Radiohead’s Thom Yorke says he would ‘absolutely not’ play in Israel now

Singer says he will not perform in Israel while Benjamin Netanyahu remains in power, eight years after Radiohead defied criticism to perform in Tel Aviv

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has said he would not now perform in Israel, eight years after the band defied pro-Palestinian activists to play a show in Tel Aviv.

Absolutely not. I wouldn't want to be 5,000 miles anywhere near the Netanyahu regime," he told the Sunday Times magazine, referring to prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.