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Roger Waters: "Tear down the wall" |
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Written by Matt
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Wednesday, 21 June 2006 |
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Tonight, Roger Waters plays a
historic concert in Israel, giving fans from the area the chance to
hear him present a mix of solo material, and Pink Floyd's 1973 classic,
Dark Side Of The Moon.
Yesterday, Waters visited the
East Jerusalem village of Abu Dis, and called for an end to the
on-going Israeli Occupation. He also visited part of the West Bank
security fence and let his feelings be known.
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Waters moved today’s concert from
Hayarkon Park outside Tel Aviv after discussions with Palestinian
artists, as well as Israeli refuseniks, who called on him to use the
gig as a platform to build solidarity with those fighting the
injustices of Israeli foreign policy.
He has taken part in a tour, with the UK group War on Want,
of the occupied Palestinian territories, and seen for himself the
hardship endured in towns like Bethlehem.
He helped launch War on
Want’s campaign against the Israeli Wall two years ago.
 He
said: “The peace village provides a great backdrop to this concert and
performing a gig there, where Arabs and Jews live together in a
peaceful community, symbolises my support for all those on both sides
who reject extremism and violence in their quest for a just peace.”
War on Want spokesperson Nick
Dearden said: “We need musicians like Roger Waters taking this sort of
principled stand. It is through statements and gestures like these that
we can bring Palestine to the attention of the world, and ensure a
better future for the region.”
As part of his tour of the area,
Waters visited Bethlehem yesterday and spray-painted the words 'We
Don't Need No Thought Control' on a section of Israel's West Bank
security fence (shown to the right).
He also wrote "tear down the wall" on the concrete panels of the barrier.
"It's a horrific edifice, this
thing," Waters told reporters, standing beside it. "I've seen pictures
of it, I've heard a lot about it but without being here you can't
imagine how extraordinarily oppressive it is and how sad it is to see
these people coming through these little holes," he added. "It's
craziness."
"It may be a lot harder to get
this one down, but eventually it must happen," said Waters comparing
the West Bank security fence to the Berlin wall in Germany.
For more details of War On Wants work, visit www.waronwant.org.
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