We, like those in the spotlight before us, are not the story. We are a distraction from the story,” Bobby and Bobbie Vylan say.

Bob Vylan has responded to the uproar over its “death to the IDF” comments at the Glastonbury festival with a statement that doubles down on the artist’s pro-Palestinian position, albeit with less inflamed language and more explanatory context than was found in their concert chant.

"We are not for the death of Jews, Arabs or any other race or group of people. We are for the dismantling of a violent military machine," the duo said of their "Death to the IDF" chant at Glastonbury