{"id":85934,"date":"2025-02-10T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=85934"},"modified":"2025-02-10T14:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T19:42:14","slug":"super-bowl-performer-ejected-after-displaying-palestinian-sudanese-flag-that-said-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/super-bowl-performer-ejected-after-displaying-palestinian-sudanese-flag-that-said-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl performer ejected after displaying Palestinian\/Sudanese flag that said \u2018Gaza\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By PHILISSA CRAMER<\/p>\n<p>(JTA) \u2014 A performer unfurled a banner showing the Sudanese and Palestinian flags and the words \u201cSudan\u201d and \u201cGaza\u201d during Kendrick Lamar\u2019s halftime show at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_85935\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198056211-2160x1200-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85935\" class=\"wp-image-85935 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198056211-2160x1200-1-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198056211-2160x1200-1-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198056211-2160x1200-1-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198056211-2160x1200-1-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198056211-2160x1200-1-1536x853.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198056211-2160x1200-1-2048x1138.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/167;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85935\" class=\"wp-image-85935 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198056211-2160x1200-1-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198056211-2160x1200-1-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198056211-2160x1200-1-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198056211-2160x1200-1-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198056211-2160x1200-1-1536x853.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198056211-2160x1200-1-2048x1138.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-85935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A protester holds a Sudan\/Palestinian flag with the words &#8220;Gaza&#8221; and &#8220;Sudan&#8221; as US rapper Kendrick Lamar performs during thee Super Bowl LIX halftime show, Feb. 9, 2025. (Chandan Khanna\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The performer, who was not immediately identified, was detained on the field and will be barred from all NFL stadiums for the rest of his life, the NFL said in a statement. The football organization and Roc Nation, which produced the halftime show, said the flag had not been part of any plan or rehearsal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe individual hid the item on his possession and unveiled it late in the show,\u201d the NFL said. \u201cNo one involved with the production was aware of the individual\u2019s intent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The protester first showed the banner while standing on the hood of a Buick Grand National GNX while Lamar sang \u201cNot For Us,\u201d a diss track targeting the Jewish rapper Drake. He then jumped off the car and ran on the field for about 20 seconds before being tackled by security.<\/p>\n<p>The flag represented the only visible indication of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war at the game, during which the Philadelphia Eagles handily defeated the Kansas City Chiefs. It also represented an unusual public display of protest in support of Sudan, where two years of civil war have led to a humanitarian crisis including famine, sexual violence, collapse of health care systems and mass displacement. Tens of thousands have been killed in the conflict, which the outgoing Biden administration labeled a genocide last month.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Super%20Bowl%20performer%20ejected%20after%20displaying%20Palestinian%2FSudanese%20flag%20that%20said%20%E2%80%98Gaza%E2%80%99\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":85935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,27,24,25],"tags":[663,8790,8795,14403,739,8788,380,14402,103,14346],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85934"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85936,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85934\/revisions\/85936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}