Welsh musician and actor Charlotte Church, 38, appeared at a “Sing for Palestine” occasion in South Wales on Saturday and led a choir of about 100 individuals, which included kids, in singing a protest chant calling for the destruction and eradication of Israel.
Video from the occasion reveals Church in a keffiyeh main the group with a music model of the “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” chant.
Sorry @charlottechurch however I simply couldn’t preserve a straight face. That was the primary time I’d really seen the footage… Sorry pic.twitter.com/fDVvGAj8jv
— Jake Wallis Simons (@JakeWSimons) February 26, 2024
On Monday, throughout an Instagram Stay, Church stated, “Just to clarify my intentions there, I am in no way antisemitic. I am fighting for the liberation of all people. I have a deep heart for all religions and all difference.”
“It was a beautiful, beautiful event. But unfortunately, the powers that be can’t have that. [They] can’t have such a powerful symbol of resistance as what we worked towards on Saturday.”
In keeping with The Guardian, on Monday night, Church informed Novara Media she “hates the idea that anybody thinks I am at all antisemitic or trying to make things more divisive.”
Including, “But I stand by everything that we sang on Saturday, it was really beautiful.”
The Campaign Against Antisemitism has referred to as for an investigation by the Charity Fee and spoke with The Daily Mail:
‘The genocidal chant ‘From the River to the Sea’ refers back to the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea, and solely is sensible as a name for the destruction of the world’s solely Jewish state – and its substitute with a Palestinian state. It’s a name for the annihilation of half the world’s Jews, who reside in Israel.
‘Since seventh October, when Hamas dedicated their barbaric terrorist acts, we’ve heard this chant on the streets of Britain throughout anti-Israel marches, accompanied by all method of anti-Jewish racism.
‘Singing ‘From the River to the Sea’ will not be standing up for human rights. At greatest Charlotte Church has been tone deaf, however at worst she is utilizing the voice for which she is so well-known to stir up hatred. You can’t stoop decrease than utilizing your stardom to show children to sing extremist lyrics in a village corridor.’
Church rose to fame at an early age releasing her debut album, Voice of an Angel, when she was solely 12 years previous and made Church the youngest artist in historical past with a no 1 album on the British classical crossover charts.
