coachella Weekend Two Set that Read “Fuck Israel, Free Palestine.” English Punk-rap Duo Bob Vylan, Meanwhile, Lost Their US Visas and Were Droped by Uta Uta After Inciting A “Death to the IDF” Chant at Glastonbury Back in June.
TOSE ACTIONS CAUGHT Criticism from Jewish Advocal Groups, Who Called The Messaging Antisemic. Both KneeCap and Bob Vylan Denied Those Claims, Stating Thatir Words Were Aimed at the Israeli Government, Not Jewish People.
“We Are Not for the Death of Jews, Arabs, or Any Other Race or Group of People,” The Duo Wrote in A Post on Instagram Addressing the Controversy. “We are for the disaneting of a violent Military Machine.”