French Jewish DJ Barbara Butch Defiant After Concert Disrupted by Pro-Palestinian Protesters
She said the protest crossed into intimidation and vowed to perform again after legal complaints were prepared.
- On Saturday, pro-Palestinian activists disrupted French Jewish DJ Barbara Butch's concert at the Cabaret Frappé festival in Grenoble, forcing her off stage barely 20 minutes into her set.
- Activists targeted Butch citing her travel to Tel Aviv and support for legislation viewed as pro-Israel. France Unbowed official Allan Brunon had called on activists to organize against her appearance.
- The City of Grenoble filed a complaint against "persons unknown" following the incident. Mayor Laurence Ruffin stated authorities have evidence of violence and sabotage of electrical equipment.
- Demonstrators convened by the Union of Jewish French Students rallied in Paris on Monday to support Butch, who vowed in a video statement: "I will return to the stage."
- Yonathan Arfi, president of CRIF, warned the incident reflects a pattern of intimidation against Jewish artists, describing it as "turning cultural stages into political tribunals," and urged government intervention.
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French Jewish DJ Barbara Butch defiant after concert disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters
Butch has also drawn support from Jewish activists who demonstrated outside the office of the far-left party whose top Grenoble official called for her performance to be canceled.
"I'm still in a state of shock," she said on BFMTV. "I didn't expect such violence," she added. Saturday night, her concert in Grenoble was interrupted due to an action by pro-Palestinian activists and LFI responding to a call for a boycott launched notably by the Iserois section of the Insoumis. They blamed her for her participation, in 2025, in an event organized at the residence of the French ambassador in Israel and for having signed a forum…
PARIS. Den lesbiska och judiska dj:n Barbara Butch tvingades avbryta en spelning i Frankrike, efter att föremål kastats mot henne av Palestina-aktivister som hävdar att är
French Jewish DJ Barbara Butch is defiant after concert disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters
A far-left lawmaker spearheaded boycott calls over Butch's support for a bill targeting antisemitism. The post French Jewish DJ Barbara Butch is defiant after concert disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
The DJ had to stop her performance this Saturday in Grenoble under the hues and projectiles: already targeted by the far right, she is now harassed by LFI and pro-Palestinian activists. ...
At the appeal of the LFI section of Grenoble and several pro-Palestinian organizations, a DJ-set of the artist was interrupted on Saturday 18 July. Several documents show a series of offensive gestures and projectile jets aimed directly at Barbara Butch.
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