00:00OK, Emily, what do you make of what Taika said?
00:03Why do you think these particular bands are being treated differently from other protest bands in the past?
00:09Well, I wouldn't say that they're being particularly treated drastically differently.
00:14I also think it's important to note that there are many, many musicians and artists of different kinds who have said that they support Palestinians or who have called free Palestine or all number of different things.
00:25That's quite a bit different from calling for the death of an entire group of people serving in a mandatory draft military that they do not even have an option to not be a part of.
00:35So it's quite a bit different when you're talking about death to someone versus a protest song or a protest lyric.
00:41And I think that that's part of the controversy.
00:43When it comes to kneecap, there was an additional controversy because they have flown Hezbollah flags.
00:48This is a designated terrorist organization in many countries, including the UK.
00:52And holding a flag like that is technically illegal in the UK and in many other places as well.
00:58But even if it wasn't, why you would be supporting an Islamist terrorist group that is responsible for the deaths of countless, by the way, Arab Muslims, far less than actual Israelis on the ground, is beyond me.
01:10I don't think that this is anything to do with solidarity with Palestinians.
01:14This is an embrace of extremism, and perhaps it's coming from a place where people are frustrated by things and frustration may be legitimate, but that doesn't legitimize condoning the use of terrorism for political purposes.
