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King_David

(14,851 posts)
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 04:40 PM Apr 2013

Roger Waters Reconsidering Israel Boycott Stance

'I am thinking all of this through extremely carefully,' Pink Floyd co-founder says

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is reconsidering his call for musicians to boycott Israel, he told The Huffington Post yesterday.

"I am considering my position," Waters said in an interview. "The letter asking my fellow musicians to boycott Israel has never appeared. I am thinking all of this through extremely carefully and I'm thinking it all through extremely carefully because I care more about the outcome, because I care about the people involved, than I do about the moment."


Waters last month likened Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza to South Africa's apartheid policy segregating blacks and whites, which was the subject of an international boycott. "They are running riot," Waters said of Israel's government, "and it seems unlikely that running over there and playing the violin will have any lasting effect."



Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/roger-waters-reconsidering-israel-boycott-stance-20130416#ixzz2Qkt7TlYi
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Roger Waters Reconsidering Israel Boycott Stance (Original Post) King_David Apr 2013 OP
Ha Ha King_David Apr 2013 #1
The world awaits his decision... MrBig Apr 2013 #2
All in all he's just another brick in the wall. Fozzledick Apr 2013 #3
Just a Brick nt King_David Apr 2013 #4

King_David

(14,851 posts)
1. Ha Ha
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 04:41 PM
Apr 2013

Pink Floyd Rocker Roger Waters Blames 92Y for Scrapping Planned Talk

Pink Floyd rocker Roger Waters says Manhattan’s 92Y canceled his planned speaking event at the cultural center and he suspects it was because his criticism of Israel sparked “resistance in the local Jewish community.”

“If that be the case, it saddens me,” Waters wrote on his website. “In these troubled times, opportunities for serious, measured discourse are too precious to be discarded on the altar of sectarian prejudice.“

Waters, a prominent critic of Israel, was supposed to talk about his illustrious career with British rock band at 92Y on April 30.

Last week, 92Y gave the impression that they had to cancel the event because of Waters. But Waters explained on his website on April 7 that was not entirely true.

He said that he had been invited to speak at the 92Y on April 30 and had accepted. Because of a scheduling conflict with the São Paulo opera house, in Brazil, he asked the 92Y for an alternative date. Waters said 92Y offered him June 19 and he agreed.

Then, on April 3, 92Y called Waters’ publicist in New York and left a message “cancelling my re-scheduled engagement without explanation,” Waters said.


Read more: http://forward.com/articles/174664/pink-floyd-rocker-roger-waters-blames-y-for-scra/#ixzz2QktaUD00

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