Two Israeli fans of Madonna were evacuated from the hall during her performance in Lisbon after waving the Israeli flag. According to other Israelis who attended the singer's performances in Europe, it was made clear to them that it was forbidden to wave the flag, even though other flags were flown at the performance.
Madonna, Photo: AP
This comes after the night before, Matteo Jamal, one of the musicians at Madonna's concert currently taking place in Europe, spoke out against Israelis waving Israeli flags at the concert. "You sit in the front row and show off your blue and white flag, and expect me to show up with a smile," he wrote in his story. "You may have bought a ticket, but if you support genocide, I'm not showing up for you."
Madonna performing (archive), photo: Reuters
It's unclear to what extent Jamal knows the details of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or knows that Hamas is a terrorist organization, but he claims that Israel "is part of colonialism and the white race that occupies and oppresses the brown and black minority."
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