Coldplay co-founder Chris Martin recognized two Israeli fans as “equal humans on earth” after welcoming them onstage and appearing surprised to learn their country of origin.

“I’m treating you as equal humans on earth, regardless of where you come from,” Martin said, as if being from Israel left that question in doubt.

He added: “Although it’s controversial maybe I also want to welcome people in the audience from Palestine.”

The crowd greeted the revelation that the two fans were Israeli with a mixture of cheers and boos; the crowd’s reaction to Martin’s shout-out to “Palestine” was uniformly positive.

Reactions on social media were strongly negative. Some critics blasted Martin for condescending to the two women; anti-Israel critics slammed Martin for not being hostile to them once he

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