Man Charges Stage With Israeli Flag During Roger Waters Concert
Video footage circulating on social media also showed protesters in the audience unfurling an Israeli flag and chanting, “Am Yisrael Chai!”
Video footage circulating on social media also showed protesters in the audience unfurling an Israeli flag and chanting, “Am Yisrael Chai!”
Waters came under fire for donning a Nazi-like uniform and comparing Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during an Israel Defense Force raid in Jenin last year, to Anne Frank during his May 17 and 18 shows in Berlin.
The event took place in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Hearing Room, a committee chaired by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
Polly Samson, an author and lyricists and the wife of Roger Waters’ former Pink Floyd bandmate David Gilmour, called Waters “antisemitic to your rotten core” in a February 6 tweet, with Gilmour later agreeing.
Ruffalo: “Now is the time to avoid hyperbole.”
One of the guest stars on the program said that “Next Year in the Holy Land” is recited at end of the seder. All five of the guest stars then said, “Next Year in the Holy Land!” together.
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Former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters released a video on March 9 calling on musician Stevie Wonder to refuse an award from Israel.
Speaking at the American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) in Chicago on November 27, Billoo said there was a “connection between Islamophobia and Zionism.”