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| Former Miss Iraq lashes out against Pink Floyd's Roger Waters |
| 2019-05-13 |
| [Jpost] Ex-Pink Floyd member Roger Waters has been one of Israel's strongest critics. Now, less than a week before the Eurovision song contest is meant to take place in Tel Aviv, he has vamped up his anti-Israel efforts, calling on the world to boycott the Eurovision contest this year. Former Miss Iraq, Sarah Idan, took to Twitter to speak out against Waters' recent rhetoric, condemning his support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. "An artist has power to inspire, wrote Idan. "Make sure you use your power for good and to bring people together. I never understood artists who boycott an entire country, you’re singing for people not for governments." Roger Waters took to social media on Thursday afternoon to express his pride in a Swiss petition that demanded Eurovision "pull out of the finals in Tel Aviv," during which he compared Israelis to aliens, although "it's giving aliens a bad name." Waters spoke of a conversation he had with BDS founder Omar Barghouti, who told him about the petition, which was signed by 136,000 Swiss people. Two years ago, Idan's family left Iraq due to threats to their lives, some allegedly from Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",, over her modeling in a bikini and posting photos taken with Miss Israel on social media. Idan now lives in the United States and the rest of her family has now fled the country, Miss Israel, Adar Gandelsman, told Channel 13 news. Gandelsman said she has been in touch with Idan since the pageant and that the two women have a special relationship. "She did it to so that people can understand that it’s possible to live together," Gandelsman said. "In order for people to see that we can connect, in the end we are both human beings." Idan has not removed the photo from her Instagram account and has defended the photo in a post written in Arabic on Instagram. "I want to stress that the purpose of the picture was only to express hope and desire for peace between the two countries," she wrote in her post. She said the photo does not signal support for the Israeli government and apologized if the photo was harmful to the Paleostinian cause. Waters has been vocal about his anti-Israel stances, having told Madonna not to come to Israel when it was announced that she would be making an appearance at Eurovision. "If you believe in human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... ... don't play in Tel Aviv," he published in a statement directed at Madonna. Last December, Waters, responded to a Jerusalem Post article reporting that the UK Pink Floyd Experience will be performing in Israel, despite having previously canceled. "I'm sorry you buckled boys, I could, and would, have helped you resist had you asked," Waters wrote on his Facebook page. He further explained that Israeli media is "trying to paint [him] as a wicked bully rather than a concerned human rights activist." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #11 trailing wife, I figure he thinks that England was in WW2 to save the Jews from the Nazi's or that some Jewish cabal instigated the war. |
| Posted by: rschwarz 2019-05-13 13:54 |
| #10 It's pretty clear that Waters was traumatized by his father's death in WWII. But now, instead of honoring his father's sacrifice, it seems Waters would have preferred to appease the Nazis just like he wants Israelis to appease Palestinians who want nothing more than to kill Jews. It's a shame. In their early years, Pink Floyd music was grand, soaring and astounding like nothing that anybody had ever heard. Waters was a great bass player and after Syd Barrett's departure he wrote most of the band's songs. But a great deal of the band's success must also be attributed to his band mates who were also excellent musicians. After a while it seemed that Water's lyrics were always on the subjects of war and madness and it grew tiresome. Then, like a lot of big stars, his ego compelled him to leave his band. His solo career was a flop. On his own, he was not a good enough singer and musician. His BDS advocacy is tedious, annoying and above all arrogant. He spends his time telling other artists not to perform in Israel as if he has some kind of authority when in reality he is nothing more than a miserable old has been. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-05-13 13:51 |
| #9 He's a star. He doesn't really have to believe in anything to be vocal about it. Like Angelina Jolie and Ben Afleck and Deniro, they all have axes to grind, sometimes they're coming from so petty reasons we'd be surprised. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-05-13 12:36 |
| #8 it's not a difficult leap to guess where is anti-semitism grew after that. I looked all that up, and still don’t understand how that lead Mr. Waters to Joooo-hatred. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-05-13 11:32 |
| #7 He's just another brick in the wall! |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2019-05-13 11:14 |
| #6 Washed up old poof... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-05-13 11:09 |
| #5 The Daily Mail had an article on Water's visit to the battlefield in 2013 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2452473/Pink-Floyd-star-Roger-Waters-soldier-fathers-final-hours-WW2-revealed-dramatic-dispatches.html |
| Posted by: lord garth 2019-05-13 10:40 |
| #4 Not just trying to recover his past glory, but seeking relevancy. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-05-13 10:34 |
| #3 Waters must not believe the old adage: "Better to Remain Silent and Be Thought a Fool than to Speak and Remove All Doubt." |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-05-13 09:43 |
| #2 I was a big Floyd fan and a psychologist could spend years dissecting the lyrics about insanity (all attributed to Syd Barrett's mental Health issues of course, not Waters, but you know...). The father killed at the Anzio bridgehead which General Waters deemed unnecessary, to the mocking attitude towards the condolence letter sent to his mother. it's not a difficult leap to guess where is anti-semitism grew after that. |
| Posted by: rschwarz 2019-05-13 09:42 |
| #1 a dozen or so well meaning people in the biz have attempted to get Waters out of his little anti Israel cult but each has failed btw, no surprise that Waters has no trouble keeping a facebook page |
| Posted by: lord garth 2019-05-13 08:46 |