Overview

• U2’s joint Instagram caption brands the Oct. 7 Nova music festival atrocities “evil” and warns that Israel’s blockade and planned Gaza City operation have pushed the conflict into “uncharted territory.”
• In his individual post, Bono accuses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of using starvation as a weapon and calls for its “categorical and unequivocal condemnation.”
• Bono invokes Jewish dissent, citing Rabbi Sharon Brous, Mandy Patinkin and recent Tel Aviv protests to underscore internal criticism of Israeli policy.
• The band reaffirms Israel’s right to exist, demands the release of remaining hostages and pledges an unspecified donation to Medical Aid for Palestinians.
• Reports show The Edge uses terms like “ethnic cleansing” and “colonial genocide,” and collaborator Brian Eno has organized a September 17 Wembley Stadium benefit concert, Together for Palestine.