{"id":14173,"date":"2026-05-20T07:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/14173\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T07:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:42:10","slug":"pop-star-harry-styles-to-viva-palestina-concertgoer-in-amsterdam-correct-jta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/14173\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop star Harry Styles to \u2018Viva Palestina\u2019 concertgoer in Amsterdam: \u2018Correct\u2019 | JTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the opening night of his world tour beginning in Amsterdam on Saturday, global superstar Harry Styles backed a brief pro-Palestinian chant from the crowd. It was his first public comment on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after years of expressing an affinity for Jewish culture.<\/p>\n<p>The Amsterdam concert Saturday was the first of his Together, Together tour, held at the Johan Cruijff Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Following Styles\u2019 remarks about \u201cchanging the world together,\u201d in between songs, an attendee shouted, \u201cViva, Viva Palestina\u201d (meaning, \u201cLong Live Palestine\u201d), to which Styles replied, \u201cCorrect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Harry Styles responds to fan yelling \u201cViva Palestina\u201d at his concert in Amsterdam:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorrect\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fIg4X3XDfO\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/fIg4X3XDfO<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NpHKGfFMUl\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/NpHKGfFMUl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/2056167021088489772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first time the 32-year-old has made any public remarks on the conflict, but one of Styles\u2019 tour charity partners is Choose Love, a humanitarian organization that works with displaced communities around the world, including those from Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Styles is newly engaged to actor Zo\u00eb Kravitz, who is Jewish, and as a teenager, he often tweeted <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Harry_Styles\/status\/122278936041369601?ref_\" rel=\"nofollow\">transliterated Hebrew well wishes<\/a> for various Jewish holidays. While competing on the British talent show The X Factor in 2010, where he rose to stardom, Styles stayed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2023\/06\/21\/culture\/harry-styles-thanks-orthodox-friends-for-walking-miles-to-his-concert-on-shabbat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orthodox Jewish Winston family<\/a>, with whom he became close and considers mentors. In 2014, Styles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2014\/01\/06\/culture\/harry-styles-2014-new-years-resolution-learn-hebrew\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced that his New Year\u2019s resolution<\/a> was to learn Hebrew.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s show was the latest demonstration of pro-Palestine solidarity in the concert space since the Oct 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. Some performers have integrated pro-Palestine activism into their concerts by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2025\/06\/11\/culture\/another-irish-ban-airs-pro-palestinian-message-at-festival-israel-is-committing-genocide\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">creating large displays with flags<\/a> and visuals accusing Israel of genocide. Others have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2025\/09\/15\/culture\/israeli-conductor-calls-for-end-to-gaza-war-in-london-concert-whats-happening-now-is-atrocious\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">called for an end to the war in Gaza<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2025\/09\/18\/global\/billie-eilish-benedict-cumberbatch-join-uk-concert-that-raised-2m-for-palestinian-charities\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">some have dedicated entire concerts<\/a> to raising funds for Palestinian charities.<\/p>\n<p>Other articles, including some who are Jewish, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2025\/07\/28\/culture\/regina-spektor-responds-to-pro-palestinian-protester-at-concert-youre-just-yelling-at-a-jew\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">have faced hecklers<\/a> making pro-Palestine comments who were later removed by security. In Britain, a member of the Irish band Kneecap faced terrorism charges for holding a Hezbollah flag, though they were later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2025\/09\/26\/global\/terrorism-charges-dropped-against-kneecap-singer-who-held-hezbollah-flag-at-concert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dropped<\/a>. Kneecap has been vocally pro-Palestine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/05\/01\/nx-s1-5692750\/kneecap-fenian-album-hip-hop#:~:text=In%202018%2C%20we%20helped%20my%20brother%20who%20started%20a%20gym%20at%20the%20Lajee%20Center%2C%20at%20the%20Aida%20Refugee%20Camp%20in%20Palestine%2C%20in%20the%20West%20Bank.%20We%20helped%2C%20with%20other%20bands%2C%20to%20raise%20money%20for%20that%20gym.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">since they formed in 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2026\/05\/19\/culture\/pop-star-harry-styles-to-viva-palestina-concertgoer-in-amsterdam-correct\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pop star Harry Styles to \u2018Viva Palestina\u2019 concertgoer in Amsterdam: \u2018Correct\u2019<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jewish Telegraphic Agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the opening night of his world tour beginning in Amsterdam on Saturday, global superstar Harry Styles backed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[23,11858,11871,11876,11869,11873,11854,11847,11850,11860,11865,11880,2811,11866,9094,11849,11879,277,11861,11856,11864,11848,11877,11870,647,11874,1230,11863,11878,11845,1967,11859,11855,11857,11868,11875,11852,11851,11872,11853,11867,11862,11846],"class_list":["post-14173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-amsterdam","tag-amsterdam","tag-arab-israeli-conflict","tag-attacks-in-the-gaza-strip","tag-cross-border-operations-of-israel","tag-democratic-front-for-the-liberation-of-palestine-attacks","tag-ethnicity-based-civil-wars","tag-foreign-relations-of-israel","tag-gaza-strip","tag-gaza-war","tag-gaza-israel-conflict","tag-government-of-israel","tag-guerrilla-wars","tag-hamas","tag-hamas-attacks","tag-harry-styles","tag-impacts-of-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict","tag-invasions-of-israel","tag-israel","tag-israel-related-controversies","tag-israel-palestine-relations","tag-israeli-attacks-against-the-gaza-strip","tag-israeli-palestinian-conflict","tag-israeli-palestinian-conflict-legal-issues","tag-judaism-and-warfare","tag-middle-east","tag-military-operations-of-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict","tag-palestine","tag-palestine-region","tag-palestinian-genocide-accusation","tag-palestinian-nationalism","tag-palestinians","tag-politics-of-israel","tag-politics-of-palestine","tag-politics-of-palestine-region","tag-politics-of-the-arab-world","tag-politics-of-the-arab-israeli-conflict","tag-politics-of-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict","tag-politics-of-the-middle-east","tag-popular-front-for-the-liberation-of-palestine-attacks","tag-reactions-to-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict","tag-religion-based-civil-wars","tag-society-of-palestine","tag-viva-palestina"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}