Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Claims He Can’t Book Hotel Rooms Because of the ‘Israeli Lobby’
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Hotels in Argentina and Uruguay reportedly rejected reservations for Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters over accusations of antisemitism leveled at the British singer identified for his pro-Palestinian views.
Waters was attributable to keep in Argentina’s capital of Buenos Aires forward of exhibits scheduled for Nov. 21-22 as half of his “This is Not a Drill” tour, however the reservations fell by means of, with lodges citing an absence of availability, the Argentine newspaper Pagina 12 reported.
Hotels in Montevideo, in neighboring Uruguay, additionally refused to host him however didn’t present a motive, a Pagina 12 story on Wednesday quoted Waters as saying.
The singer mentioned that consequently he was nonetheless in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the place he carried out a number of days in the past.
Roger Waters is as soon as once more airing his political grievances in over-the-top vogue. The 76-year-old rocker has accused Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of being “villains” who will “kill every living thing on this planet.” https://t.co/CSPWJEDJVN
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“I had a dinner date on the 16th with José Mujica, the former president of Uruguay, who is a friend of mine. And I can’t go (…) because the Israeli lobby and whatever they call themselves have canceled me,” Waters informed Pagina 12.
The president of the Central Israelite Committee of Uruguay, Roby Schindler, despatched a letter to the Sofitel resort urging it to not host Waters, Pagina 12 mentioned.
Waters “takes advantage of his fame as an artist to lie and spew his hatred towards Israel and all Jews,” Schindler mentioned, in keeping with Pagina 12. “By receiving him, you will be, even if you do not want to, propagating the hatred that this man exudes,” Schindler added.
Waters has been dogged by accusations of antisemitism for years, together with criticism by the U.S. authorities earlier this yr. The State Department mentioned Waters has “a long track record of using antisemitic tropes to denigrate Jewish people.”
Speaking to Pagina 12, he vehemently denied that. “They do it because I believe in human rights, and I speak openly about the genocide of the Palestinian people,” Waters mentioned.
In a latest interview with journalist Glenn Greenwald, Waters mentioned the shock assault by Hamas militants in Israel on Oct. 7 “was blown out of all proportion by the Israelis inventing stories about beheading babies.”
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