To the editor: There was a merciless irony to Inexperienced Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong expressing help for “the youngsters from Palestine,” however not acknowledging Israel’s plight, on the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Pageant throughout Passover “(Green Day whips through its decades of pop-punk hits at Coachella,” April 13). It was at one other music competition, throughout one other Jewish vacation, that the Hamas-Israel struggle started. Hundreds of Palestinian terrorists invaded Israel on Simchat Torah and attacked, amongst quite a few civilian targets, the Nova Music Pageant. Think about going to Coachella for the music, solely to be kidnapped or killed by terrorists.
Stephen A. Silver, San Francisco
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To the editor: I’m disturbed to learn that this text and headline are all about to what extent Coachella will need to have censored this music act versus the truth that Coachella allowed an act to make such hostile anti-Israel statements in any respect, at completely different locations and instances on the competition, together with visuals, and verbally stating “F— Israel.” Your article by no means questions whether or not it’s hate speech or at the least biased or controversial to permit such a hateful act to take part at this occasion (“Rap group Kneecap claims pro-Palestine messages were cut from its Coachella set,” April 21).
Bruce Stoffmacher, Alameda
