Rugby, I understand this rationale but I think it's misplaced. I also think the artistic effect is of far lesser value than the potential hurt caused to Jewish people in the audience, or non-Jewish people like the OP who still find it very offensive.

Worse still is the cover and even legitimisation that it gives to actual antisemites who actively seek opportunities to seed those views. It's less of an issue in trad folk, in my experience, but the neo-folk scene has also seen a lot of far-right entryism (putting it mildly), including some really virulent antisemitism, and I think there's a duty to deny those ideas or the imagery that can provide cover the space to breed.

As I say, I know Ali reasonably well, and as a promoter I've put him on four or five times, including last year. I don't think he's in any way racist. I also think he probably wouldn't perform this song in the same way, if at all, nearly 10 years on from the encounter that provoked thus thread.