U2 singer Bono has likened the language used by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to rhetoric associated with Nazi official Heinrich Himmler. Bono said he supports both Israel and the Palestinian people, condemned Hamas’s 7 October attack and criticised the Israeli government’s reliance on Ben Gvir to maintain its parliamentary majority.

In an interview with *Rolling Stone*, Bono discussed “The Tears of Things”, a track on U2’s forthcoming album, *Caranval de Luz*, due on 13 November. The article cites Ben Gvir’s call for “targeted eliminations” of 30 to 40 people in Gaza each night and his claim that some Palestinians were “not worthy of life”. Bono called on Israel to address the Nakba through compromise and justice; Ben Gvir responded on X, accusing Bono of hypocrisy and defending Israel’s right to protect its people.