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May 24, 2023

U.N.-associated antisemite Roger Waters wears Nazi costume at the concert he's permitted to hold in Berlin

Roger Waters (Photo courtesy Twitter)
"Roger Waters dressed up as an SS officer and compared Anne Frank to Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during a concert at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin last week.

At the beginning of the show, an announcement was displayed on a screen reading ‘on a matter of public interest: a court in Frankfurt has ruled that I am not an antisemite,’ sparking applause from the crowd. ‘Just to be clear, I condemn antisemitism unreservedly,’ continued the announcement.

Waters, the former bassist and vocalist of the band Pink Floyd, has repeatedly come under fire for anti-Zionist and antisemitic statements and actions, with his former bandmates rejecting his actions. Waters also has expressed support for Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine...

After an intermission, Waters walked on stage in a SS uniform as an inflatable pig with various words and symbols and glowing eyes floated over the crowd and banners in the style of the Third Reich but with crossed hammers instead of a swastika hanging from the ceiling. Waters proceeded to fire a fake machine gun toward the audience.

Later in the performance, Waters displayed the words ‘F$%& the occupation’ while singing ‘Lay Down Jerusalem (If I Had Been God).’...

The Simon Wiesenthal Center condemned the performance on Wednesday, tweeting ‘Shame on Frankfurt authorities and Mercedes Benz arena in Berlin — a place from where Jews were deported by the Nazis — for providing antisemite #RogerWaters this venue for his concert with no concern/care for the Jewish community.’

Waters also performed in Munich and is set to perform in Frankfurt, with Uwe Becker, anti-Semitism commissioner for the German state of Hessen, calling on local officials to at least prevent ‘the worst antisemitic propaganda motifs’ if they cannot prevent the show entirely, according to German media. Frankfurt had originally banned the concert entirely, but a local court ruled that the city must allow the performance."
Date
May 24, 2023
Title
Roger Waters dresses up as SS officer, compares Anne Frank to Abu Akleh, The Jerusalem Post
Author(s)
Tzvi Joffre
Original Source
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-744072
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