{"id":4483,"date":"2025-10-10T18:43:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/10\/10\/azealia-banks-slammed-online-after-tel-aviv-performance\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T18:43:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:43:27","slug":"azealia-banks-slammed-online-after-tel-aviv-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/10\/10\/azealia-banks-slammed-online-after-tel-aviv-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Azealia Banks Slammed Online After Tel Aviv Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allhiphop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Azealia-Banks.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/tag\/azealia-banks\">Azealia Banks<\/a> performed in Tel Aviv Thursday night (October 9), wrapped in an Israeli flag and wearing a Star of David necklace, defying a widespread cultural boycott and reigniting her controversial relationship with the region.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of her set at Ganei Yehoshua amphitheater, the Harlem-born rapper donned a shirt emblazoned with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love the Jews,\u201d she said. \u201cMy love story with the Jews goes far, far back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her appearance in Israel marked one of the few international performances in the country since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. Many artists have avoided performing there amid mounting pressure from the \u201cNo Music for Genocide\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nomusicforgenocide.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">campaign<\/a>, which launched in September and called on musicians to pull their work from Israeli distribution platforms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Azelia Banks in Israel!!! Partying and loving the Jewish state!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iiwasinthee212?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iiwasinthee212<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FkPAGR52TN\">pic.twitter.com\/FkPAGR52TN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Betar Worldwide (@Betar_USA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Betar_USA\/status\/1976351828108615719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Banks\u2019 current stance is a sharp departure from her past. In 2018, she said she would never return to Israel after what she described as racist treatment during a previous visit.<\/p>\n<p>That same year, she made antisemitic remarks on social media, claiming Jewish people had \u201ccomplete control over African-American entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But in June 2025, she publicly declared herself \u201ca Zionist\u201d and has since used her social media platforms to defend Israel and criticize pro-Palestinian artists.<\/p>\n<p>Her performance and online commentary drew a wave of criticism. One user posted, \u201cOh she a different type of p############,\u201d alongside a video of Banks onstage draped in the Israeli flag.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh she a different type of p############ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P5YMzyXZF4\">https:\/\/t.co\/P5YMzyXZF4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 THESE P#### N##### NOT FEELING ME. (@000Troop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/000Troop\/status\/1976446958761017489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another wrote, \u201cthe way she embarrassed herself sounding like ass and showing up for 150 people max for 7 shekels and now she\u2019ll be blacklisted from the 3 garages in queens she would have been booked in order to support paying her rent.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">the way she embarrassed herself sounding like ass and showing up for 150 people max for 7 shekels and now she\u2019ll be blacklisted from the 3 garages in queens she would have been booked in order to support paying her rent\ud83d\ude2d\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JIjUqPtmMp\">https:\/\/t.co\/JIjUqPtmMp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/khjuaFk6dt\">pic.twitter.com\/khjuaFk6dt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pop Clocked | AddisonCrave (@PopClocked) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopClocked\/status\/1976403266167857236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s absolutely no f###### way, this b#### has completely lost it,\u201d said another user, reacting to a clip of Banks preparing for the show with a Star of David headpiece.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s absolutely no f###### way, this b#### has completely lost it <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2ddRbF1coe\">https:\/\/t.co\/2ddRbF1coe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 IS THERE A BUDGET? (@goldenpolaroid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/goldenpolaroid\/status\/1976396341787111509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the backlash, Banks has leaned further into her pro-Israel stance. She announced she plans to dress as the Queen of Sheba for Halloween, referencing the biblical figure\u2019s meeting with King Solomon.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/news\/azealia-banks-ignites-outrage-with-pro-israel-performance-in-tel-aviv\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Azealia Banks performed in Tel Aviv Thursday night (October 9), wrapped in an Israeli flag and wearing a Star of David necklace, defying a widespread cultural boycott and reigniting her controversial relationship with the region. Ahead of her set at Ganei Yehoshua amphitheater, the Harlem-born rapper donned a shirt emblazoned with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}