{"id":91974,"date":"2026-03-18T16:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/?p=91974"},"modified":"2026-03-20T07:05:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:05:47","slug":"azealia-banks-is-done-with-israel-again-on-second-thought-f-k-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/azealia-banks-is-done-with-israel-again-on-second-thought-f-k-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Azealia Banks is done with Israel, again: \u2018On second thought, F\u2014K ISRAEL\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

By GRACE GILSON<\/p>\n

(JTA) \u2014 It\u2019s been months since Azealia Banks turned heads when she declared she was a \u201cZionist\u201d on social media in June and gave a concert in Israel for the two-year anniversary of Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7 attacks.<\/p>\n

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Azealia Banks performs at O2 Academy Brixton in London, Sept. 13, 2024. (Joseph Okpako\/WireImage)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But in a tirade on X this week, the rapper reversed course, lambasting the toll of the United States and Israel\u2019s war with Iran and declaring in a series of profane posts that she no longer supports the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael really did us dirty. This is not about terrorism, they actually wanted to see us face china head to head. Israel wants to see the petrodollar flunk. I actually HOPE Netanyahu is dead. We should strike a big [deal] with Iran and just go to war with Israel and keep the petrodollar strong,\u201d wrote Banks in a post on X Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn second thought, F\u2014CK ISRAEL,\u201d Banks, who has over 240,000 followers on X, concluded.<\/p>\n

While the rapper has frequently commented on Israel and Judaism, previously weighing in on Ashkenazi cuisine and antisemitic conspiracy theories, her latest disavowal of the Jewish state marks a sharp break from her staunch expressions of support for Israel last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe lore of Israel & Zionism and the Jews is charming and relatable as hell,\u201d Banks wrote on X ahead of her concert in Tel Aviv last October. She likened Israel to Wakanda, the futuristic Black homeland in the \u201cBlack Panther\u201d movies, writing that \u201cZionism is iconic\u201d and \u201cZionism is punk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her reversal, which was criticized by some Jewish influencers, comes as the war in Iran has sparked growing public backlash and claims in some political and online circles that Israeli influence drove the conflict.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t the first time that Banks has staked out an anti-Israel view. In 2018, she vowed she would never visit Israel, which she called \u201cnuts,\u201d after she said she encountered racism while performing there.<\/p>\n

In posts beginning last Wednesday, Banks pivoted from criticizing Arab states to promoting internet conspiracy theories that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had died and saying that she was \u201cshe was \u201cIsrael\/Iran\/Maga\u2019d out.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way Aipac eggs it on like israeli death is cool so long as it feeds fragile jewish american ego is actually psychotic,\u201d wrote Banks in a post on X Tuesday, referring to the pro-Israel lobby. \u201cLike the self cannibalism, double dealing and american jealousy is too obvious to not see. The state of israel is fucking haram [prohibited] The nation, the people dont deserve to be forced into bullshit wars over american and british interests this is crazyyyyyyy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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