Nicolas Jaar: On the Record
Musician Nicolas Jaar used a Coachella stage to accuse Israel of genocide, apartheid, and ethnic cleansing.
On the record
- April 2025 — During Darkside’s Coachella sets said the U.S. keeps “arming and funding… the genocide of the Palestinian people and arming and funding Israel’s system of apartheid and ethnic cleansing.” [NME] [Billboard]
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2021 — Listed as a signatory of the Musicians for Palestine cultural-boycott letter. [Official letter and signatories]
December 2025 — Signed a letter calling on Live Nation to end operations in Israel. [NME]
Where Galil stands
Our opinion: Genocide, apartheid, and ethnic cleansing, all in one festival monologue about the Jewish state. We don’t stand with him.
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