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Waters reconsidering Israel boycott
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Published: 18.04.13, 13:28
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1. such an idiot
daniela ,   panama   (04.18.13)
He can keep his boycott. Now we are boycotting him
2. better places to go
(04.18.13)
Please don't come. We do not want you here, and there are places that need you more than we do. Go perform in Damascus or Aleppo.
3. What influence?
Shep ,   Memphis, TN   (04.18.13)
I hate to burst his ego bubble, but his influence on both the Arab and Israeli people is purely in his mind. The conflict transcends a pop musician and to even insinuate that he has any material influence on this is pure ego.
4. john waters
JL   (04.18.13)
f u john waters..worthless slob..u r nothing even with all ur money..u will always be zero in israel
5. Who gives a damn...?
Phoenix ,   Israel   (04.18.13)
Who cares what this imbecil thinks?
6. you are persona horribilis
Mo ,   Israel   (04.18.13)
As I said we do not want you here , you STINK
7. Roger Waters is a hater!
RR ,   USA   (04.18.13)
Roger Waters is a hater!
8. doesn't this fool know the fence was built
Jerome ,   Basalt, Colorado   (04.18.13)
because of over 1000 Israeli's murdered and many more maimed by homicide suicide palestinians?! the good fence has almost totally stop the terror. also why are 350,000 Jews living in Samaria and Judea an obstacle to peace, but 1.4 million muslims living in Israel aren't. what a short sided fool!
9. Winters
Yonatan ,   Jerusalem   (04.18.13)
Gee thanks Roger, oh - not Federer.
10. Who is this guy ?
Yossef   (04.18.13)
11. Thank the Lord
takan ,   eilat   (04.18.13)
This guy just turned 25 in maturity. They say drugs make your mind slow, and he sure took a lot. but he seems to finally grow up.
12. Agreed
takan ,   eilat   (04.18.13)
The Arab world is on fire and Al Queida is on exctasy but Israel is the problem maker who doesn't want peace. My father always say: "If you have nothing good to say, just shut it".
13. Perform in Syria please!
Daniel ,   Netherlands   (04.18.13)
Or in the Western Sahara occupied by Morocco But in Syria you are most welcome! Go to Damascus, you will be among friends
14. Jew hating musician interviewed by Jew hating media
Arie   (04.18.13)
WOW "His influence." Another legend in his own mind. The aging rockers are trying to re-invent themselves and become relevant on the stage again FAIL!
15. Thank goodness: has-been rocker reconsiders his position....
Andy ,   Washington, DC   (04.18.13)
I don't know what we would have done without this.
16. Seriously, people, stop caring about this guy
Avinoam ,   USA   (04.18.13)
( and other over-the-hill former 'celebs') then maybe the media will stop reporting on this
17. he is right. no peace until arabs end occupation of jewish
ralph   (04.18.13)
lands. they murdered all phoenacians. and now working on descendants of original egyptians. we will not allow that to happen to us. waters better study history before he opens his mouth.
18. No 2
JtC ,   Jhb, Nir Eliyahu   (04.18.13)
Damascus and Aleppo promise to both be explosive performances...
19. An overblown sense of self
Arturo   (04.18.13)
"undermine his influence in the longer term." This guy actually believe that people care what he thinks. Wh does he believe he has influence over?
20. Don't need more politicians
David ,   Montreal, Canada   (04.18.13)
we don't need jerks like you either. Stick into your music, if you can still produce anything.
21. Rog and His Ego
Dave ,   Montreal, Canada   (04.18.13)
Hi Rog - Granted - you have been exploiting teenagers for several decades and have made truckloads of cash at their expense, zapping their brains and emptying their wallets in your intimate football stadium shows and computer generated 'music'. As one reviewer put it, "The Wall was an ode to Roger Waters' massive ego.' As someone above said, go play a show in Aleppo or Damascus - or a thousand other blighted places. Just leave us alone. Please.
22. Roger who ?
Marcel ,   San Jose, Costa Rica   (04.18.13)
I don't support this man's policies. I don't support any boycott of Israel as a matter of principles. I don't really care if he is for or against it. Who does this man think he is, anyway?
23. Gee thanks, damage is already done, moron.
Fink Ployd   (04.18.13)
24. even IUI can wake up
alsky ,   toronto   (04.18.13)
(Islams useful iidiots)
25. He must have met a jewish girl...
Beary White ,   Norway   (04.18.13)
..then the result cannot be foretold..a taste of heaven :-)
26. No shortage of self-serving right wing racist Jews on YNET
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.18.13)
27. Short-term Tactics?
ACortez ,   Anaheim, CA, USA   (04.18.13)
You're a musician for crying out loud. You have an opinion and not a very educated one.
28. I turn off Pink Floyd
Ezra ,   San Diego   (04.18.13)
When I hear a Pink Floyd song on the radio I change the station. If he experienced the deadly Boston Marathon bomb blast he might quit criticizing Israel. This, coming from from a man whose had an obsession with walls (Pink Floyd-The Wall) for the past 20 years. He keeps reminding us he not Jewish by his callous attitude.
29. Why pay this washed up rock star any mind at all
Ron ,   OC US   (04.18.13)
No explanation necessary.
30. such ignorance and hypocrisy!
nadav ,   tlv   (04.18.13)
Short term? long term? Really? Is he boycotting China for not only illegally occupied Tibet, a distinct nation with an ancient history and sovereign before it was was annexed by China in 1949? Is he boycotting the illegal occupation of the Basque lands by France and Spain? Or The french occupation of Corsica and Brittany, after decades of ethnic cleansing an cultural genocide there? How about Russia's occupation of two chunks of Georgian territory, a fully sovereign nation had its territories ripped from it by a more powerful neighbor- why is Waters not calling for a boycott of Russia?! How about Morocco's occupation and ethnic cleansing of Western Sahara?! Wait, there is also Turkey's brutal occupation and ethnic cleansing of Greek northern Cyprus? Is Waters boycotting those Muslim countries? Hey, there's India's occupation of millions of Muslims in Kashmir, who purportedly want to live in Pakistan- is he boycotting India? the answer to all of the above is a resounding NO, why? Here are your choices: ignorance, hypocrisy, and good 'ol antisemitism!
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