Open letter from Roger Waters calls on musicians to boycott Israel
British rocker Roger Waters published an open letter calling on fellow musicians to join a boycott of Israel.
British rocker Roger Waters published an open letter calling on fellow musicians to join a boycott of Israel.
Pink Floyd guitarist Roger Waters said he was still considering whether to call on musicians to boycott Israel.
Pink Floyd\’s Roger Waters, who supports a boycott of Israel, pulled out of a speaking engagement at the 92nd Street Y in New York.
Pink Floyd\’s Roger Waters took partial credit for Stevie Wonder\’s decision to pull out of performing at a Friends of Israel Defense Forces event.
As many of you know, Israel is under assault. However, the perpetrators are not only Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran, but rather artists and musicians who are engaged in a Boycott/Divestment/Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. Popular musicians–including Elvis Costello, The Pixies, Carlos Santana, The Gorillaz and Roger Waters– are refusing to perform in Israel, in order to punish the tiny Jewish state.
Former Pink Floyd front man Roger Waters has officially joined the the campaign of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israel, and is urging fellow artists to do the same. In a letter posted on the website of the Alternative information Center, Waters said he would continue to wage a boycott campaign against Israel until it ends its occupation of the West Bank and dismantles the security fence, grants full equality to Arab citizens of Israel and allows all Palestinian refugees to return to their homes in Israel.
The Anti-Defamation League slammed Pink Floyd\’s Roger Waters for using what the organization says is anti-Semitic imagery.
Waters\’ performance received much acclaim in Israel, but it is his spray-painting stint at the security fence in the West Bank the day before the showcase that is making lasting waves there and abroad.