US EditionReggie Watts Hits Back at Thom Yorke's Comments on Palestine and "Social Media Witch-Hunts"
- On May 30, Thom Yorke, Radiohead’s frontman, posted an Instagram statement addressing pressure to comment on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
- Yorke explained that he remained silent earlier, including after being heckled at a Melbourne concert last year, because he struggled with how to respond respectfully.
- Yorke condemned Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Hamas, criticized pro-Palestinian activists for ignoring the October 7 Hamas attack, and lamented the complex humanitarian crisis.
- Reggie Watts reacted on May 30, criticizing Yorke for centering his own feelings and framing fan demands as a ‘social media witch-hunt’ amid urgent calls to speak out on the humanitarian crisis.
- The exchange highlights tensions among artists over Israel-Gaza, reflecting broader debates on artistic expression, political pressure, and solidarity with suffering populations.
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Radiohead's Thom Yorke criticizes Netanyahu, Hamas and pressure on artists to opine on Gaza - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
His bandmate Johnny Greenwood has become one of the most vocal non-Jewish artists rejecting pressure to boycott Israel over its war in Gaza. But famously reticent Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke had not said anything about the war — until now. On Friday, Yorke posted an extended statement to Instagram lamenting the pressure he had faced to comment on the war, saying that it had affected his mental health. Then he gave the crowd what it wanted, wri…
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