An Israeli conductor called for an end to Israel’s war in Gaza during concert at Royal Albert Hall in London Thursday, warning the audience that “every moment that passes puts the safety of millions at risk.”

“In my heart, there is great pain now, every day, for months. I come from Israel and live there. I love it, it’s my home, but what’s happening now is atrocious, and horrific in a scale that’s unimaginable,” Volkov said at the end of the concert with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra .

Many members of the audience cheered Volkov’s address, but there were also some jeers, to which he replied, “You can go if you don’t want politics. Politics is part of life every day.”

In his remarks, which drew loud cheers and applause from the audience, Volkov decried the killing of “innocent P

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