After being dropped from Cornell campus concert, R&B singer Kehlani defends her call to dismantle Israel and supporting intifada, denying either are antisemitic.
An R&B singer who was dropped from a college concert over her controversial anti-Israel rhetoric, including calls for the Jewish state’s destruction, has pushed back on accusations of antisemitism, claiming she is merely a critic of Israel’s policies, and harbors no animus towards Jews.
Kehlani Ashley Parrish, known professionally simply as Kehlani, released an Instagram video post over the weekend denying that she is antisemitic, after she was dropped from Cornell’s annual Slope Day concert over her repeated calls for violence against Israelis and support for Israel’s elimination.
“I am being asked and called to clarify and make a statement yet again, for the millionth time, that I am not antisemitic, nor anti-Jew,” Kehlani said on Sunday.