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A Scottish rock band is being slammed for antisemitism after projecting a video of Benjamin Netanyahu, Hillary Clinton and others with swastikas entwined in Jewish stars at a concert this week.
The controversial video, which played on a large screen as the backdrop for Primal Scream, during a performance of their 2000 song “Swastika Eyes” at The Roundhouse in London Monday, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Netanyahu’s face was depicted along with former US Secretary of State Clinton, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant with the swastika-Star-of-David graphics spinning over their eyes.
The images also included scenes of the war in Gaza, the assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, Elon Musk with his arm outstretched at a rally (which some claimed was a Nazi salute), masked soldiers and Netanyahu meeting with various political officials.
The Roundhouse condemned the imagery, which they said was broadcast without their knowledge, and apologized to the British Jewish community, the BBC reported.
“We deeply regret that these highly offensive images were presented on our stage and unequivocally apologise to anyone who attended the gig, and to the wider Jewish community,” the statement read. “The content, which was used entirely without our knowledge, stands against all of our values.
“Acts of hatred, discrimination or prejudice of any kind are entirely unacceptable and have no place in our community or spaces.”
Primal Scream defended the film and said it was meant to “provoke debate,” in a post on the band’s Instagram page.
“The film is a piece of art. It clearly draws from history to question where the actions of current world governments sit in that context. It is meant to provoke debate, not hate,” the post read.
The band was reported to the British police by the Community Security Trust, an organization that combats antisemitism in Britain and Wales, the BBC reported.
“Entwining a Star of David with a swastika implies that Jews are Nazis and risks encouraging hatred of Jews,” the organization told the outlet.
Primal Scream, founded in Glasgow by frontman Bobby Gillespie in 1982, was celebrating its 25th anniversary of their album XTRMNTR.
The Scottish rockers are not the first musicians to find themselves in hot water after accusations of antisemitism.
The UK-based punk outfit Bob Vylan was investigated by British police after the lead singer chanted “Death, death to the IDF,” at England’s 2025 Glastonbury Music Festival.
The lead singer of the Irish band Kneecap was arrested under The UK’s Terrorism Act after its lead singer, Mo Chara, appeared to praise Hamas and Hezbollah during a November 2024 London gig
Chara, whose real name is Liam O’Hanna, allegedly shouted “up Hamas, up Hezbollah” and raised the Hezbollah flag at the concert.
The case was later thrown out of court do to a technical error in how the charges were filed, the BBC reported.
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