At Coldplay’s latest Wembley Stadium live performance, frontman Chris Martin sparked controversy after inviting two followers from Israel on stage. When their nationality drew boos from the viewers, Martin responded by calling them “equal humans” and later prolonged a welcome to Palestinians as nicely.

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The second, captured on video, unfold broadly on-line, drawing intense backlash from some Jewish and Israeli commentators who known as his phrasing “dehumanizing,” whereas pro-Palestine voices mocked the outrage.

Chris Martin welcomes Israeli and Palestinian followers

During the Coldplay live performance at London’s Wembley Stadium on Sunday, Martin introduced on two younger followers and requested them the place they have been from. Repeating the phrase “Israel” into the mic elicited some boos from the group.

Martin’s response to this quickly turned a viral clip.

“I’m very grateful that you’re here as humans, and I’m treating you as equal humans on Earth, regardless of where you come from or don’t come from,” he stated. “Thank you for being here. We’re grateful and thank you for being loving and kind.”

He then moved on to acknowledge potential Palestinian attendees.

“And although it’s controversial, maybe, I also want to welcome people in the audience from Palestine, because I believe that we’re all equally human.”

The backlash towards Martin unfold throughout X on Monday. Israeli safety professional Casey Babb in contrast the frontman’s actions to how Nazis handled Jewish folks in the course of the Holocaust.

“For centuries, Jews inside and outside Israel have been treated and made to feel impure, less than, and devalued,” he wrote. “During the Holocaust, the Nazis referred to us as rats. Our slaughterers – from Castile, to Hebron, Baghdad, Kielce and Be’eri – viewed us as sub-human to justify the killing.”

“So, when you sit there and say ‘We are treating you as equal humans on earth, regardless of where you come from,’ you aren’t, in fact, doing something righteous – you’re looking at those girls in the face and saying ‘We know you aren’t equal, nor human, but tonight, we can pretend you are.’”

Meanwhile, “avid fan” @yaronsamid wrote, “This was a tactless misstep that further tears people apart and deeply hurts some of your most loyal fans. I hope you can take a quiet moment to look back at your choice of words and realize they came from a place of growing prejudice against Israeli people that have been drawn into a war they never asked for.”

User @jacklanger accused Martin of scolding the younger ladies for his or her nationality.

“Coldplay invited two women on stage then berates them and makes them feel bad for…being Israeli,” he stated. “He didn’t mention the hostages being held by Hamas.”

“He didn’t actually treat them like human beings.”

The backlash to the backlash adopted the following day. In response to the above tweet, widespread consumer @KrangTNelson inspired others to “watch this video and see what this professional victim calls ‘berating.’”

Some pro-Palestine customers appeared to search out the adverse reactions to Martin’s statements weird. Reacting to Eve Barlow’s response, @adamjohnsonCHI supplied a concise joke.

“Meanwhile on Earth 2,” he wrote.

“If you were wondering what Chris Martin, the lead singer of Coldplay, said to trigger such a reaction it was ‘so glad to have you here’ and ‘i want to say welcome to all the Palestinians as well,’” stated @meowlord13.

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