Broad call for research Public Prosecution Service into action Bob Vylan in Paradiso. ‘Fuck the Zionists, go to find them on the street’

“Any snipers in the building? ”, The British rapper Bob Vylan shouts with a broad grin when he has entered the Podium of Paradiso on Saturday evening. The audience laughs and shouted, according to a video on social media.”Fucking Hell“Says Vylan,” you have to be careful these days. ” It is the start of a performance that has led to dozens of reports to the police, parliamentary questions and emergency consultations between mayors in a short time.

The performance in the Amsterdam pop temple was given a national dimension after A concert report by De Telegraaf was picked up wide. Among other things, it is written about applying the murder of American activist Charlie Kirk. And it states that Bob Vylan would have called in Paradiso: “Fuck the fascists, fuck the Zionists. Go find them on the street!”. Politicians such as Caroline van der Plas (BBB) ​​and Geert Wilders (PVV) tweeted their horror in TV program WNL on Sunday D66 leader Rob Jetten also expressed his disapproval.

The Center for Information and Documentation Israel (CIDI) called on Sunday morning to a “massive report” against Bob Vylan because of inciting hatred and violence and incitement. Former CIDI director Ronny Naftaniël indicated why he reports. “As a Dutch Jew I feel threatened by this form of suspension, welcomed by 1500 fans in a climate that is becoming increasingly difficult for Jews in this country.” The Public Prosecution Service says it will look at declarations.

What exactly happened on Saturday evening at the Vylan performance in Paradiso? And what is and not known about that?

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Already controversy in advance

Even before Vylan entered the stage, there was a controversy about his arrival to Amsterdam. At the British Festival Glastonbury, he shouted several times last summer “dead, death, death of the IDF,” the Israeli army. Since then, several performances have been canceled, the United States attracted its visa and the British police started an investigation.

On Saturday evening, the audience also scanes that text several times, encouraged by the voice of Vylan and the bass of the drummer. There are several Palestinian flags about the balustrades of Paradiso, according to videos and photos placed on X and Instagram. Some people present wear Keffiyehs, the black and white scarf that has to radiate solidarity with Palestine.

There is also cheering for the murder of Kirk, the radical right-wing American activist who was shot on Wednesday. Vylan starts about it himself, it appears a video On X. He says, he says, a song “to dedicate to an absolute piece of shit”. When he subsequently calls his pronouns “was/were”, the audience starts to cheer. “Because when you talk shit, you become troubled“, While he makes a shooting movement with his hands.”Rest in PissCharlie Kirk, you piece of shit! ” Extatic shouts the audience, after which Vylan the song “Chat Shit, Get Banged“Institute. That text was once placed on Facebook by the football player Jamie Vardy, years before he climbed to top striker and player of the national English team, and has become a cult concept in England.

According to De Telegraaf Vylan would also have called to find “fascists” and “Zionists” on the street. He would have held up a flag that “accelerates the armed Palestinian resistance,” in which he also indicated: “We are not anti -Semites, we are anti -zionist.” A video of this moment confirms this. A spokesperson for the CIDI says he is reporting because of those statements. He emphasizes that, following the declaration (s), it is to the Public Prosecution Service to find out what actually happened on Saturday evening and to make any prosecution.

Punishment

Paradiso says to cooperate in such an investigation. In response to Vylan’s statements “who have come in hard and insulting in many people,” Paradiso emphasizes the importance of “artistic freedom” in a statement on Sunday. Music “is an art form that has traditionally magnified anger, dissatisfaction and injustice.” The concert stage also states that it is ‘legitimate and necessary’ that Vylan elevates his voice against the ‘genocidal violence’ in Gaza.

But according to Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema, artistic freedom should never mean “that concert visitors and Amsterdammers feel threatened or that is called for hatred or violence,” she wrote on social media on Sunday. Halsema awaits the Public Prosecution Service into the punishability of statements. Foort van Oosten (VVD), outgoing Minister of Justice, also suggests an OM investigation through his spokesperson.

The OM did not want to anticipate that on Sunday. A spokesperson for the Amsterdam public prosecutor stated that no investigation has yet started. “We are going to list all the facts in peace tomorrow and see if there are reports.”

This means that about the criminality of Bob Vylan’s statements is probably not yet clarity if the formation occurs in the Nijmegen Doornroosje (Monday evening). A concert that had to take place on Tuesday evening in the Poppodium 013 Poppodium was canceled on Sunday afternoon. In A statement writes 013 That it wanted to give a “signal” about Gaza by giving Vylan a stage. “The statements that Bob Vylan made in Paradiso last night, however, cross a clear limit for us. We strongly reject the trivialization of political murder and calling to seek people on the street.”

Supplement (14-09-2025, 6 pm): After publication of this article, it was announced that Poppodium 013 in Tilburg has canceled the planned performance of Bob Vylan. That is processed above.

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