In a call to the public to join the BDS movement, Waters explained that the main deterrence for many Americans interested in the movement is the backlash anticipated from Jews in the United States. Speaking to CounterPunch, Waters also slammed US policies toward the Palestinians, and attributed them to the “Israeli propaganda machine,” whose messages effectively trickled into the mainstream media. “It’s artistic exuberance and crossing the lines of whatever, but he’s not an anti-Semite.” ADL sadly concludes that Roger Waters is an anti-Semite After musician’s comparison of Israeli policies with those of the Nazis, Abe Foxman, who had previously defended British rocker from critics. He uses symbolism, and that’s one issue,” Foxman said. In comments to AP late last month, Foxman had defended Waters against accusations of anti-Semitism. “His shows deliver messages, breaking down wall, etc. Waters would have avoided using the Star of David, we believe there is no anti-Semitic intent here,” an ADL spokesman said.
However, the Anti-Defamation League said then that Waters has a long history of using these symbols in his concerts. “We continue to talk about the respect for every religion and every human being, yet we keep falling into these shameful situations.” “… D id they also have the right to draw the Star of David on the back of a pig and not be reported?” the article asked. Waters, your vile messages of antisemitism, anti-Zionism and hatred are not welcome in this community.An op-ed in the Vatican newspaper at the time blasted “unrestrained anti-Semitism” at the music festival in Belgium where Waters displayed the inflatable balloon.
Pink Floyd ‘s Roger Waters has been accused of anti-semitism due to comments he made about Jewish. Miami Beach spokeswoman Melissa Berthier told the Miami Herald that the teens would not be participating, saying in a statement, “Miami Beach is a culturally diverse community and does not tolerate any form of hate.” The Greater Miami Jewish Federation in an online ad on the Miami Herald website posted a link to a statement on its website reading, “Mr. In a new interview, Waters said Israel was indirectly responsible for George Floyd's death. In Miami last week a dozen teens from a Miami Beach Parks summer program who were to perform on stage with him backed out amid accusations of antisemitism.
In a Facebook Live chat Saturday with the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, Waters said he would play his shows in Nassau, saying an artist’s rights should not be attacked over his stand on an issue. Kopel, an Orthodox Jewish legislator, said in a Facebook post that the Waters concert violates the anti-BDS law while calling the musician a “notorious front-man for the BDS movement and virulent antisemite.” The lawmaker, Howard Kopel, asked the county attorney last week to determine whether the Nassau Coliseum lease requires compliance with the county law adopted in May 2016 that prevents the county from doing business with any company that participates in the economic boycott of Israel. Waters, the former Pink Floyd frontman, is scheduled to appear at the Nassau Coliseum on Sept. (JTA) – Allowing BDS proponent Roger Waters to perform at a Long Island arena violates a local law against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, a Nassau County lawmaker said. The Argentina Zionist Organization called Waters one of the great anti-Semites of our time in an online campaign protesting what it called his hate speech.
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