Hundreds of British Musicians Condemn Anti-Semitism

Hundreds of British musicians and music industry leaders have signed an open letter condemning anti-Semitism and other forms of hate in the wake of the scandal involving English rapper Wiley, who was banned from Twitter for posting anti-Semitic tweets.

Among the letter’s signers are former One Direction member Niall Horan, pop-rockers The 1975, Lily Allen, Rita Ora, Lewis Capaldi, and James Blunt, in addition to Universal Music, Warner Music, and Sony Music.

“From slavery to the Holocaust we have painful collective memories. All forms of racism have the same roots — ignorance, lack of education, and scapegoating.”

The display of solidarity from prominent British pop stars, songwriters, producers, managers, record labels, and publishers, most of them not Jewish, comes a week after Wiley’s Twitter spree drew widespread attention.

Many British Jews boycotted Twitter for 48 hours last week to protest the platform, which allowed the tweets to remain up for days before deleting them and then banning Wiley entirely. The rapper said he had been lashing out because of his anger at his Jewish manager. (INN / VFI News)

Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times! —Psalm 106:3

“God, we ask that you open the hearts and minds of all who hold antisemitic views—that you would inspire them to see the error of their ways.”