Azealia Banks Slammed On-line After Tel Aviv Efficiency
Azealia Banks carried out in Tel Aviv Thursday evening (October 9), wrapped in an Israeli flag and sporting a Star of David necklace, defying a widespread cultural boycott and reigniting her controversial relationship with the area.
Forward of her set at Ganei Yehoshua amphitheater, the Harlem-born rapper donned a shirt emblazoned with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s title.
“I really like the Jews,” she mentioned. “My love story with the Jews goes far, far again.”
Her look in Israel marked one of many few worldwide performances within the nation because the October 7, 2023, Hamas assault. Many artists have prevented performing there amid mounting stress from the “No Music for Genocide” marketing campaign, which launched in September and referred to as on musicians to tug their work from Israeli distribution platforms.
Azelia Banks in Israel!!! Partying and loving the Jewish state!!@iiwasinthee212 pic.twitter.com/FkPAGR52TN
— Betar Worldwide (@Betar_USA) October 9, 2025
Banks’ present stance is a pointy departure from her previous. In 2018, she mentioned she would by no means return to Israel after what she described as racist therapy throughout a earlier go to.
That very same 12 months, she made antisemitic remarks on social media, claiming Jewish folks had “full management over African-American leisure.”
However in June 2025, she publicly declared herself “a Zionist” and has since used her social media platforms to defend Israel and criticize pro-Palestinian artists.
Her efficiency and on-line commentary drew a wave of criticism. One person posted, “Oh she a unique sort of p############,” alongside a video of Banks onstage draped within the Israeli flag.
Oh she a unique sort of p############ https://t.co/P5YMzyXZF4
— THESE P#### N##### NOT FEELING ME. (@000Troop) October 10, 2025
One other wrote, “the way in which she embarrassed herself sounding like ass and exhibiting up for 150 folks max for 7 shekels and now she’ll be blacklisted from the three garages in queens she would have been booked with a view to assist paying her hire.”
the way in which she embarrassed herself sounding like ass and exhibiting up for 150 folks max for 7 shekels and now she’ll be blacklisted from the three garages in queens she would have been booked with a view to assist paying her hire😭— https://t.co/JIjUqPtmMp pic.twitter.com/khjuaFk6dt
— Pop Clocked | AddisonCrave (@PopClocked) October 9, 2025
“There’s completely no f###### method, this b#### has utterly misplaced it,” mentioned one other person, reacting to a clip of Banks making ready for the present with a Star of David headpiece.
There’s completely no f###### method, this b#### has utterly misplaced it https://t.co/2ddRbF1coe
— IS THERE A BUDGET? (@goldenpolaroid) October 9, 2025
Regardless of the backlash, Banks has leaned additional into her pro-Israel stance. She introduced she plans to decorate because the Queen of Sheba for Halloween, referencing the biblical determine’s assembly with King Solomon.
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