Overview

• Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted her Portland performance about ten songs in by chanting “Free Palestine,” prompting security to remove two hecklers from Revolution Hall.
• Spektor halted her set to tell the first protester, “You’re just yelling at a Jew,” and later challenged a second who cited a Gaza genocide by insisting her show “is not an internet comment section.”
• Many audience members responded with chants of “Am Yisrael Chai” and applause for Spektor’s defense, while a handful of concertgoers walked out during the exchange.
• The singer invoked her background as a Jewish immigrant from the former Soviet Union and her vocal support for Israel to explain why she would not tolerate political interruptions.
• The incident underscores a wider pattern of live-music disruptions tied to the Israel-Hamas conflict, even as venues have not announced any new protest-related policies.