Roger Waters responds to documentary accusations about anti-Semitism: ‘Disservice’

Roger Waters refused to comment on the film that denounces his alleged anti-Semitic behavior, but left a long statement on the subject on his own website. Campaign Against Antisemitism, a British organization of the Anglo-Jewish community, created the online documentary The Dark Side of Roger Waters.

My entire life I have used the platform my career has given me to support causes I believe in. I believe passionately in Universal Human Rights. I have always worked to make the world a better, fairer and more equal place for all my brothers and sisters, around the world, regardless of their ethnicity, religion or nationality, from indigenous people threatened by the US oil industry to women Iranians. protesting for their rights.
This is why I am active in the non-violent protest movement against the Israeli government’s illegal occupation of Palestine and its blatant treatment of Palestinians.
Those who wish to confuse this position with anti-Semitism do us all a great disservice.
The truth is I’m chatty and prone to irreverence, I don’t remember what I said 13 years ago or more. I worked closely for many years with many Jews, musicians and others. If I upset the two people who appear in the film, I’m sorry. But I can say with certainty that I am not, nor have I ever been, an anti-Semite – as anyone who really knows me will testify. I know that the Jewish people are a diverse, interesting and complicated group, just like the rest of humanity. Many are allies in the fight for equality and justice, in Israel, Palestine and around the world.

Waters He also recalled the legal process he faced earlier this year in Germany. The musician was banned from playing in Frankfurt because of his position allegedly aligned with anti-Semitism. Furthermore, the outfit the artist wore to represent a Nazi soldier during a performance in Berlin was highly criticized.

CAA’s film manipulates footage and quotes to serve its agenda and is seriously misleading in many ways. What does it say about my last tour, This Is Not A Drill, repeats a series of lies that have already been debunked, many times, not only by me, but in German courts, after attempts to ban my show there. The offensive words I mentioned in quotes in an email 13 years ago were my brainstorming ideas about how to make the evils and horrors of fascism and extremism apparent and shocking to a generation that may not fully appreciate the ever-present threat. They are not the manifestation of any underlying bigotry, as the film suggests. Quite the opposite. I have been trying to expose the evils of fascism ever since I learned of my father’s death fighting fascists in World War II.