Former Pink Floyd front man Roger Waters has officially joined the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign 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.
“Where governments refuse to act, people must, with whatever peaceful means are at their disposal,” Waters, a co-founder of the Pink Floyd rock band, wrote in the letter dated Feb. 25. “For me it means declaring my intention to stand in solidarity, not only with the people of Palestine, but also with the many thousands of Israelis who disagree with their government’s racist and colonial policies.”
Waters last performed in Israel in 2006. After visiting Jerusalem and Bethlehem and viewing the security fence, he canceled his concert in Tel Aviv and moved it to Neve Shalom, a village of Jews and Arabs. — jta